William Edjenguélé

William Emery Edjenguélé (born 7 May 1987[4]) is a French football defender who plays for Southern League club Nuneaton Borough.

William Edjenguélé
Personal information
Full name William Emery Edjenguélé[1]
Date of birth (1987-05-07) 7 May 1987
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Wealdstone
Youth career
1993–2005 CFF Paris
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Le Mans UC 72 B 58 (1[2])
2008–2010 Neuchâtel Xamax 39 (1[3])
2010–2012 Panetolikos 46 (3)
2012–2013 Coventry City 33 (1)
2013–2014 Bury 19 (2)
2014–2015 Panetolikos 22 (1)
2015–2016 Veria 12 (0)
2016–2019 Dundee United 37 (2)
2019 → Falkirk (loan) 8 (1)
2019–2020 Wealdstone 8 (0)
2020– Nuneaton Borough
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:36, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Career

Born in Paris, Edjenguélé began his career 1993 with CFF Paris and joined 2005 in the reserve team of Le Mans Union Club 72.[5] After three years with Le Mans UC 72 B who scored one goal in 58 appearances joined on 18 July 2008 to Neuchâtel Xamax. On 27 April 2010 his club confirmed his contract will not renewed and he left the club.[6]

On 30 July 2010, he signed with Panetolikos F.C..[7] He was an integral part of the squad that became 2010–11 Football League champions and led Panetolikos F.C. to the Greek Superleague. However, he could not help Panetolikos avoid relegation after the end of the 2011–12 Superleague Greece . Panetolikos and Edjenguélé parted ways on 2 May 2012.[8]

At the start of the 2012–13 season, Edjenguélé joined Coventry City on trial[9] and started in the 8–0 victory over Hinckley United on 14 July 2012. He later signed for the club on 17 July on a three-year contract.[10] Edjenguélé scored his first goal, with a header, in a 3–1 win over Colchester United.[11]

On 20 August 2013, Edjenguélé had his contract at Coventry City terminated by mutual consent.[12] He had made a big impression in his one season with the club, playing 40 games after joining on a free transfer from Greek side Panetolikos. But he was one of several players made available for transfer in the summer as they battled financial problems.[13] On the same day it was reported that he had signed for Bury.[14]

On 29 January 2014, Edjenguélé cancelled his contract at Bury on mutual terms. He made 23 appearances for Football League Two side Bury after joining on a free transfer from the Sky Blues.[15] William Edjenguele then re-signed for his former club Panetolikos in Greece Super League. The 26-year-old returned on a one-year contract to the Greek team where he previously played for two seasons before he moved to the Ricoh Arena in 2012.[16] This was a successful season finishing one place off the play offs which is the highest position in the club's history.

In June 2015, after a successful season, Edjenguélé earned a two-year contract with the Greek Super League club Veria.

He signed a one-year contract with Scottish Championship club Dundee United in August 2016.[17] During his third season with United, Edjenguélé moved on loan to Falkirk in January 2019.[18]

In November 2019 Edjenguélé joined Wealdstone of the National League South division in England. In June 2020 he left Wealdstone to join Southern League club Nuneaton Borough.[19]

Personal life

Edjenguélé is married to the daughter of former Coventry City goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic.[20] He is a user of Twitter, so he can be closer to the fans by running regular competitions for his worn match-shirts and sharing his thoughts on his performances.[21]

Career statistics
As of match played 4 November 2017 [22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Le Mans B 2005–08 CFA 581———581
Total 581———581
Neuchâtel Xamax 2008–09 Swiss Super League 24000—00240
2009–10 15100—00151
Total 39100—00391
Panetolikos 2010–11 Greek Football League 27100—00271
2011–12 Greek Superleague 19210—00202
Total 463100000473
Coventry City 2012–13[23] League One 33130103[lower-alpha 1]0401
Total 331301030401
Bury 2013–14[24] League Two 19220111[lower-alpha 1]0233
Total 192201110233
Panetolikos 2014–15 Greek Superleague 21130—00241
Total 21130—00241
Veria 2015–16 Greek Superleague 12020—00140
Total 12020—00140
Dundee United 2016–17[25] Championship 292101010[lower-alpha 2]0412
2017–18[26] 8000501[lower-alpha 3]0140
Total 3721060110552
Career totals 265111208115030012
  1. Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. Four appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and six in the Premiership play-offs
  3. Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours
Panetolikos
  • Greek Second Division

Champions: 2010-11

Dundee United

Winners: 2016-17

References
  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/01/2014 and 31/01/2014" (PDF). The Football League. January 2014. p. 1. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  2. William Edjenguele – Football.ch
  3. William Edjenguele – Fussballdaten – Die Fussballdatenbank
  4. Player profile at lequipe.fr
  5. William Edjenguélé : ‘’ Faire de bons matches avec Neuchâtel’’
  6. Vier Spieler müssen Xamax verlassen
  7. Edjenguélé signs with Panetolikos
  8. Mutual termination with Akalé and Edjenguélé
  9. Andy Thorn considers second Frenchman William Edjenguele after signing Kevin Malaga
  10. "Edjenguele completes City move". CCFC Official Site. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012.
  11. "Colchester United 1 - 3 Coventry City". BBC Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  12. "Edjenguele leaves Sky Blues". CCFC Official Site. 20 August 2013.
  13. "Bury sign William Edjenguele following Coventry City departure". bbc.com. 22 August 2013.
  14. "William Edjenguele leaves Coventry City for Bury". Coventry Telegraph. 20 August 2013.
  15. "Edjenguele leaves Bury". Bury FC. 29 January 2014.
  16. "Former Coventry City defender William Edjenguele moves back to Greece". coventrytelegraph.net. 10 July 2014.
  17. "UNITED IN DOUBLE SWOOP". Dundee United FC. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  18. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46994524
  19. Clapson, Sarah (15 June 2020). "'Exciting times' - Former City defender signs for non-league side". CoventryLive. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  20. Turner, Andy (26 April 2019). "Sky Blues legend reflects on illustrious career". CoventryLive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  21. "'Twitter has brought me closer to fans'". CCFC Official Site. 24 January 2013. Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  22. William Edjenguélé at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  23. "Games played by William Edjenguélé in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  24. "Games played by William Edjenguélé in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  25. "Games played by William Edjenguélé in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  26. "Games played by William Edjenguélé in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
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