Salomon Olembé

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
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, correct as of 17:34, 20 June 2008 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:01, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

René Salomon Olembé-Olembé (born 8 December 1980 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian former footballer.

Club career

Olembé started his career with Nantes before transferring 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. He was signed as a replacement for the recently departed Leighton Baines, but only made 8 appearances for the Lancashire club.

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

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.

International career

Olembé made his debut for Cameroon 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.

International goals

Cameroon score shown first

#	Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
1	23 April 2000	Somalia	3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	29 January 2002	Togo	3–0	2002 Africa Cup of Nations
3	7 February 2002	Mali	3–0	2002 Africa Cup of Nations
4	7 February 2002	Mali	3–0	2002 Africa Cup of Nations

References

General

• Salomon Olembé career statistics at Soccerbase
• BBC: World Cup 2002

Specific