Alex Song

Alex Song (born 9 September 1987) is a Cameroonian football player. He plays for Arsenal and Cameroon national team.

Alex Song
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Personal information
Full nameAlexandre Dimitri Song Billong[1]
Date of birth (1987-09-09) 9 September 1987 (age 37)[1]
Place of birthDouala, Cameroon
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing positionMidfielder, defender
Youth career
2000–2001Red Star
2001–2004Bastia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2006Bastia32(0)
2005–2006Arsenal (loan)5(0)
2006–2012Arsenal133(7)
2007Charlton Athletic (loan)12(0)
2012–2016Barcelona39(1)
2014–2015West Ham United (loan)28(0)
2015–2016West Ham United (loan)12(0)
2016–2018Rubin Kazan22(1)
2018–2020Sion20(0)
2018–2019Sion II6(0)
2020–2023Arta/Solar723(3)
Total331(12)
National team
2002–2003France U166(0)
2003–2004Cameroon U173(0)
2008Cameroon U233(0)
2005–2014Cameroon49(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 February 2020[3][4]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bastia 2004–05 Ligue 1 32 0 3 0 35 0
Arsenal (loan) 2005–06 Premier League 5 0 0 0 2 0 2[a] 0 0 0 9 0
Arsenal 2006–07 Premier League 2 0 0 0 3 1 1[a] 0 6 1
2007–08 Premier League 9 0 0 0 3 0 3[a] 0 15 0
2008–09 Premier League 31 1 4 0 2 0 11[a] 1 48 2
2009–10 Premier League 26 1 1 0 1 0 10[a] 0 38 1
2010–11 Premier League 31 4 4 0 2 0 5[a] 1 42 5
2011–12 Premier League 34 1 3 0 0 0 9[a] 0 46 1
Total 138 7 12 0 13 1 41 2 0 0 204 10
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2006–07 Premier League 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Barcelona 2012–13 La Liga 20 1 5 0 8[a] 0 1[b] 0 34 1
2013–14 La Liga 19 0 7 0 4[a] 0 1[b] 0 31 0
Total 39 1 12 0 12 0 2 0 65 1
West Ham United (loan) 2014–15 Premier League 28 0 3 0 0 0 31 0
2015–16 Premier League 12 0 3 0 0 0 15 0
Total 40 0 6 0 0 0 46 0
Rubin Kazan 2016–17 Russian Premier League 16 0 0 0 16 0
2017–18 Russian Premier League 6 1 1 0 7 1
Total 22 1 1 0 23 1
Sion 2018–19 Swiss Super League 9 0 1 0 10 0
2019–20 Swiss Super League 11 0 1 1 12 1
Total 20 0 2 1 22 1
Sion II 2018–19 Promotion League 6 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 308 9 36 1 13 1 53 2 2 0 413 13
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. 2.0 2.1 Appearance in Supercopa de España

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Cameroon[5] 2005 1 0
2008 11 0
2009 3 0
2010 9 0
2011 5 0
2012 7 0
2013 6 0
2014 7 0
Total 49 0

Honours

Arsenal

Barcelona[7][8]

Arta/Solar7

Cameroon U17[10]

Cameroon

Individual

Alex Song Media

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. "Alex Song". Premier League. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  3. "Alex Song". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  4. "Alex Song » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  5. "Alex Song". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  6. McNulty, Philip (27 February 2011). Arsenal 1–2 Birmingham. BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/9405702.stm. Retrieved 25 March 2024. 
  7. "Alex Song". Eurosport.com.
  8. "Alex Song". Soccerway.com.
  9. "Alex Song: Ex-Arsenal star wins second league title with Djibouti's AS Arta/Solar7 | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Getting To Know: Alex Song". Barca Blaugranes.com.
  11. Dove, Ed. "Why Alex Song Retirement Represents a Major Failure for Cameroon". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  12. "The full 2012 African football awards". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2022-11-19.