Stephane mbia is a cameroonian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for queens park rangers stephane mbia was born in the cameroonian capital of yaounde and moved to doula to play at the kadji sports academy when he was 17 years old previous graduates of the academy include former african footballer of the year samuel eto39o as well as once manchester united midfielder eric djemba djemba mbia later signed for french outfit rennes in 2004 being used as a holding midfield player and sc