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Thierry Ekwalla

Cameroonian footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ7784037 ↗
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Thierry Ekwalla (born 28 November 1983) is a Cameroonian footballer who played in Italy, Serbia and Romania. He also holds Italian citizenship.

Career

Ekwalla left Cameroon at age 17 and arrived to Italy first playing in the youth team of Treviso F.B.C. and then, as a senior, between 2002 and 2004, with U.S. Città di Jesolo. Ekwalla then signed a professional contract in Serbia with FK Čukarički and played in the 2004-05 season. In summer 2005 he had trials at French side Olympique de Marseille and Romanian side CSM Jiul Petroșani but Čukarički was asking for a too high price. He played the season 2005–06 in Serbian second level, the Serbian First League. A year later, he became free-agent and moved to Romania signing with FC Universitatea Cluj. Later he also played in Romania with CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea and FCM Câmpina.

He returned to Italy in 2008 to play with S.S.D. Calcio San Donà for one season. He then played two seasons with A.C.D. Città di Concordia.

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The public source identifies “Thierry Ekwalla” as cameroonian footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Thierry, Ekwalla and Cameroonian.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1983, 2002, 2004, 2005—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1983-11-28. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Thierry, Ekwalla and Cameroonian providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7784037. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1983, 2002, 2004 and 2005.

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This entry incorporates text from “Thierry Ekwalla” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.