Maxime Poundjé

Maxime Poundjé
	Poundjé in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Maxime Aurélien Poundjé
Date of birth	16 August 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth	Bordeaux, France
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
2000–2001	C. Pyrénées Aquitaine Bordeaux
2001–2003	USJ Saint-Augustin C. Pyrénées
2003–2010	Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2021	Bordeaux
2012–2017	Bordeaux II
2011–2012	→ Nîmes (loan)
2022	Lausanne-Sport
International career‡
2009–2010	France U18
2011	France U19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2022; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 August 2012

Maxime Aurélien Poundjé (born 16 August 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Early life[edit]

Poundjé was born in France to Cameroonian parents, and has dual nationality.^[4] He acquired French nationality on 14 May 2001, through the collective effect of his father's naturalization.^[5]

On 13 February 2022, Poundjé signed with Lausanne-Sport in Switzerland.^[6]

Poundjé is a former youth international for France, and has received a callup to the Cameroon national football team which he rejected.^[7]

^ Maxime Poundjé at WorldFootball.net
^ "Maxime Poundjé". ligue1.com. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
^ @lausanne_sport (13 February 2022). "Bienvenue Maxine (in French)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Maxime POUNDJE". unfp.org. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
^ "JORF n° 0113 du 16 mai 2001 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 7846. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
^ "MAXIME POUNDJÉ EST LAUSANNOIS!" (Press release) (in French). Lausanne-Sport. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
^ "Africa Cup of Nations: Liverpool's Joel Matip among seven to snub tournament". BBC Sport. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2017.