Jean-Alain Boumsong
Cameroonian and French association football player
Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong (born 14 December 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He began his career with French club Le Havre in 1997 before joining AJ Auxerre in 2000. His performances at Auxerre earned him a move to Rangers in 2004. He moved to Newcastle United in 2005. where he spent two seasons. In 2006, he joined Juventus. He returned to France with Lyon in 2008. His last club was Greek Super League side Panathinaikos. Between 2003 and 2009, he made 27 appearances scoring 1 goal for the France national team.
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 14 December 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2000 | Le Havre | 42 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2004 | Auxerre | 131 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Rangers | 18 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Newcastle United | 47 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Juventus | 33 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Lyon | 59 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Panathinaikos | 52 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 382 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2009 | France | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Cameroon (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Career statistics
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changeClub | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Le Havre | 1997–98 | Division 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||||
1998–99 | Division 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 1 | |||
1999–2000 | Division 1 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 0 | |||||
Total | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 47 | 1 | |||
Auxerre | 2000–01 | Division 1 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 36 | 0 | |||
2001–02 | Division 1 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 1 | |||||
2002–03 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 41 | 2 | ||
2003–04 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 35 | 1 | ||||
Total | 131 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | 148 | 4 | |||
Rangers | 2004–05 | Scottish Premier League | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | – | 24 | 2 | |||||
Newcastle United | 2004–05 | Premier League | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 15 | 0 | |||
2005–06 | Premier League | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 34 | 0 | ||||
Total | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 49 | 0 | |||||
Juventus | 2006–07 | Serie B | 33 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 2 | ||||
2007–08 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | ||||
Total | 33 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 36 | 3 | |||||
Lyon | 2007–08 | Ligue 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |
2008–09 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 43 | 2 | ||
2009–10 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 29 | 2 | ||
Total | 59 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | – | 85 | 4 | |||
Panathinaikos | 2010–11 | Super League Greece | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
2011–12 | Super League Greece | 17 | 3 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 6[a] | 0 | 27 | 5 | |||
2012–13 | Super League Greece | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
Total | 52 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 78 | 7 | |||
Career total | 382 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 467 | 21 |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearances in Super League Greece playoffs
- ↑ Appearance in play-off for sixth place against Skoda Xanthi on 9 May 2013
International goals
change- Score and result list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Boumsong goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 11 October 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis | Israel | 3–0 | 3–0 | Euro 2004 qualifier |
Honours
changeAuxerre
Rangers
Juventus
Lyon
France
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2006
References
change- ↑ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- ↑ "Jean-Alain Boumsong profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ↑ "Jean-Alain Boumsong » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 August 2020.