EYONG ENOH MOVES TO STANDARD LIEGE

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Eyong Enoh Moves to Standard Liege on a Two Year Deal

Former indomitable lions captain Eyong Enoh Takang has signed a two year deal with Belgian club side Standard Liege. The 28 year old moves as a free agent for a fee worth over 2 Million Euros. The indomitable lions’ midfielder will be playing the Europa league as his new club was knocked out of the group face of the Champions league.  

This latest transfer sets another bench mark in terms of successful Anglophone football professionals. It should be recalled that Eyong Enoh is the most successful of the numerous professional footballers produced by Little Foot FC Academy in Tiko. Only at the age of 10 his talent was detected by the founder of Little Foot Academy, ace sports journalist and youth football promoter Mr. Nouck Protus, who gave him the chance to play at an age where only adults were considered fit enough to play for the second division.

After some seasons with the Little Foot, the teenager moved to first division side Mt. Cameroon FC  Buea and then to Cyprus from which he moved to Ajax Cape Town in South Africa. It is in Cape Town that he began his professional career in 2006. After two seasons in the Soccer Premier League, in which he won the Cup in 2007 and the best player award in 2008, he moved to Ajax Amsterdam. He stayed for five seasons with the Dutch champions and played 124 matches winning 2 league titles (2011 and 2012) and one cup (2010). In 2013 he join the English Premier League side Fulham on loan after which he moved to Turkish side Antalyaspor. Since Saturday 30th August he has become the new number 21 of Standard Liege.

Eyong Enoh equally has 39 selections with the indomitable lions scoring two goals. With this rich professional career, Eyong Enoh stands as the most successful football player to have emanated from west of the Moungo.