Ali Gerba

Ali Ngon Gerba (born July 27, 1982 in Cameroon) is a Canada football (soccer) player who is contracted to the English club Milton Keynes Dons F.C..

Biography

In 2000 Gerba signed with the Montreal Impact where he recorded 6 goals and 2 assists, a club record for a rookie. In 2001 Gerba signed with the Miami Fusion of the Major League Soccer but had little success with Miami. In 2002 Gerba returned to the USL First Division and signed with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds but late in the season he was traded to the Toronto Lynx.

In 2003 Gerba was the leading scorer for the Lynx scoring 6 goals but again Gerba was traded to the Impact late in the season. But Gerba returned to the Lynx in 2004 where he had an outstanding season where he scored 15 goals a club record. Gerba returned to the Lynx for the 2005 season where he scored 2 goals before getting traded to the Impact in exchange for Abraham Francois and Sita-Taty Matondo. Gerba left the Lynx as the clubs second highest all-time scorer with 24 goals in total.

With the Impact Gerba played an important role for the Impact helping the club stay undefeated in 15 games a league record, Gerba was rewarded by being selected to represent Canada men's national soccer team in CONCACAF Gold Cup where he played 3 games and scored 1 goal. After the Gold Cup Gerba was signed by GIF Sundsvall where he scored 5 goals in 11 games but the team was relegated to the Superettan.

When GIF Sundsvall were relegated Gerba signed a three year deal with Swedish giants IFK Göteborg. In 2006 he was loaned to Odd Grenland in Norway, and in the beginning of 2007 he made a quite successful loan stay at Danish Superliga side AC Horsens. In January 2008 he signed with German FC Ingolstadt 04. In June 2008, he was released from his contract with the club.

As of June 28 2008 Gerba was being linked with a return to North America to join Canadian manager Frank Yallop at Major League Soccer side San Jose Earthquakes,. However, on August 7th 2008, he signed for Coca Cola League One newcomers Milton Keynes Dons awaiting for his Work Permit to be stamped. On Saturday 20th August 2008, he made his first appearance for the Dons in a 3-0 away victory against Colchester United. He scored his first goal for the Dons in his second game for them in the 2-1 defeat to Peterborough United.