{{Short description|Cameroonian footballer (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Christian Pouga | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|06|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Douala, Cameroon | height = 1.93 m | currentclub = SA Mamertins | clubnumber = | position = Striker | youthyears1 = | youthyears2 = 2001–2003 | youthclubs1 = Avenir Douala | youthclubs2 = Dalian Shide | years1 = 2003–2004 | clubs1 = Dalian Shide | caps1 = 20 | goals1 = 10 | years2 = 2004–2006 | clubs2 = Shanghai United | caps2 = 40 | goals2 = 21 | years3 = 2006–2007 | clubs3 = Zürich | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2007 | clubs4 = Aarau | caps4 = 10 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2007–2008 | clubs5 = Bellinzona | caps5 = 34 | goals5 = 18 | years6 = 2008–2009 | clubs6 = Sevilla B | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2009–2010 | clubs7 = Leixões | caps7 = 27 | goals7 = 7 | years8 = 2010–2011 | clubs8 = Vaslui | caps8 = 21 | goals8 = 3 | years9 = 2011–2012 | clubs9 = Marítimo | caps9 = 13 | goals9 = 2 | years10 = 2012 | clubs10 = OH Leuven | caps10 = 19 | goals10 = 5 | years11 = 2013 | clubs11 = Lierse | caps11 = 7 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2013–2014 | clubs12 = Ankaraspor | caps12 = 2 | goals12 = 0 | years13 = 2014–2016 | clubs13 = Boavista | caps13 = 9 | goals13 = 0 | years14 = 2016 | clubs14 = PS Kemi | caps14 = 0 | goals14 = 0 | years15 = 2017 | clubs15 = Al-Talaba | caps15 = 0 | goals15 = 0 | years16 = 2017 | clubs16 = Pembroke Athleta | caps16 = 2 | goals16 = 0 | years17 = 2018– | clubs17 = SA Mamertins | caps17 = 0 | goals17 = 0 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | pcupdate = 13 June 2014 | ntupdate = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|Vaslui}} {{Medal|3rd|Liga I|2011}} }} '''Christian Pouga''' (born 19 June 1986) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for SA Mamertins in the Division d'Honneur in France.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Pohjolan Sanomat |title=PS Kemi pestasi kookkaan kamerunilaishyökkääjän |url=http://www.pohjolansanomat.fi/urheilu/ps-kemi-pestasi-kookkaan-kamerunilaishyokkaajan/ |accessdate=14 July 2016}}</ref>
==Career==
===Early years=== Pouga started off his professional footballing career with Shanghai United F.C. of the Chinese first division.
Pouga then went to play his trade in Switzerland, he spent two successful years at FC Zürich and FC Aarau respectively.
It was when Pouga stepped down a division where he really shone, playing for AC Bellinzona of the Swiss second division, and in his first year with the club he helped the club gain promotion to the top flight of Swiss football by scoring 18 goals in 32 appearances.
===Sevilla B=== On 20 June 2008 Pouga was sold to Sevilla FC from AC Bellinzona for an undisclosed fee.
===Leixões=== On 18 July 2009, Pouga was loaned by Sevilla to Leixões SC, of the Portuguese League, for one year.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Fora de Jogo|title=Pouga (Christian Pouga)|url=https://www.foradejogo.net/player.php?player=198606190001|language=Portuguese|accessdate=28 January 2010}}</ref> Later on, the deal became permanent.
===Vaslui=== On 9 August 2010, Pouga signed with the Romanian club FC Vaslui for three years.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=OnlineSport |title=Cameroonian forward to FC Vaslui |url=http://www.onlinesport.ro/stiri/fotbal/fotbal-intern/liga-1/fc-vaslui/66062/atacant-camerunez-la-fc-vaslui.htm |accessdate=9 August 2010}}</ref>
===Marítimo=== In June 2011, Pouga has started playing for CS Marítimo.
===PS Kemi=== On 14 July 2016, Pouga signed a two-year contract with PS Kemi,<ref>{{cite web|title=PS Kemi vahvistaa hyökkäyskalustoaan|url=http://www.pskemi.fi/ps-kemi-vahvistaa-hyokkayskalustoaan/|website=pskemi.fi|publisher=Palloseura Kemi Kings|accessdate=11 August 2016|language=Finnish|date=14 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916203953/http://www.pskemi.fi/ps-kemi-vahvistaa-hyokkayskalustoaan/|archive-date=16 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> but left 2-weeks later for personal reasons.<ref>{{cite web|title=Christian Pouga lähtee Kemistä|url=http://www.pskemi.fi/christian-pouga-lahtee-kemista/|website=pskemi.fi|publisher=Palloseura Kemi Kings|accessdate=11 August 2016|language=Finnish|date=27 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803091849/http://www.pskemi.fi/christian-pouga-lahtee-kemista/|archive-date=3 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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