Olivier Tébily

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Olivier Tébily
Personal information
Date of birth	December 19, 1975
Place of birth	Abidjan, Cote d' Ivoire
Height	6'1 (185 cm)
Position	Fullback
Club information
Current club	Birmingham City
Number	16
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1998-1999 1999 1999-2002 2002-	Chateauroux Sheffield United Celtic Birmingham City	? (?) 8 (0) 38 (0) 83 (0)
National team**
	Côte d'Ivoire	18 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:12, 12 November 2006 (UTC). ** National team caps and goals correct as of 6 August 2006.

Olivier Tébily (born December 19, 1975 in Abidjan) is an Ivorian football player who currently plays for Birmingham City F.C. as a defender. He plays international football for Côte d'Ivoire.

He started his career at French second division side Châteauroux, before he was signed by Sheffield United F.C. for £200,000 on March 23, 1999. However, he only stayed at the club for three and a half months, moving to Celtic F.C. on July 8 for 1.25 million pounds. An irregular starter due to his early erratic form, this improved as Martin O'Neill took over as coach of the team, as Tebily was assured of a more, albeit not entirely, regular placement in the team. Due to his habit of making heart-stopping errors, he earned the nickname "Bombscare" among Celtic fans.

On March 22, 2002, he moved on again, this time to Birmingham City F.C., but once again thanks to Birmingham manager Steve Bruce, the same manager as had signed him at Sheffield United three years previously.

His 2002/03 season was marred by a worrying knee injury sustained when Birmingham City and Charlton Athletic met on December 21, 2002. However, he returned to fitness at the beginning of the 2003/04 season and has since been injury-free albeit not a regular selection for the club.

He is the cousin of Chelsea F.C. forward Didier Drogba.

Birmingham City F.C. - Current Squad
1 Taylor | 2 Kelly | 3 Sadler | 4 Taylor | 5 Upson | 6 Clemence | 7 Larsson | 8 Dunn | 9 Forssell | 10 Jerome | 11 Gray | 12 Nafti | 13 Doyle | 14 Campbell | 15 Kilkenny | 16 Tébily | 17 Danns | 18 Oji | 21 N'Gotty | 22 Johnson | 23 Birley | 24 Jaïdi | 25 Aluko | 26 Muamba | 27 Bendtner | 28 McSheffrey | Manager: Bruce