Jacques Elong Elong
{{Short description|Cameroonian footballer (1985–2025)}}
{{Update|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jacques Elong Elong
| image =
| full_name = Jacques Aurelien Elong Elong
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1985|2|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Douala, Cameroon
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|3|31|1985|2|20|df=y}}
| death_place =
| height = 1.78 m{{NFT player|16353}}
| position = Defensive midfielder
| youthyears1 = 2000–2001{{cn|date=April 2025}}
| youthclubs1 = Caïman de Douala
| youthyears2 = 2006
| youthclubs2 = Persepolis{{Cite web |url=http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8508130394 |title=براي دربي روز چهارشنبه پنج بازيكن پرسپوليس به تيم اميد باشگاه مي پيوندند |access-date=15 May 2012 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060747/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8508130394 |url-status=dead }}
| years1 = 2001–2003
| clubs1 = Caïman de Douala
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2003–2005
| clubs2 = Mount Cameroon
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2005–2008
| clubs3 = Persepolis
| caps3 = 30
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2008–2009
| clubs4 = Sepahan
| caps4 = 5
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2009–2011
| clubs5 = DAC Dunajská Streda
| caps5 = 12
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2010–2011
| clubs6 = → Paykan (loan)
| caps6 = 14
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2012
| clubs7 = Esteghlal
| caps7 = 4
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2012–2014
| clubs8 = Natf Maysan
| caps8 = 34
| goals8 = 6
| nationalyears1 = 2006
| nationalteam1 = Cameroon
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Jacques Aurelien Elong Elong (20 February 1985 – 31 March 2025) was a Cameroonian professional football player who played as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
Elong Elong was a versatile player, able to serve in defence but also assist in goal scoring. His brilliant passing abilities made him a regular in Persepolis, playing in the defensive midfield position. He also shot well, especially from outside the penalty spot, though he never scored for Persepolis.
In 2006 Elong received an offer from Qatari club Al-Sadd, but he rejected it since he had just got a permanent place on the Persepolis team and was enjoying his life in Iran. Afshin Ghotbi, then manager of the club, also confirmed that none of his players were for sale.
Despite rumours of Elong leaving for either Spartak Moscow or Esteghlal in the summer of 2007 Elong remained at Persepolis for the 2007–08 season and emerged as a crucial player for the team and told IRIB television that he has no willingness to play abroad. His speech saying "I am loving Tehran, and I can not see myself anywhere else within the next six years at least."
Elong Elong joined Esteghlal in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcesteghlal.ir/English/NewsView.aspx?id=3372 |title=Esteghlal F.c. |accessdate=2 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120801180024/http://www.fcesteghlal.ir/English/NewsView.aspx?id=3372 |archivedate=1 August 2012 }}
International career
Elong Elong debuted for the Cameroon national team in an African Nations Cup qualifier against Equatorial Guinea on 7 October in Yaoundé, he appeared as a substitute replacing AS Nancy's Landry N'Guémo in the 90th minute in the 3–0 victory. Arie Haan, his former coach at Persepolis F.C., gave him a spot in the national team. He was capped once for Cameroon national football team.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/5370370.stm Elong Elong gets Cameroon call up]
Personal life and death
Elong Elong was born on 20 February 1985.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fecafootonline.com/files/1192.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 February 2009 |archive-date=10 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710234147/http://www.fecafootonline.com/files/1192.pdf |url-status=dead }} He died as the result of a traffic collision on 31 March 2025, at the age of 40.[https://www.entekhab.ir/fa/news/858764/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF-%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%88-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%81-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA الونگ الونگ، ستاره خارجی استقلال و پرسپولیس در تصادف رانندگی درگذشت] {{in lang|fa}}
Career statistics
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes Hazfi Cup, Slovak Cup.}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|Persepolis
|rowspan="4"|Persian Gulf Cup |2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07
|18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08
|10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!30 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| |Sepahan
|Persian Gulf Cup |5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Dunajská Streda
|rowspan="2"|Slovak Superliga |12 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | ||||||
| 2010–11
|0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | ||||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Paykan
|Persian Gulf Cup |13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 13 | 2 | ||
| Esteghlal
|Persian Gulf Cup |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total | ! |
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Honours
References
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Category:Footballers from Douala
Category:Cameroonian men's footballers
Category:Cameroon men's international footballers
Category:Persepolis F.C. players
Category:Sepahan S.C. footballers
Category:Esteghlal F.C. players
Category:Mount Cameroon FC players
Category:Slovak First Football League players
Category:FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players
Category:Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Iran
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq
Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Iran
Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia