Paul-Arnold Garita

Paul-Arnold Garita, or just Arnold Garita, (born 18 June 1995) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Championnat National side FC Villefranche, on loan from Charleroi.

Club Career

Chateauroux

Born in Douala, Cameroon, Garita moved to France and started playing football at 13, leading him to join CO Vincennes. When he was 15, he left CO Vincennes to join Chateauroux, where he started his youth career. He progressed through the ranks of the Chateauroux academy despite the difficulties. By 2012, he was linked with away from the club, as he was on a basic youth contract, leading interests from Arsenal, Newcastle United, RCD Espanyol and VfL Wolfsburg.

He made his professional debut for LB Chateauroux, where he came on as a late substitute for Clement Tainmont, and scored an equaliser, in a 1–1 draw against AJ Auxerre on 30 November 2012. Having appeared two more times as a substitute later in the season, Garita signed his first professional contract with the club in February 2013. At the end of the 2012–13 season, he went on to make four appearances and scoring once in all competitions.

In the 2013–14 season, Garita spent the start of the season on the sidelines and didn't make his first appearance of the season, coming on as a late substitute, in a 2–2 draw against Stade Lavallois on 13 December 2013. Seven days later, on 20 December 2013, he scored twice, after coming on as a substitute in fourteen minutes from the game, in a 3–1 win over Dijon FCO. He scored against Dijon again this season on 6 May 2014, which saw Chateauroux lose 2–1. At the end of the 2013–14 season, Garita went on to make eight times and scoring three times in all competitions.

However, at the start of the 2014–15 season, he suffered an ankle injury that saw him on the sidelines. On 16 November 2014, he made his return from the sidelines against Meymac CA in the seventh round of Coupe de France and scored twice, in a 6–0 win. In a follow up match against A