Eloge Enza Yamissi

Eloge Enza Yamissi
Yamissi with Valenciennes in 2013
Personal information
Full name Eloge Ethisset Enza Yamissi
Date of birth (1983-01-23) 23 January 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Bangui, Central African Republic
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Central African Republic (caretaker manager)
Youth career
Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 La Roche VF 6 (1)
2002–2003 Olympique Alès 4 (0)
2003–2005 Nîmes 52 (4)
2005–2013 Troyes 210 (5)
2013–2018 Valenciennes 110 (3)
2019–2020 Annecy 14 (1)
2020–2022 Racing Besançon 24 (1)
Total 420 (15)
International career
2010–2019 Central African Republic 29 (1)
Managerial career
2022-2024 Racing Besançon (assistant)
2024- Central African Republic (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eloge Ethisset Enza-Yamissi (born 23 January 1983) is a Central African former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Early life

Enza-Yamissi was born in Bangui in 1983. His father Robert Enza was born in Fort-Crampel, Oubangui-Chari, in 1956. His mother Nicole was born in Batalimo, Central African Republic, in 1965. He acquired French nationality on 16 November 1999, through the collective effect connected to the reinstatement of his father in French nationality and the naturalization of his mother.[1]

Club career

Enza-Yamissi started his playing career at Bordeaux. He was there one season and did not make a first team appearance. He then signed for La Roche VF, spending one season there, playing six games. He then moved to Olympique Alès, where he played only four games, before moving to Nîmes Olympique, where his career began to take off, playing 52 games and scoring four goals.

His potential was noticed by Troyes AC, which promptly signed him in 2005, when it was in Ligue 1. He experienced several ups and downs at the club, being relegated twice, and winning promotion twice too. From 2011, he was club captain, which he led to promotion to Ligue 1 once again at the end of the 2011–12 season.

He joined Valenciennes FC in 2013 and played five seasons for the club before being released in 2018.

In February 2019 he joined Annecy FC.[2] On 28 May 2020, it was announced that his contract at Annecy, which had just been promoted to the Championnat National, would not be renewed.[3]

In summer 2022, after two seasons at Racing Besançon, Yamissi retired from playing and became assistant coach to David Le Frapper at the club.[4]

Central African Football Federation appointed Enza-Yamissi as a caretaker manager of Central African Republic national team on 24 October 2024, replacing Raoul Savoy.[5]

International career

Since its reformation in 2010, Enza Yamissi is a member of the Central African national team, which he captained on several occasions.[6]

Personal life

Eloge is the brother of the Central African Republic national team player Manassé Enza-Yamissi.[7]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Central African Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Enza Yamissi goal.
List of international goals scored by Eloge Enza Yamissi[8]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 June 2016 Barthélemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui, Central African Republic  Angola 2–0 3–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. ^ "JORF n° 0267 du 18 novembre 1999 - Légifrance". legifrance.gouv.fr. p. 17126. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Football L'ancien Valenciennois Éloge Enza-Yamissi à Annecy (N2)" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. ^ "National 1 : Le FC Annecy remercie six joueurs du groupe N2" (in French). Annecy FC. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Football - National 2. Eloge Enza Yamissi met un terme à sa carrière de joueur et devient entraîneur adjoint du Racing Besançon". L'Est Républicain (in French). 29 June 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. ^ Radio Ndeke Luka, Radio Ndeke Luka. "Football : l'ancien capitaine des Fauves, Eloge Enza Yamissi, désigné entraîneur intérimaire de l'équipe nationale". radiondekeluka.org. Radio Ndeke Luka. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Accueil -Libération Champagne". www.liberation-champagne.fr. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. ^ Le contingent des footballeurs centrafricains évoluant en Europe (centrafriquefootball.com) Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Enza-Yamissi, Éloge". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 March 2017.


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