Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daniel Maa Boumsong | ||
Date of birth | 20 March 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Ngambe, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2004 | Cameroon Douala | ||
2005–2007 | Internazionale | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2007 | Internazionale | 1 | (0) |
2006–2007 | → Treviso (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2007–2009 | Treviso | 0 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Pistoiese (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2008–2009 | → Rovigo (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Sporting Terni | ||
2010–2011 | Noto | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Daniel Maa Boumsong (born 20 March 1987) is a Cameroonian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Born in Ngambe, Maa Boumsong joined Internazionale in 2005, age 18. He arrived Italy for 2004 Torneo di Viareggio and escaped from the squad to seek asylum. Due to FIGC regulation, he could only signed by an Italian club after 1 year legal residence, which he trained with Novara local teams before joined Inter. Maa Boumsong was included in the first team at the end of 2004–05 season, playing in end-season and pre-season friendlies. He also named in UEFA Champions League 25-men senior squad, as he was not eligible to List B. A regular in the Primavera youth team, Maa Boumsong made his competitive debut on 30 November 2005, winning Parma in 2005–06 Coppa Italia. On week later, he made his Champions League/European debut against Rangers. He only able to make his Serie A debut near the end of the season, which he was the starting midfielder. That season he won Coppa Italia with both first team and the Primavera team. Later, FIGC assigned Inter as the Serie A champion due to 2006 Italian football scandal.
At the start of 2006–07 season, Maa Boumsong at first left for Spezia in July, but on 31 August left for Treviso, along with Alex Cordaz (in co-ownership deal).
In January 2007 he returned to Inter, but along with Leonardo Bonucci, was sold to Treviso in co-ownership deal. Half of Maa Boumsong's contract was tagged for €100,000 at that time. Both players would formally become players of Treviso on 1 July 2007. It also saw it was part of the deal that Robert Acquafresca moved back to Inter in June 2007. Treviso also signed Inter teammate Federico Piovaccari in peppercorn fee. With Inter Primavera team, Maa Boumsong finished as the runner-up of Coppa Italia Primavera but winning Campionato Nazionale Primavera.