Jerry-Christian Tchuissé

Jerry-Christian Tchuissé (born 13 January 1975) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a fullback. He played club football in Russia for Chernomorets Novorossiysk, Spartak Moscow, FC Moscow, FC Terek Grozny and FC Vityaz Podolsk.

Jerry-Christian Tchuissé
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-01-13) 13 January 1975
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Bongongui Douala ? (?)
1996–1997 Léopards Douala ? (?)
1998–2000 FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk 39 (0)
2000–2003 FC Spartak Moscow 44 (0)
2003 FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk 26 (0)
2004–2006 FC Moscow 67 (2)
2007 FC Terek Grozny 38 (0)
2008 FC Vityaz Podolsk 15 (0)
National team
2001–2005 Cameroon 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

In 1997, after playing some amateur football in Cameroon, Tchuisse moved to Russia. After unsuccessfully trying to get into a university in Krasnodar, Tchuisse was spotted by the coach of an amateur side "Neftyannik", from the nearby Goryachy Klyuch, while playing football with his friends. Less than half a year later, his impressive displays for the Krasnodar Krai team, at an exhibition event, earned him his first professional contract and a move to the Russian Top Division (as it was known at the time) side Chernomorets Novorossiysk.[1]

During his time at Novorossiysk, Tchuisse received a career-threatening injury, after a bad challenge by Valery Kechinov. Tchuisse recovered and soon signed for the league champions Spartak Moscow.

With Spartak, the Cameroonian won two domestic league titles. In 2000, Tchuisse made his European debut in the UEFA Champions League and He was granted Russian citizenship in this year by Vladimir Poutine and was considered for the Russian national team. The fans saw him as a potential counterpart to Nigerian international Emmanuel Olisadebe.Even a number 21 jersey was prepared especially for Tchuise, which was going to be given to him before the Spartak-CSKA match on March 31, 2001. However, he never played in it. On 6 May 2001 he made his debut for the Cameroon national team, where he was also called up. Tense relations with his teammates, however, forced the player to look for a move away. Tchuisse was linked with a possible move to RC Lens, but no deal ever materialized and the player, eventually, returned to Chernomorets Novorossiysk. After the club's relegation to the Russian First Division, Tchuisse received an offer from the newly formed ambitious FC Moscow.[1]

During this three-year spell at the Moscow club, Tchuisse scored his first professional goal. His two goals for FC Moscow still remain his only goals scored for a professional club.

In 2007 and 2008, he played for FC Terek Grozny and FC Vityaz Podolsk respectively.

Tchuissé currently resides in Le Mans, France. There he coaches a local team, Le Mans villaret, and has business in Cameroon.[2]

International career and trophies

Tchuissé obtained Russian citizenship in 2000 after meeting with Vladimir Putin and was a candidate to play for the Russia national team.[3] He even participated in team training.[4] However, he has not played for Russia and debuted for Cameroon on 6 May 2001.

He won during his career two championship of Russia 2000,2001 and a cup of Russia 2003.[5]

References
  1. "Жерри-Кристиан Тчуйсе: Электрик из меня так и не вышел". Soviet Sports. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
  2. Дудь, Юрий (27 September 2010). Жерри-Кристиан Тчуйссе: "Я до сих пор не могу поверить, что играл за "Спартак" (in Russian). Sports.ru. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  3. An American will play for Russia national team Archived 27 August 2005 at the Wayback Machine, BBC, 19 July 2005. (in Russian)
  4. An African will debut for Russia for the first time, ROL, 12 February 2001. (in Russian)
  5. Tchuisse has played for Cameroon, Sport-Express, 8 May 2001. (in Russian)
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