Michel Pensée

Michel Pensée

Personal information
Full name	Michel Pensée Billong
Date of birth	(1973-06-16) 16 June 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1994	Tonnerre Yaoundé
1994–1997	Jaibos Tampico Madero
1997–1999	Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	50	(2)
2000–2001	Aves	5	(0)
2001	Anzhi Makhachkala	20	(1)
2002	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	25	(0)
2005	Milton Keynes Dons	18	(1)
International career
1997–2001	Cameroon	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michel Pensée Billong (born 16 June 1973 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He enjoyed a geographically varied career which took in spells with teams in his native Cameroon, Mexico, South Korea, Portugal, Russia, Japan and England. In England he scored once for MK Dons against Barnsley.^[1] He was a part of the Cameroonian 1998 FIFA World Cup side.

Club career

In January 2005, Pensée signed for Milton Keynes Dons on a contract until the end of the season.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3]^[4]

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma	1997	K League 1	3	1							3	1
	1998		15	1							15	1
	1999		32	0							32	0
	Total		50	2							50	2
Aves	2000–01	Primeira Liga	5	0							5	0
Anzhi Makhachkala[5]	2001	Top Division	20	0	4	1	–		1	0	25	1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2002	J1 League	25	0	0	0	6	0	–		25	0
Milton Keynes Dons[6]	2004–05	League One	18	1	0	0	0	0	–		18	1
Career total			118	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	18	1

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[3]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cameroon	1997	2	0
	1998	2	0
	1999	1	0
	2000	1	0
	2001	1	0
	Total	7	0

Honors

Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma

• Korean FA Cup: 1999

Cameroon

• African Cup of Nations: 2000

References

1. "Barnsley 1-1 MK Dons". BBC. 19 March 2005. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
2. Fudge, Simon. "Dons land Indomitable Lion". skysports.com. Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
3. "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com.
4. 미첼 (미첼). kleague.com/kr/ (in Korean). K League 1. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
5. "Bilong Michael Pins". www.fc-anji.ru (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
6. "Michel Pensee-Billong". www.soccerbase.com. soccerbase. Retrieved 30 December 2014.

External links

• Billong, Michel Pensee at National-Football-Teams.com
• Michel Pensée – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Michel Pensée at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Michel Pensée – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)