Gerard Ambassa Guy

Gerard Ambassa Guy
Personal information
Full name Gerard Ambassa Guy
Date of birth (1978-09-21) 21 September 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Tonnerre Yaoundé
1997 Foshan Fosti
1997–1999 Rangers (HKG)
1999–2000 Instant-Dict
2000–2001 O & YH Union 36 (3)
2001–2007 Happy Valley 54 (22)
2007 Persija Jakarta 0 (0)
2007–2009 Happy Valley 37 (3)
2009–2011 South China 11 (0)
2010–2011 → Pegasus (loan) 7 (0)
2011 Sun Hei 8 (1)
2013 Enfield City Falcons 10 (0)
2014 Playford City Patriots 11 (2)
2015 Elizabeth Grove Soccer Club
2016 Shenzhen Baoxin
2016–2017 Biun Chun Glory Sky 5 (0)
2019 Kowloon City 3 (0)
International career‡
1997–1999 Cameroon U23
2006–2011 Hong Kong 29 (6)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Playford City Patriots
2017–2018 Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 February 2011

Gerard Ambassa Guy (Chinese: 卓卓; born 21 September 1978), nicknamed JJ (Chinese: 卓卓), is a Cameroonian-born Hong Kong football coach and former professional footballer who played as a centre back.

He played for Happy Valley, O & YH Union, Instant-Dict, Rangers, South China, Pegasus and Sun Hei in the past.

Club career

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Gerard first arrived in Hong Kong to play for Rangers. Subsequently, he played for Instant-Dict, O & YH Union, Happy Valley AA and in 2009 joined South China AA.

South China

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In 2009, Gerard joined South China. He scored in the 5–4 away defeat to Neftchi Farg'ona in the quarter-finals 1st leg.[1] Then he scored a last-minute away goal in the 1–2 semi-final defeat by Kuwait SC in the 2009 AFC Cup, thus setting up a crucial home game for South China in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Stadium was packed for the second leg match on 21 October 2009 but South China lost 0–1.[2]

Pegasus

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Gerard joined Pegasus on loan from South China in the summer of 2010. On 23 September 2010, Gerard was sent off in a league game after two bookable offences, but Pegasus won 4–0 over Citizen.[3]

On 1 March 2011, Gerard scored with a header to help Pegasus secure a 2-1 win over Song Lam Nghe An in the 2011 AFC Cup group game away in Vietnam.[4]

Mohun Bagan

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On 23 July 2010, Gerard arrived in Kolkata for a trial with Indian club Mohun Bagan as an Asian origin player.[5]

Sun Hei

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Gerard joined Sun Hei for the 2011–12 Hong Kong First Division League season.[6]

International career

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Gerard became a member of the Hong Kong national football team after he had spent more than seven years in Hong Kong and gained Hong Kong citizenship. He took part in Round 2 of the 2010 East Asian Football Championship tournament in Kaoshiung and received the Most Valuable Player award.

Managerial career

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On 4 December 2017, Gerard took over as manager of Rangers after Dejan Antonić's departure from the club.[7]

Honours

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Happy Valley

Career statistics

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Club

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Updated 30 August 2009

Club Season League League Cup Senior Shield FA Cup AFC Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Happy Valley 2001–02 ? 8 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
2002–03 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 23 16
2003–04 ? 7 ? 1 ? 2 ? 2 ? 3 24 15
2004–05 ? 3 ? 0 ? 2 ? 0 ? 0 22 5
2005–06 7 (1) 2 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 4 (1) 2 20 (1) 4
2006–07 12 (1) 7 1 (0) 0 3 (0) 2 1 (0) 2 5 (0) 3 22 (1) 14
Total
Persija Jakarta 2007–08 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Total
Happy Valley 2007–08 13 (1) 0 3 (0) 0 2 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 - - 19 (1) 0
2008–09 20 (2) 3 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0 2 (0) 1 - - 24 (2) 4
Total 33 (3) 3 4 (0) 0 3 (0) 0 3 (0) 1 - - 43 (3) 4
South China 2009–10 4 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 2 8 (0) 2
Total 4 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (0) 2 8 (0) 2
All ? ?

International

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Updated 17 November 2010
# Date Venue Opponent Result Scored Competition
1 29 January 2006 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong  Denmark 0–3 0 2006 Carlsberg Cup
2 1 February 2006 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong  Croatia 0–4 0 2006 Carlsberg Cup
3 15 February 2006 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong  Singapore 1–1 1 Friendly
4 18 February 2006 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong  India 2–2 1 Friendly
5 22 February 2006 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong  Qatar 0–3 0 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6 1 March 2006 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh  Bangladesh 1–0 0 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
7 12 August 2006 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong  Singapore 1–2 0 Friendly
8 16 August 2006 Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan  Uzbekistan 2–2 0 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
9 6 September 2006 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong  Uzbekistan 0–0 0 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
10 11 October 2006 Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Qatar 0–2 0 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
11 15 November 2006 Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong  Bangladesh 2–0 2 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
12 1 June 2007 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia  Indonesia 0–3 0 Friendly
13 10 June 2007 So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong  Macau 2–1 0 2007 Hong Kong–Macau Interport
14 19 June 2007 Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau  Chinese Taipei 1–1 0 2008 EAFF Championship Preliminary
15 21 June 2007 Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau  Guam 15–1 1 2008 EAFF Championship Preliminary
16 24 June 2007 Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau  North Korea 0–1 0 2008 EAFF Championship Preliminary
17 18 November 2007 Macau UST Stadium, Macau  Macau 9–1 0 Friendly
18 14 January 2009 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong  India 2–1 0 Friendly
19 21 January 2009 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong  Bahrain 1–3 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
20 28 January 2009 Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a, Yemen  Yemen 0–1 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
21 23 August 2009 World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan  Chinese Taipei 4–0 1 2010 EAFF Championship Semi-Final
22 25 August 2009 World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan  North Korea 0–0 0 2010 EAFF Championship Semi-Final
23 27 August 2009 World Games Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan  Guam 12–0 0 2010 EAFF Championship Semi-Final
24 18 November 2009 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong  Japan 0–4 0 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
25 7 February 2010 Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan  South Korea 0–5 0 2010 East Asian Football Championship
26 11 February 2010 Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan  Japan 0–3 0 2010 East Asian Football Championship
27 14 February 2010 Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan  China 0–2 0 2010 East Asian Football Championship
28 17 November 2010 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong  Paraguay 0–7 0 Friendly
29 9 February 2011 Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia 0–2 0 Friendly

References

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  1. ^ 2009 AFC Cup – fixtures and results The-AFC.com. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
  2. ^ 2009 AFC Cup – fixtures and results The-AFC.com. Retrieved on 22 September 2011.
  3. ^ (in Chinese)傑志飛馬 入球停不了 Archived 26 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Wen Wei Po. 24 September 2010.
  4. ^ Song Lam Nghe An 1-2 TSW Pegasus[permanent dead link‍] The-AFC.com. Tuesday, 1 March 2011.
  5. ^ New PAO in Trial from Hong-Kong National Team Archived 2 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine Mohun Bagan Club.com 23 July 2010
  6. ^ (in Chinese)晨曦卓卓歸隊 Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Ta Kung Pao. 17 August 2011.
  7. ^ "狄恩請假 卓卓暫掌流浪帥印". Apple Daily. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2017. (in Chinese)
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