Rigobert Song
 Song with Cameroon in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rigobert Song Bahanag | ||
| Date of birth | 1 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Nkenglicock, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cameroon U-23 (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1998 | Metz | 123 | (3) |
| 1998 | Salernitana | 4 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | Liverpool | 34 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | West Ham United | 24 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → 1. FC Köln (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Lens | 63 | (3) |
| 2004–2008 | Galatasaray | 104 | (4) |
| 2008–2010 | Trabzonspor | 46 | (0) |
| Total | 414 | (11) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1993–2010 | Cameroon | 137 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2018 | Cameroon A' | ||
| 2018 | Cameroon (caretaker) | ||
| 2018– | Cameroon U-23 | ||
| 2022– | Cameroon | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:02, 25 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
Rigobert Song Bahanag (born 1 July 1976) is a former Cameroonian football player. He played for Trabzonspor and the Cameroonian national team. He is the first African to play in four World Cups.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Metz | 1994–95 | French Division 1 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 27 | 2 | |
| 1995–96 | French Division 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 41 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | French Division 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 1 | |
| 1997–98 | French Division 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| Total | 123 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 142 | 4 | ||
| Salernitana | 1998–99 | Serie A | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 1 | ||
| Liverpool | 1998–99 | Premier League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |
| 1999–2000 | Premier League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| West Ham United | 2000–01 | Premier League | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | |
| 2001–02 | Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | |||
| 1. FC Köln | 2001–02 | Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 19 | 1 | ||
| Lens | 2002–03 | Ligue 1 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 4 |
| 2003–04 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 78 | 4 | ||
| Galatasaray | 2004–05 | Süper Lig | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | Süper Lig | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2006–07 | Süper Lig | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| 2007–08 | Süper Lig | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 8 | 1 | 32 | 2 | ||
| Total | 104 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 132 | 6 | ||
| Trabzonspor | 2008–09 | Süper Lig | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Süper Lig | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 23 | 2 | ||
| Total | 46 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 56 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 414 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 501 | 18 | ||
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
- ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Cup
- ↑ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 12 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 129 | 5 | |
- Source:
List of international goals scored by Rigobert Song
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 January 1998 | Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua, Cameroon |  Angola | 1–0 | Win | Friendly match |
| 2 | 6 June 1999 | Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon |  Eritrea | 1–0 | Win | 2000 African Cup qualifying |
| 3 | 6 June 2004 | Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon |  Benin | 2–1 | Win | 2006 World Cup qualifying |
| 4 | 4 June 2005 | Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin | Benin | 1–4 | Win | 2006 World Cup qualifying |
| 5 | 31 May 2008 | Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon |  Cape Verde | 2–0 | Win | 2010 World Cup qualifying |
Managerial
- As of matches played 27 January 2024
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Cameroon U23 | 23 October 2018 | 17 July 2022 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.33 |
| Cameroon | 1 March 2022 | 28 February 2024 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26.09 |
| Total | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 29.03 | ||
Honours
Metz
Liverpool
Galatasaray
Trabzonspor
- Turkish Cup: 2009–10
Cameroon
- African Cup of Nations: 2000, 2002; runner-up: 2008
- Confederations Cup runner-up: 2003
Individual
- Africa Cup of Nations Player of the Tournament: 2002
- Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2000, 2002, 2006
- UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 1997–98
- IFFHS All-time Africa Men's Dream Team: 2021
- CAF Legends Award: 2012
Orders
Knight of the Order of Valour
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References
- ↑ Football : Rigobert Song
- ↑ Rigobert Song at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ Rigobert Song at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ RSSSF.com
- ↑ Rigobert Song coach profile at Soccerway
- ↑ "Rapid Bucharest 1 - 0 Liverpool". The Guardian. 14 September 2020.
- 1 2 3 "R. SONG – profile – Soccerway.com".
- ↑ Jennings, Steve (20 June 2019). "What happened next? Every Afcon Player of the Tournament winner since 2000". Squawka. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ↑ VII OSCARS UNFP – Simone, Trezeguet, Pédron and Fontaine honored in France Football, n°2718, May 12, 1998, page 20.
- ↑ "IFFHS". IFFHS. 29 May 2021. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ↑ "Yaya Toure crowned 2012 African Footballer of the Year". My Joy Online. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ↑ "Toure named 2012 African player of year". Toure named 2012 African player of year. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ↑ "Cameroun: Rigobert Song, nouveau sélectionneur des Lions indomptables". afrique-sur7.ci (in French). March 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ↑ Rigobert Song. "Awin". Archived from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rigobert Song.
- Rigobert Song at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Rigobert Song profile at the Liverpool website". Retrieved 23 June 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - Rigobert Song – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Rigobert Song at WorldFootball.net
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