 Salou in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1970-09-15)15 September 1970 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Lomé, Togo | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1988 | Omnisport Lomé | ||
| 1989–1990 | Panthere Sportive | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1995 | Borussia M'gladbach | 86 | (13) |
| 1995–1998 | MSV Duisburg | 95 | (26) |
| 1998–1999 | Borussia Dortmund | 25 | (5) |
| 1999–2000 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | (8) |
| 2001–2003 | Hansa Rostock | 46 | (7) |
| 2003 | Kapellen-Erft | ||
| 2004 | Alemannia Aachen | 14 | (3) |
| 2004 | Eupen | 12 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Kapellen-Erft | ||
| Total | 312 | (65) | |
| International career | |||
| 1987–1998 | Togo[1] | 37 | (7) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bachirou Salou (born 15 September 1970 in Lomé) is a former professionalfootballer who played as acentre-forward in theBundesliga.
He possessed double nationality and is living inGermany together with his family, where he bought a house. Bachirou Salou hasNago- Benino roots.Rafiou Moutairou andTadjou Salou are his siblings.
Born inLomé, Salou was spotted at the age of 19 by formerCzechoslovakian internationalAnton Ondruš, who was on holiday inCameroon and saw the player appear forPanthère Sportive . Knowing that the Club Borussia Mönchengladbach was looking for a striker, he conveyed him. Shortly afterwards Salou was invited to Germany. In 1990 he began to play as a striker forBorussia Mönchengladbach, where he quickly became a fan favourite.
In his time at Mönchengladbach, Salou helped the teamwin the 1995DFB- Pokal, scoring 14 goals in 97 competitive games. In the1993–94 season he netted five times in only nine contests.
In 1995 Salou moved to thesecond division withMSV Duisburg,winning promotion in his first year and experiencing his best years in the country overall, as he added 18 goals in the next two top flight seasons combined. His steady performances earned him many offers.FC Bayern München,Fenerbahce S.K. and Borussia Dortmund were some of these clubs. After all he chose to stay in Germany and transferred to formerChampions League winnerBorussia Dortmund.
He also became a fan favourite inMSV Duisburg. The legendaryDFB Cup final in 1997–98 season againstFC Bayern München made Salou become a living legend in Duisburg. To this day, he is celebrated in Duisburg. Salou was perpetuate as a living legend in the stadium of MSV Duisburg with his picture.
After another solid year withEintracht Frankfurt, Salou joinedFC Hansa Rostock in January 2001.[2]
After a brief time inBelgium, withK.A.S Eupen, Salou returned to Germany in January 2004 and signed withAlemannia Aachen. He played 15 years inboth major levels of German football, totalling exactly 300 games and 62 goals.
Salou gained 38caps forTogo during a nine-year span, making his international debut at age 19. He retired from football the year before the nation reachedits first everFIFA World Cup.
Nowadays Salou lives near Mönchengladbach, during the World cup in year 2006 he worked as team manager for the Togolese National team.He is also related toTadjou Salou andRafiou Moutairou.
After retiring, Salou became involved with the initiativeGo for Children – Momentum for Change!, as an ambassador.[3]
His son Mamoudou Salou, who was born in 1989, also plays soccer as a striker forSV Uedesheim.[4]
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