Olivier Tébily

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Olivier Tébily
Personal information
Full name Olivier Tébily
Date of birth December 19, 1975
Place of birth    Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Birmingham City
Number 16
Youth clubs
–1993 Niort
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1993–1998
1998–1999
1999
1999–2002
2002–present
 Niort
Châteauroux
Sheffield United
Celtic
Birmingham City		 91 (5)
23 (1)
8 (0)
38 (0)
83 (0)   
National team2
2000– Côte d'Ivoire 18 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 15:02, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 6 August 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

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.

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Birmingham City F.C. - Current Squad

1 Taylor | 2 Kelly | 3 Sadler | 4 Taylor | 6 Clemence | 7 Larsson | 8 Cole | 9 Forssell | 10 Jerome | 11 Gray | 12 Nafti | 13 Doyle | 14 Campbell | 15 Kilkenny | 16 Tébily | 17 Danns | 19 Vine | 21 N'Gotty | 22 Johnson | 23 Birley | 24 Jaïdi | 25 Aluko | 26 Muamba | 27 Bendtner | 28 McSheffrey | 29 Legzdins | 31 Pearce | Manager: Bruce
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