Salomon Olembé
Personal information
Full name René Salomon Olembé-Olembé
Date of birth (1980-12-08) 8 December 1980
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder
Youth career
Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Nantes 103 (7)
2001–2002 → Marseille (loan) 8 (0)
2002–2007 Marseille 67 (1)
2003–2004 → Leeds United (loan) 12 (0)
2005–2006 → Al Rayyan (loan) 14 (3)
2007–2008 Wigan Athletic 8 (0)
2009 Kayserispor 17 (1)
2010 Larissa 0 (0)
Total 229 (12)
International career
1997–2007 Cameroon 64 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

René Salomon Olembé-Olembé (born 8 December 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a left midfielder.

Club career

Olembé started his career with Nantes, where he contributed 30 appearances as his side won 2000–01 French Division 1.[1] He also played in the victorious 1999 and 2000 Coupe de France finals and the 1999 Trophée des Champions.[2][3][4] He then transferred to Marseille in 2002. While at Marseille he spent a season on loan at English Premiership strugglers Leeds United and a season at Qatari club Al Rayyan.

After leaving Marseille permanently in 2007, Olembé spent the summer on trial at Premiership newcomers Derby County, where he scored in a friendly match against Burton Albion. However, he was not offered a contract by Derby and, on 4 September, he was snapped up by Wigan Athletic manager Chris Hutchings on a one-year initial contract.[5] He was signed as a replacement for the recently departed Leighton Baines, but only made eight appearances for the Lancashire club.

In April 2008, it was revealed that Olembé would transfer to Turkish club Kayserispor.[6]

In January 2010, in the winter break of his second season in the Süper Lig, Olembé transferred to Greek side Larissa, but spent only a few months with the club before joining English Championship team Burnley on trial in March. He played in a reserve game against Manchester City but was substituted at half-time.[7]

International career

Olembé holds Cameroonian and French nationalities.[8] He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 17 June 1999.[9]

He made his debut for the Cameroon national team in 1997, and made a total of 64 appearances for his country. He represented Cameroon at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

Career statistics

Cameroon score shown first[10]

#DateOpponentResultCompetition
123 April 2000 Somalia3–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
229 January 2002 Togo3–02002 Africa Cup of Nations
37 February 2002 Mali3–02002 Africa Cup of Nations
47 February 2002 Mali3–02002 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Marseille

References

  1. ↑ "CALENDRIER LIGUE 1 2000-01". fcnhisto.fr. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Nantes : seule la victoire est belle". ladepeche.fr. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "France Cup 1999/2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Girondins de Bordeaux - FC Nantes". ligue1.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Wigan sign Cameroon star Olembe". BBC Sport. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
  6. ↑ "Olembe to Kayserispor". Vitalfootball. 15 April 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  7. ↑ "Olembe plays in reserves". Clarets-Mad. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "Joueur".
  9. ↑ "JORF n° 0140 du 19 juin 1999 - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Home". RSSSF.
  11. ↑ "Marseille 5-1 Deportivo (Aggregate: 5 - 3)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.