Andem, Basse William

Andem was born in the city of Douala . In adult football, he made his debut in 1989 with performances for a team from his hometown “ Union Douala ” (including acting on loan at the Olympic Club “Privatization”), in which he spent two seasons. After that, he went to Brazil, where he signed a contract with Cruzeiro and fought for a place in the first team with Dida . The Cameroonian lost the competition and played only 9 matches for 3 seasons. As part of the Cruzeiro in 1996, he won the Brazil Cup . Later he moved to a much more modest club “Bahia” , which included two seasons.

His game for the last team attracted the attention of representatives of the coaching staff of the club "Boavista" , to which he joined in January 1998. In the Portuguese championship he debuted on August 21, 1998 in a victorious (2-0) duel against Vitoria . William defended the match “to zero”. He played for the club from Porto for the next ten seasons of his playing career. During the first season in the Portuguese team was the main goalkeeper, having played 29 matches. At the end of that season, “Boavista” took second place in the championship, having the opportunity to play in the second qualifying round of the Champions League . In the 2000/01 season, he won the Portuguese Championship. The start in the Champions League for Boavista players can be considered successful. The team left the group, ahead of Dynamo Kiev and Borussia Dortmund, but not Liverpool . A year later, the team took second place in the championship, and his success ended there. In Boaviste, William had to compete for a long time for the position of the main goalkeeper with the future player of the Sporting and Portugal national team Ricardo . In the 2001 season, in the Portuguese championship he played only 6 matches. After Ricardo left the team, Andem became its main goalkeeper, but in the 2004/05 season, Boavista signed a new contract, displacing Andem from the main squad. After the Angolan goalkeeper was sold to Steaua , Andem again became the main goalkeeper, after which he played 43 bouts in the Portuguese championship in the next 2 seasons.

He completed a professional gaming career in the club " Feirense " from the second league , for the team which played during 2007-2008. That season, he was only the second goalkeeper of the team. At the time of the completion of the player’s career, Andem turned 40 years old.

In 1990 he made his debut in official matches in the national team of Cameroon . During his career in the national team, which lasted 9 years, he played in the form of the main team of the country 52 matches. During this time, was the understudy of the main goalkeeper of the Cameroonians, Jacques Songo'o .

As part of the team, he participated in the 1990 African Cup of Nations in Algeria , the 1992 African Cup of Nations in Senegal (played 3 matches, but the Cameroon team took the last place in the group and left the tournament), the African Cup of Nations in 1996 in South Africa , the 1998 World Cup years in France . At the World Cup did not play a single match, while Jacques Song'o, the main goalkeeper of Cameroonians in the tournament, played in all matches.

• Cup Supercup Libertadores
  •   Winner (1): 1994 (Cruzeiro)

•   Primeira League
  •   Champion (1): 2001
  •   Silver medalist (2): 1998, 2002

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