Gerard Ambassa Guy

Gerard Ambassa Guy (Chinese: 卓卓; born 21 September 1978), nicknamed JJ (Chinese: 卓卓), is a Cameroonian-born Hong Kong association football coach and former professional player who currently as an amateur plays for Hong Kong Third Division club King Mountain.

Gerard Ambassa Guy

Personal information
Full name	Gerard Ambassa Guy
Date of birth	(1978-09-21) 21 September 1978 (age 44)
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender / Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current team	King Mountain
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1996	Tonnerre Yaoundé	?	(?)
1997	Foshan Fosti F.C.	?	(?)
1997–1999	Rangers (HKG)	?	(?)
1999–2000	Instant-Dict	0	(0)
2000–2001	O & YH Union	36	(3)
2001–2007	Happy Valley	54	(22)
2007	Persija Jakarta	0	(0)
2007–2009	Happy Valley	37	(3)
2009–2010	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)
2019–	Ravia King Mountain	2	(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

He played for Happy Valley, Yee Hope, Instant-Dict, Hong Kong Rangers, South China, Pegasus and Sun Hei in the past.

He is also a football coach currently.

Club career

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

In 2009, he 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]

TSW Pegasus

He joined TSW Pegasus on loan from South China AA in the summer of 2010. On 23 September 2009, Gerard Ambassa Guy was sent off in a league game after two bookable offenses, but TSW Pegasus won 4:0 over Citizen.^[3]

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

Mohun Bagan

On 23 July 2010, the Cameroonian-born Hong Kong footballer arrived in Kolkata for a trial with Indian club Mohun Bagan as an Asian origin player.^[5]

Sun Hei SC

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

Managerial career

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

International

Gerard Ambassa Guy 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 the 2010 East Asian Football Championship semi-finals tournament in Kaoshiung and received the Most Valuable Player award.

Honours

Happy Valley

• Hong Kong First Division: 2002-03, 2005–06
• Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2003-04
• Hong Kong FA Cup: 2003-04

Career statistics

Club career

As of 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 career

As of 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

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 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 2 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine Mohun Bagan Club.com 23 July 2010
6. (in Chinese)晨曦卓卓歸隊 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. Retrieved 5 December 2017. (in Chinese)

External links

• Gerard Ambassa Guy at HKFA
• Gérard Guy Ambassa, Champion de Hong Kong (in French)