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| Full name | René Salomon Olembé-Olembé | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (age 45) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Nantes | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2002 | Nantes | 103 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | →Marseille (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2007 | Marseille | 67 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | →Leeds United (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | →Al Rayyan (loan) | 14 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Wigan Athletic | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Kayserispor | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | AEL | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 229 | (12) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2007 | Cameroon | 64 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
René Salomon Olembé-Olembé (born 8 December 1980) is a Cameroonian former professionalfootballer who played as aleft midfielder.
Olembé started his career withNantes, where he contributed 30 appearances as his side won2000–01 French Division 1.[1] He also played in the victorious1999 and2000 Coupe de France finals and the1999 Trophée des Champions.[2][3][4] He then transferred toMarseille in 2002. While at Marseille he spent a season on loan at English Premiership strugglersLeeds United and a season at Qatari clubAl Rayyan.
After leaving Marseille permanently in 2007, Olembé spent the summer on trial at Premiership newcomersDerby County, where he scored in a friendly match againstBurton Albion. However, he was not offered a contract by Derby and, on 4 September, he was snapped up byWigan Athletic managerChris Hutchings on a one-year initial contract.[5] He was signed as a replacement for the recently departedLeighton Baines, but only made eight appearances for the Lancashire club.
In April 2008, it was revealed that Olembé would transfer to Turkish clubKayserispor.[6]
In January 2010, in the winter break of his second season in theSüper Lig, Olembé transferred to Greek sideAEL, but spent only a few months with the club before joining English Championship teamBurnley on trial in March. He played in a reserve game againstManchester City but was substituted at half-time.[7]
Olembé holds Cameroonian and French nationalities.[8] He acquiredFrench nationality bynaturalization on 17 June 1999.[9]
He made his debut for theCameroon national team in 1997, and made a total of 64 appearances for his country. He represented Cameroon at the1998 FIFA World Cup and the2004 African Cup of Nations.
Cameroon score shown first[10]
| # | Date | Opponent | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 23 April 2000 |  Somalia | 3–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 29 January 2002 |  Togo | 3–0 | 2002 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 3 | 7 February 2002 |  Mali | 3–0 | 2002 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 4 | 7 February 2002 | Mali | 3–0 | 2002 Africa Cup of Nations |
Marseille
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