Lauren Etame Mayer (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Laureano Bisan Etame-Mayer (born 19 January 1977 in Londi Kribi), more commonly known as Lauren, is a Cameroonian footballer of Equatoguinean origin, who last played for English Premier League team Portsmouth until his release at the end of the 2008- 09 season. He plays internationally for Cameroon. Lauren was born in Cameroon as his parents fled Equatorial Guinea due to the political persecution during the dictatorship of Francisco Macas Nguema. Then the family moved to Seville, where he was raised. He started his career in Spain, playing for Utrera (on loan from Sevilla Fe, CD San Fernando (an old team of Spanish third division from the city of San Fernando, in south of Spain), Seville, Levante, and RCD Mallorca. He qualified for dual nationality through residency and as a Spaniard he is exempt from the post-Bosman ruling regulation that restricts the number of non-EU players to three per team in UEFA competition matches even though he is a Cameroonian international.