Joe Mbu (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 February 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Cameroon | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Edinburgh City | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hibernian | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | Whitburn Junior | ||
| 2008–2013 | Cowdenbeath | 104 | (3) |
| 2013 | → Stenhousemuir (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | East Fife | 25 | (0) |
| 2014– | Edinburgh City | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:46, 1 August 2014 (UTC). | |||
Joe Mbu (born 14 February 1982) is a Cameroonian semi-professional footballer who plays for Scottish League Two club Edinburgh City, as a defender.
Early and personal life
Born in Cameroon, Mbu moved to London at the age of one, and then to Scotland six years later.[1] As well as playing football, Mbu has also worked as a banker.[2]
Career
Mbu spent six years playing football at youth level at Hibernian before being released by the club.[3] He then joined Whitburn Junior who play in the East Region of Scottish junior football and was voted their Player of the Year twice.[3][4] During his time there he played for the Scottish junior national team several times and won the Quandrangular Tournament with Scotland.[3][4]
Mbu was ready to join Arthurlie,[3] but instead joined Cowdenbeath on a one-year deal in 2008.[3][4] He enjoyed successive promotions with the club in 2008–09 and 2009–10 to the reach Scottish First Division,[3] but was regularly injured as the team were relegated in their first season as a First Division club.[3] Mbu won the Scottish Second Division in 2011–12 with the club and was voted in Team of the Year.[5][6]
He signed on loan for Stenhousemuir in March 2013.[7] He signed for East Fife on 1 July 2013.[8] In July 2014, Mbu signed for Edinburgh City of the Scottish Lowland League.[9] Mbu won the Lowland League title twice with City in 2014–15 and 2015–16. He also helped City become the first non-league team to earn promotion to Scottish League Two of the SPFL in 2015–16 via the new pyramid system.[10][11]
References
- ↑ "Joe's dreaming of a Cameroon cap". Daily Record. 3 February 2006.
- ↑ "Joe out to bank big win". Daily Record. 22 April 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Mbu has grown into his role in Cowdenbeath defence". SFL. 10 February 2012.
- 1 2 3 Eric MacKinnon (17 July 2008). "Mbu takes step up and signs a one year deal at Cowdenbeath". West Lothian Courier.
- ↑ "Steady Big Joe wins Times Trophy for a second time". Central Fife Times. 3 May 2012.
- ↑ "PFA SCOTLAND DIVISION TWO TEAM OF THE YEAR". PFA Scotland. 3 May 2012.
- ↑ "Stenhousemuir vs Brechin City - 2nd March 2013: Match Preview". SFL. 2 March 2013.
- ↑ "East Fife FC". East Fife F.C.
- ↑ "Lowland League: City boss Jardine rates Spartans favourites". Edinburgh Evening News. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ↑ "Edinburgh City's Joe Mbu mystified by 'ridiculous' red card". Edinburgh News. 9 May 2016.
- ↑ "East Stirlingshire 0:1 Edinburgh City". BBC. 14 May 2016.