Alex Song
Alex Song (born 9 September 1987) is a Cameroonian football player. He plays for Arsenal and Cameroon national team.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexandre Dimitri Song Billong[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1987
(aged 39)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder, defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Red Star | ||
| 2001–2004 | Bastia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | Bastia | 32 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Arsenal (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2006–2012 | Arsenal | 133 | (7) |
| 2007 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2012–2016 | Barcelona | 39 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | → West Ham United (loan) | 28 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → West Ham United (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Rubin Kazan | 22 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Sion | 20 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Sion II | 6 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Arta/Solar7 | 23 | (3) |
| Total | 331 | (12) | |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2003 | France U16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Cameroon U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2008 | Cameroon U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2005–2014 | Cameroon | 49 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
Club
| 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 | ||
International
| 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
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2010–11[6]
- La Liga: 2012–13
- Supercopa de España: 2013; runner-up: 2012
- Copa del Rey runner-up: 2013–14
Arta/Solar7
- Djibouti Premier League: 2020–21, 2021–22[9]
- Djibouti Cup: 2020–21, 2021–22
Cameroon U17[10]
Cameroon
- Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2008
Individual
- African Player of the Year Third Place: 2012[11]
- Africa Cup of Nations Best XI: 2008, 2010[10]
- CAF Team of the Year: 2009, 2012[12]
Alex Song Media
Alan Hutton and Alex Song
Goal mouth melee 4
Alex Song con la camiseta del FC Barcelona, en un partido de dieciseisavos de Copa del Rey contra el Alavés, en el Camp Nou.
Alex Song with West Ham in 2014
Song playing against Morocco in 2009
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 List of Players. FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ↑ Alex SongPremier League. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ↑ Alex Songsoccerbase.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ Alex Song » Club matches. worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ↑ Alex SongNational Football Teams. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Alex Song. Eurosport.com.
- ↑ Alex Song. Soccerway.com.
- ↑ Alex Song: Ex-Arsenal star wins second league title with Djibouti’s AS Arta/Solar7 | Goal.com. www.goal.com. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Getting To Know: Alex Song. Barca Blaugranes.com. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
- ↑ Dove, Ed. Why Alex Song Retirement Represents a Major Failure for Cameroon (in en). Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ↑ The full 2012 African football awards. Ahram Online. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
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