Thomas Job

{{for|the merchant and political figure in Newfoundland|Thomas Bulley Job}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Thomas Job

| image =

| fullname = Thomas Hervè Job-Iyock

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|8|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Douala, Cameroon

| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Budapest Honvéd

| clubnumber = 41

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = San Paolo Yaounde

| youthyears2 = 1999–2002 | youthclubs2 = Sampdoria

| years1 = 2002–2006 | clubs1 = Sampdoria | caps1 = 7 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2002–2003 | clubs2 = → Cremonese (loan) | caps2 = 24 | goals2 = 11

| years3 = 2004–2005 | clubs3 = → Pescara (loan) | caps3 = 34 | goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2005–2006 | clubs4 = → Cremonese (loan) | caps4 = 32 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2006–2008 | clubs5 = Ascoli | caps5 = 38 | goals5 = 4

| years6 = 2008–2009 | clubs6 = Pisa | caps6 = 36 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2009–2010 | clubs7 = Grosseto | caps7 = 38 | goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2010–2012 | clubs8 = Cittadella | caps8 = 49 | goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2012–2013 | clubs9 = Bologna | caps9 = 0 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2013– | clubs10 = Budapest Honvéd | caps10 = 31 | goals10 = 0

| pcupdate = 23 November 2014

| nationalyears1 = 2001 | nationalteam1 = Cameroon U-20 | nationalcaps1 = ? | nationalgoals1 = ?

| nationalyears2 = 2004 | nationalteam2 = Cameroon U-23 | nationalcaps2 = ? | nationalgoals2 = ?

| ntupdate = 16:48, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

}}

Thomas Hervè Job-Iyock (born 20 August 1984) is a Cameroonian footballer.

Career

=Club career=

Born in Douala, Cameroon, Job began his career in Italy with Sampdoria, making one appearance for the club in the 2001–02 season in Serie B, when he came on as a second-half substitute on 2 June 2002 in a 1–0 home defeat to Siena.{{cite web |url= http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&mTEID=203&Season=2001%20-%202002&CTID=13&CPID=84&TEID=1326&RFID=&PLID=114610&MAID=256086&ListType=8&pStr=Match_Details&t=2|title=Thomas Hervé Job 02/06/2002 (Sampdoria)|date=2 June 2002|work=The Guardian|accessdate=31 October 2008}}

In February 2001 he was involved in an investigation by the Italian Football Federation over the alleged falsification of documents for him and two other African players at Sampdoria, along with three club officials.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/1153268.stm|title=Sampdoria's Africans in passport probe|date=4 February 2001|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=31 October 2008}} In July 2001, he was banned along with Jean Ondoa and Francis Zé.{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/players-banned-over-false-passport-scandal-675847.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206014855/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/players-banned-over-false-passport-scandal-675847.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 February 2010 | work=The Independent | location=London | title=Players banned over false passport scandal | first=Frances | last=Kennedy | date=28 June 2001 | accessdate=25 May 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=93c5f996-dbc5-446d-b99f-eb768810f14b&groupId=10192|title=COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 507|date=27 June 2001|accessdate=2 September 2011|work=Commissione Disciplinare, Lega Calcio|language=Italian}}

He was sent on loan to Serie C2 club Cremonese for the 2002–03 season, where he made 24 appearances, scoring eleven goals. He returned to Sampdoria, who had been promoted back to Serie A for the 2003–04 season, and played three games. He then spent the 2004–05 season on loan with Pescara in Serie B. He made his debut for Pescara on 11 September 2004 as a 58th-minute substitute in a 2–1 home defeat to Piacenza.{{cite web |url= http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&mTEID=1059&Season=2004%20-%202005&CTID=13&CPID=84&TEID=1326&RFID=&PLID=1146108&MAID=338812&ListType=8&pStr=Match_Details&t=2|title=Thomas Hervé Job 11/09/2004 (Pescara)|date=11 September 2004|work=The Guardian|accessdate=31 October 2008}} His first goal for the club came on 30 October in a 2–0 away win over Salernitana.{{cite web |url= http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&mTEID=1059&Season=2004%20-%202005&CTID=13&CPID=84&TEID=1326&RFID=&PLID=1146108&MAID=340874&ListType=8&pStr=Match_Details&t=3|title=Thomas Hervé Job 30/10/2004 (Pescara)|date=30 October 2004|work=The Guardian|accessdate=31 October 2008}} He made a total of 34 appearances, scoring four goals.

The following season he returned to Cremonese on loan, who had by then been promoted to Serie B. He made 32 appearances, scoring one goal as the club were relegated back to Serie C. Later in 2006 he signed for Ascoli in Serie A in co-ownership deal for €500UC Sampdoria Report and Accounts on 31 December 2007 {{in lang|it}} and made his debut on 15 October 2006 in a 2–0 home defeat to Livorno.

{{cite web|url= http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&mTEID=1205&Season=2006%20-%202007&CTID=13&CPID=84&TEID=1326&RFID=&PLID=1146108&MAID=400076&ListType=8&pStr=Match_Details&t=3 |title=Thomas Hervé Job 15/10/2006 (Ascoli) |date=15 October 2006|work=The Guardian|accessdate=31 October 2008}} However, he made just five appearances in the 2006–07 season, as the club were relegated back to Serie B.{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur19296.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030827172238/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur19296.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 August 2003|title=Thomas Hervé Job Iyock|work=L'Équipe|language=French|accessdate=31 October 2008}}

After playing one game for Ascoli in the 2008–09 season, against Vicenza on 30 August 2008 he signed for fellow Serie B club Pisa, making his debut on 13 September in a 1–0 home win over Modena.{{cite web |url= http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&mTEID=1059&Season=2008%20-%202009&CTID=13&CPID=84&TEID=1326&RFID=&PLID=1146108&MAID=400042&ListType=8&pStr=Match_Details&t=2|title=Thomas Hervé Job 13/09/2008 |date=13 September 2008|work=The Guardian|accessdate=31 October 2008}} His first goal came on 27 September in a 1–1 draw at Salernitana.{{cite web |url= http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&mTEID=1059&Season=2008%20-%202009&CTID=13&CPID=84&TEID=1326&RFID=&PLID=1146108&MAID=400076&ListType=8&pStr=Match_Details&t=3|title=Thomas Hervé Job 27/09/2008 |date=27 September 2008|work=The Guardian|accessdate=31 October 2008}}

In 2009 after Pisa relegated and bankrupted, he left for another Serie B club U.S. Grosseto F.C.

On 17 August 2010 Job was signed by Cittadella, another second division club.{{cite news|url=http://www.ascittadella.it/primoPianoMain.asp?id_new=805|title=Thomas Job al Cittadella|date=17 August 2010|accessdate=18 June 2012|publisher=AS Cittadella|language=Italian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618150910/http://www.ascittadella.it/primoPianoMain.asp?id_new=805|archivedate=18 June 2012}}

Italian football scandal

Job was banned by Italian Football Federation on 18 June 2012 for 3 years and 6 months.{{cite news|url=http://www.figc.it/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/40.$plit/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_32610_StrilloComunicatoUfficiale_lstAllegati_Allegato_0_upfAllegato.pdf|title=Comunicato Ufficiale N°101/CDN (2011–12)|date=18 June 2012|accessdate=18 June 2012|work=Commissione Disciplinare Nazionale|publisher=FIGC|language=Italian}}

References

External links

{{cite web|url=http://www.sampdoria.it/MostraInfo.asp?id_info=5824|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031223195422/http://www.sampdoria.it/MostraInfo.asp?id_info=5824|title=Club Profile|archivedate=23 December 2003|accessdate=8 June 2010|work=Sampdoria|language=it|url-status=dead}}
[http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?pStr=Player&PLID=114610&cust=&lang=0&teid=203&cpid=19&ctid=13 Statistics] at Guardian StatsCentre
[http://aic.football.it/scheda/2403/job-iyock-thomas-herve.htm Profile at AIC.Football.it] {{in lang|it}}

Category:1984 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Douala

Category:Cameroonian men's footballers

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:UC Sampdoria players

Category:US Cremonese players

Category:Delfino Pescara 1936 players

Category:Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players

Category:Pisa SC players

Category:US Grosseto 1912 players

Category:AS Cittadella players