Pierre Webó

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Pierre Webó

Webó playing for Fenerbahçe
Personal information
Full namePierre Achille Webó Kouamo
Date of birth (1982-01-20) 20 January 1982
Place of birthBafoussam, Cameroon
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubFenerbahçe
Number9
Youth career
Kouogat
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1999–2000Real Banjul
2000–2002Nacional21(15)
2003Leganés7(0)
2003–2007Osasuna114(20)
2007–2011Mallorca113(27)
2011–2013İstanbul BB54(24)
2013–Fenerbahçe26(12)
National team‡
2003–Cameroon53(17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:39, 8 December 2013 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2013

Pierre Achille Webó Kouamo (born 20 January 1982), known as Webó, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Fenerbahçe SK in the Turkish Süper Lig, as a striker.

He spent eight years of his career in La Liga, appearing in 227 games for Osasuna and Mallorca combined and scoring 47 goals (in Spain he also represented Leganés).

A Cameroon international in the 2000s, Webó appeared with the country at the 2010 World Cup and two Africa Cup of Nations.

Club career

Early years

Born in Bafoussam, West Region, Webó started his professional career in Uruguay, playing three years with Uruguay's Club Nacional de Football, winning two first division titles – although he only was an important first-team member in his third year – and becoming top scorer of the 2002 edition of the South American Cup.[1]

He moved to Europe in January 2003, signing with second division outfit CD Leganés, in the Madrid outskirts.

Osasuna

In the 2003 summer Webó signed for CA Osasuna, for whom he scored six goals in his third season, being instrumental in the Navarrese side's fourth La Liga place and UEFA Champions League qualification, although they would ultimately be ousted by Hamburger SV prior to the group stage.

His 2006–07 pre-season was hampered after he was forced to undergo treatment for malaria,[2] but he went on to produce similar numbers in the league, adding two goals in nine games in the club's semifinal run in the UEFA Cup, including the match's only in a home tie against Glasgow Rangers.[3]

Mallorca

In 2007 Webó moved to RCD Mallorca, spending most of his first season on the sidelines with an injury.[4] He did manage five league goals.

Webó in action for Mallorca

After Daniel Güiza's departure, Webó's importance in Mallorca increased, and he scored 18 goals in the following three seasons combined, netting six in 2009–10 as the Balearic Islands team finished fifth and qualified to the Europa League (later revoked).

In the 2011 off-season, after netting a career-best 11 goals in the campaign, with Mallorca narrowly avoiding relegation, 29-year-old Webó signed a three-year contract extension with the club. However, in August, he asked to be relieved from his obligations for personal reasons,[5] and joined İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor in Turkey.

Turkey

On 11 September 2011, in the first round of the Süper Lig season, Webó scored on his official debut for his new club, a 2–0 home win against Galatasaray SK.[6]

On 31 January 2013, Webó signed a two 1/2-year contract with fellow league outfit Fenerbahçe SK, for €3 million.[7][8] Again he found the net in the first official match with his new team, but in a 1–2 home loss to Sivasspor. On 7 March 2013 Webó scored the game's only goal in a win at FC Viktoria Plzeň, for the season's Europa League round-of-16 (2–1 on aggregate).[9] He added another in the following round, netting through a penalty for the first in a 2–0 home success against S.S. Lazio.[10]

On 12 May Webó played in his first derby match against Galatasaray, scoring twice to secure a 2–1 win.[11] The game was marred by racist chants from Fenerbahçe fans, directed to opposing players Didier Drogba and Emmanuel Eboué.[12]

International career

An international since 2003, Webó's first highlight playing for Cameroon was a hat-trick in his country's 3–2 win in Côte d'Ivoire in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, but his team would not travel to Germany, precisely at the hands of Côte d'Ivoire.

Webó scored in a 1–3 friendly loss with Portugal in late May 2010, and started in the first two games at that year's FIFA World Cup in South Africa (both ending in defeat), with the player not managing to find the net.[13][14]

Honours

Club

Nacional
Osasuna
Fenerbahçe

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Goleadores de la Copa Sudamericana" [South American Cup scorers] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 1 August 2010. 
  2. ↑ "Fitness battle for Osasuna's Webó". UEFA.com. 21 July 2006. 
  3. ↑ "Osasuna 1–0 Rangers (agg 2–1)". BBC Sport. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Nations Cup agony for Webó". BBC Sport. 18 December 2007. 
  5. ↑ "Webó: "Me voy por motivos familiares"" [Webó: "I leave for family reasons"] (in Spanish). Marca. 2 August 2011. 
  6. ↑ "Büyükşehir Belediyespor 2–0 Galatasaray" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011. 
  7. ↑ "Webo da Artık Bizimle" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe official website. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013. 
  8. ↑ "Özel Durum Açıklaması (Genel)" (in Turkish). Kap. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Advantage Fenerbahçe after Webó sinks Plzeň". UEFA.com. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013. 
  10. ↑ "Forceful Fenerbahçe punish ten-man Lazio". UEFA.com. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013. 
  11. ↑ "Fenerbahçe savors 2–1 derby win, arch-rivals Galatasaray savors league title". Hurriyet Daily News. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013. 
  12. ↑ "Galatasaray: Didier Drogba questions racists who abused him". BBC Sport. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013. 
  13. ↑ "Japan 1–0 Cameroon". BBC Sport. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2013. 
  14. ↑ "Cameroon 1–2 Denmark". BBC Sport. 19 June 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2013. 

External links

Fenerbahçe S.K. – current squad
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