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Pierre Achille Webó Kouamo (born 20 January 1982), known as Webó, is a Cameroonian football manager and former professional player who played as a striker. He is the assistant manager of Turkish club İstanbul Başakşehir.

Pierre Webó

Webó playing for Fenerbahçe in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Pierre Achille Webó Kouamo[1][2]
Date of birth	(1982-01-20) 20 January 1982 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth	Bafoussam, Cameroon[2]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	İstanbul Başakşehir (assistant)
Youth career
	Kouogat
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Real Banjul
2000–2002	Nacional	21	(15)
2003–2007	Osasuna	114	(20)
2003	→ Leganés (loan)	7	(0)
2007–2011	Mallorca	113	(27)
2011–2013	İstanbul Başakşehir	54	(24)
2013–2015	Fenerbahçe	65	(24)
2015–2017	Osmanlıspor	49	(15)
2017–2018	Gazişehir	24	(7)
2018	Nacional	2	(0)
Total		449	(132)
National team
2003–2014	Cameroon	58	(19)
Teams managed
2019–	İstanbul Başakşehir (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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

Playing career

Club

Early years

Born in Bafoussam, West Region, Webó started his professional career in Uruguay, playing three years with Club Nacional de Football, winning two Primera División 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.[3]

He moved to Europe in January 2003, signing with second division club CD Leganés, on the outskirts of Madrid, on loan from CA Osasuna.[4]

Osasuna

In the summer of 2003, Webó returned to 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,[5] but he went on to produce similar numbers in the league, adding two goals in nine games in the team's semi-final run in the UEFA Cup, including the match's only in a home tie against Rangers.[6]

Mallorca

Webó moved to RCD Mallorca in 2007, spending most of his first season on the sidelines with an injury.[7] He did manage five league goals.

After Dani Güiza's departure, Webó's importance increased, and he totalled 18 goals the following three seasons, netting six in 2009–10 as the Balearic Islands team finished fifth and qualified to the Europa League (later revoked).[8]

In the 2011 off-season, after scoring 11 goals in the campaign,[9][10] with Mallorca narrowly avoiding relegation, Webó signed a three-year contract extension. In August, however, he asked to be relieved from his obligations for personal reasons,[11] and joined İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. in Turkey.

Turkey

On 11 September 2011, in the first round of the season, Webó scored on his official debut for his new club, a 2–0 home defeat of Galatasaray SK.[12] On 31 January 2013, he signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with fellow Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe SK for €3 million.[13][14] Again he found the net in the first competitive 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 in that season's Europa League round of 16 (2–1 on aggregate).[15] He added another the following round, through a penalty for the first in a 2–0 home victory over S.S. Lazio.[16]

Webó played in his first derby match against Galatasaray on 12 May 2013, scoring twice to secure a 2–1 win.[17] The game was marred by racist chants from Fenerbahçe fans, directed to opposing players Didier Drogba and Emmanuel Eboué.[18]

From 2015 to 2018, Webó continued to compete in the country, with Osmanlıspor[19] and Gazişehir Gaziantep FK (the latter club in the TFF First League).[20]

Return to Nacional

In September 2018, the 36-year-old Webó returned to Nacional de Montevideo after 16 years.[21] After only 59 minutes of play across two league appearances,[22] he left before the start of the 2019 season.[23]

International

An international since 2003, Webó's first highlight playing for the Cameroon national team was a hat-trick in his country's 3–2 win in Ivory Coast in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,[24] but his team would not travel to Germany, precisely at the hands of that opponent.

Webó scored in a 1–3 friendly loss against Portugal on 1 June 2010,[25] 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.[26][27]

Webó was called up for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2006 and 2010,[28] as well as the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but did not score in any tournament;[29] however, at the latter continental tournament he set up both goals as a substitute in a draw with Tunisia that saw his team into the quarter-finals.[30] On 17 November 2013, he was among the scorers in a 4–1 playoff victory over the same opponents that took Cameroon to the World Cup in Brazil.[31]

Coaching career

After retiring, Webó joined İstanbul Başakşehir's coaching staff under Okan Buruk.[32] In a Champions League group stage fixture against Paris Saint-Germain F.C. on 8 December 2020, he accused he was the target of racism by Romanian fourth official Sebastian Colțescu. The latter had allegedly used a term (negru, meaning black in Romanian), similar to a taboo racial slur in some western European countries but without the racial connotations, when describing and pointing out Webó to the main referee of the match, Ovidiu Hațegan; the incident, which occurred in the first half, ultimately led to the match being postponed, while UEFA also opened an investigation on the matter.[33]

Personal life

Webó's cousin Geremi was a long-time international teammate for Cameroon.[34]

Honours

Club

Nacional

• Uruguayan Primera División: 2001, 2002[35]

Osasuna

• Copa del Rey runner-up: 2004–05[35]

Fenerbahçe

• Süper Lig: 2013–14[35]
• Turkish Cup: 2012–13[35]
• Turkish Super Cup: 2014[35]

Individual

• Copa Sudamericana Top Scorer: 2002[3]

References

External links

• Pierre Webó at BDFutbol
• Pierre Webó at the Turkish Football Federation
• Pierre Webó at National-Football-Teams.com
• Pierre Webó – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Pierre Webó at Soccerway

На других языках

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[de] Pierre Webó

Pierre Achille Webó Kouamo (* 20. Januar 1982 in Bafoussam) ist ein ehemaliger kamerunischer Fußballspieler und heutiger Fußballtrainer, der auch die spanische Staatsangehörigkeit besitzt. Er ist der Cousin von Geremi Njitap.[1] Seit 2019 gehört er dem Trainerstab des türkischen Erstligisten Istanbul Başakşehir an.

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- [en] Pierre Webó

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[es] Pierre Webó

Pierre Achille Webó Kouamo (Bafoussam, Camerún, 20 de enero de 1982) es un exfutbolista camerunés nacionalizado español. Actualmente es segundo entrenador del Estambul Başakşehir FK, de la Superliga turca.

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[fr] Pierre Webó

Pierre Webó, né le 20 janvier 1982 à Bafoussam, est un footballeur international camerounais évoluant au poste d'attaquant entre 1999 et 2018 et devenu entraîneur.

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[it] Pierre Webó

Pierre Achille Webó Kouamo (Bafoussam, 20 gennaio 1982) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore camerunese, di ruolo attaccante, vice allenatore dell'İstanbul Başakşehir.

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[ru] Вебо, Пьер

Пьер Вебо́ (фр. Pierre Webó; 20 января 1982, Бафусам, Камерун) — камерунский футболист, нападающий. Выступал в сборной Камеруна, участник чемпионатов мира 2010 и 2014 годов. В настоящее время — ассистент главного тренера турецкого клуба «Истанбул Башакшехир».

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