Pierre Webó

Pierre Webó

Webó in action for Mallorca
Personal information
Full name	Pierre Achille Webó Kouamo
Date of birth	20 January 1982 (1982-01-20)
Place of birth	Bafoussam, Cameroon
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	İstanbul BB
Number	9
Youth career
1997–1998	Kouogat
1998–1999	Stade Bandjoun
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2000	Real Banjul	0	(0)
2000–2002	Nacional	21	(15)
2003	Leganés	7	(0)
2003–2007	Osasuna	114	(20)
2007–2011	Mallorca	113	(27)
2011–	İstanbul BB	20	(9)
National team‡
2003–	Cameroon	49	(16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 September 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 November 2011

Pierre Achille Webó Kouamo (born 20 January 1982), known as Webó, is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor in Turkey, as a striker.

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

Osasuna

He then moved the following season to 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.

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

Mallorca

In 2007, Webó moved to RCD Mallorca, spending most of his first season on the sidelines, injured. He did manage five league goals.

After Daniel Güiza's departure, Webó's importance in Mallorca increased, and he scored 18 league 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 scoring 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, 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.

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 Ivory Coast in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, but his team would not travel to Germany, precisely at the hands of the latter.

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.

Honours

Team

• Uruguayan League: 2001, 2002
• Spanish Cup: Runner-up 2004–05

Individual

• South American Cup: Top scorer 2002

External links

• Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• Pierre Webó at National-Football-Teams.com