Henri Patrick Mboma Dem (born 15 November 1970) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the fourth all-time top goal-scorer for the Cameroon national team.
Club career
Born in Douala, Cameroon, Mboma played for Châteauroux, Paris Saint-Germain, Metz, Gamba Osaka, Cagliari, Parma, Sunderland (where he scored once against Tottenham Hotspur), Al-Ittihad, Tokyo Verdy and Vissel Kobe before retiring on 16 May 2005.
International career
After first being capped for Cameroon in 1995, Mboma scored 33 goals in 57 matches. He played in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, and also led Cameroon to the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics and victories at the 2000 and 2002 African Nations Cups. He was named African Footballer of the Year for his efforts in 2000. He scored a memorable overhead kick against France in 2000.<!--freindly match 2000 October 4 -->
Career statistics
Club
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup
!colspan="2"|League cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|Paris Saint-Germain
|1990–91
|rowspan="4"|Division 1
|0||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|1991–92
|0||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|1994–95
|8||1||1||0||2||1||1||2||12||4
|-
|1996–97
|8||1||||||||||3||1||11||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!16!!2!!1!!0!!2!!1!!4!!3!!23!!6
|-
|rowspan="3"|Châteauroux
|1992–93
|Division 2
|19||5||||||||||||||19||5
|-
|1993–94||Championnat National
|29||17||||||||||||||29||17
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!48!!22!!!!!!!!!!!!!!48!!22
|-
|Metz
|1995–96
|Division 1
|17||4||||||4||2||5||0||26||6
|-
|rowspan="3"|Gamba Osaka
|1997
|rowspan="2"|J1 League
|28||25||1||0||5||4||colspan="2"|–||34||29
|-
|1998
|6||4||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||6||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!34!!29!!1!!0!!5!!4!!0!!0!!40!!33
|-
|rowspan="3"|Cagliari
|1998–99
|rowspan="2"|Serie A
|13||7||3||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||8
|-
|1999–00
|27||8||4||6||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||31||14
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!40!!15!!7!!7!!0!!0!!0!!0!!47!!22
|-
|rowspan="3"|Parma
|2000–01
|rowspan="2"|Serie A
|20||5||4||0||colspan="2"|–||3||1||27||6
|-
|2001–02
|4||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||2||1||8||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!24!!5!!6!!0!!0!!0!!5!!2!!35!!7
|-
|Sunderland (loan)
|2001–02
|Premier League
|9||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||9||1
|-
|Al-Ittihad
|2002–03
|Libyan Premier League
|28||12||||||||||||||28||12
|-
|rowspan="3"|Tokyo Verdy
|2003
|rowspan="2"|J1 League
|23||13||3||0||3||3||colspan="2"|–||29||16
|-
|2004
|12||4||0||0||5||4||colspan="2"|–||17||8
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!35!!17!!3!!0!!8!!7!!0!!0!!46!!24
|-
|rowspan="3"|Vissel Kobe
|2004
|rowspan="2"|J1 League
|6||2||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||6||2
|-
|2005
|4||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||4||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!10!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!10!!2
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!261!!109!!18!!7!!19!!14!!14!!5!!312!!135
|}
International
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|Cameroon
|1995||1||0
|-
|1996||1||1
|-
|1997||10||6
|-
|1998||8||1
|-
|1999||4||3
|-
|2000||9||9
|-
|2001||9||4
|-
|2002||10||5
|-
|2003||1||0
|-
|2004||4||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!57!!33
|-
|Cameroon Olympic
|2000||6||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!6!!4
|}
:Scores and results list Cameroon and Cameroon Olympic goal tally first. The score column indicates the score after each M'Boma goal.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Patrick M'Boma
|-
!colspan="8"|Cameroon goals
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1
|
|Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo
|
|style="text-align:center"|3–1
|style="text-align:center"|4–2
|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon
|rowspan="2"|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|rowspan="2"style="text-align:center"|4–0
|rowspan="2"|1998 African Cup of Nations qualification
|rowspan="2"|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|3
|style="text-align:center"|4–0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|4
|
|Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon
|
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|5
|
|Estádio 11 de Novembro, Talatona, Angola
|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|6
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe
|rowspan="2"|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–1
|rowspan="2"|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|rowspan="2"|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|7
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|8
|
|Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France
|
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|1998 FIFA World Cup
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|9
|
|Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon
|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|2000 African Cup of Nations qualification
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|10
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|Estádio da Machava, Maputo, Mozambique
|rowspan="2"|
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|6–1
|rowspan="2"|2000 African Cup of Nations qualification
|rowspan="2"|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|11
|style="text-align:center"|4–0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|12
|
|Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana
|
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|2000 African Cup of Nations
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|13
|rowspan="2"|
|rowspan="2"|Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana
|rowspan="2"|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0
|rowspan="2"|2000 African Cup of Nations
|rowspan="2"|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|14
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|15
|
|National Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria
|
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|style="text-align:center"|2–2
|2000 Africa Cup of Nations final
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|16
|
|Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon
|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|17
|rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="3"|June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya
|rowspan="3"|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|3–0
|rowspan="3"|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
|rowspan="3"|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|18
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|19
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|20
|
|Stade de France, Paris, France
|
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|Friendly
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|21
|
|Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin
|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|3–1
|Friendly
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|22
|
|Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo
|
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|23
|
|Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé, Cameroon
|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|24
|
|Niigata Stadium, Niigata, Japan
|
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|25
|
|Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
|
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|style="text-align:center"|3–1
|Friendly
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|26
|
|Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso, Mali
|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|2002 African Cup of Nations
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|27
|
|Stade Babemba Traoré, Sikasso, Mali
|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|2002 African Cup of Nations
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|28
|
|Stade Malien de Sikasso, Sikasso, Mali
|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|2002 African Cup of Nations
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|29
|
|Niigata Stadium, Niigata, Japan
|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|2002 FIFA World Cup
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|30
|
|Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|2004 African Cup of Nations
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|31
|rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="3"|Taieb Mhiri Stadium, Sfax, Tunisia
|rowspan="3"|
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|5–3
|rowspan="3"|2004 African Cup of Nations
|rowspan="3"|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|32
|style="text-align:center"|3–1
|-
|style="text-align:center"|33
|style="text-align:center"|4–2
|-
!colspan="8"|Cameroon Olympic team goals
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1
|
|Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia
|
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|style="text-align:center"|3–2
|2000 Summer Olympics
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|
|Bruce Stadium, Canberra, Australia
|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|2000 Summer Olympics
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|3
|
|Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia
|
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|2000 Summer Olympics
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|4
|
|Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
|
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|2000 Summer Olympics
|
|}
Honours
Paris Saint-Germain
- Coupe de France: 1994–95
- Coupe de la Ligue: 1995
Metz
- Coupe de la Ligue: 1996
Parma
- Coppa Italia: 2001–02
Cameroon
- African Cup of Nations: 2000, 2002
Cameroon U-23
- Olympic Gold Medal: 2000
Individual
- African Footballer of the Year: 2000
- BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2000
- African Nations Cup top scorer: 2002
- J.League Top Scorer: 1997
- J.League Best XI: 1997
- Coppa Italia top scorer: 1999–2000
Personal life
He announced his conversion to Islam in a mosque in Douala in May 2022 acquiring the name Abdul Jalil Mboma.