Jean-Alain Boumsong

**Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong** (born 14 December 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He began his career with French club Le Havre in 1997 before joining AJ Auxerre in 2000. His performances at Auxerre earned him a move to Rangers in 2004. He moved to Newcastle United in 2005. where he spent two seasons. In 2006, he joined Juventus. He returned to France with Lyon in 2008. His last club was Greek Super League side Panathinaikos. Between 2003 and 2009, he made 27 appearances scoring 1 goal for the France national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Le Havre|1997–98|Division 1|1|0|||||–|–|1|0|||
|1998–99|Division 1|18|1|2|0|2|0|–|–|22|1|||||
|1999–2000|Division 1|23|0|||1|0|–|–|24|0|||||
|rowspan="5"|Auxerre|2000–01|Division 1|32|0|||2|0|2|0|–|36|0||
|2001–02|Division 1|34|1|||2|0|–|–|36|1|||||
|2002–03|Ligue 1|33|1|1|1|1|0|6|0|–|41|2||||
|2003–04|Ligue 1|32|1|||2|0|1|0|–|35|1||||
|Rangers|2004–05|Scottish Premier League|18|2|||||6|0|–|24|2|||
|rowspan="3"|Newcastle United|2004–05|Premier League|14|0|1|0|–|–|–|15|0||||
|2005–06|Premier League|33|0|1|0|–|–|–|34|0||||||
|rowspan="3"|Juventus|2006–07|Serie B|33|2|–|–|–|–|33|2|||||
|2007–08|Serie A|0|0|3|1|–|–|–|3|1||||||
|rowspan="4"|Lyon|2007–08|Ligue 1|8|0|4|0|0|0|1|0|–|13|0||
|2008–09|Ligue 1|32|1|3|1|0|0|8|0|–|43|2||||
|2009–10|Ligue 1|19|1|2|1|2|0|6|0|–|29|2||||
|rowspan="4"|Panathinaikos|2010–11|Super League Greece|21|1|1|0|–|5|0|4|0|31|1||
|2011–12|Super League Greece|17|3|–|–|4|2|6|0|27|5|||||
|2012–13|Super League Greece|14|1|1|0|–|4|0|1|0|20|1||||

### International goals

- _Score and result list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Boumsong goal_.

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|11 October 2003|Stade de France, Saint-Denis||3–0|3–0|Euro 2004 qualifier||||||||

## Honours

**Auxerre**
- Coupe de France: 2002–03

**Rangers**
- Scottish Premier League: 2004–05

**Juventus**
- Serie B: 2006–07

**Lyon**
- Ligue 1: 2007–08
- Coupe de France: 2007–08

**France**
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2006

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Jean-Alain Boumsong
- **image**: Jean-Alain Boumsong (novembre 2013).JPG
- **caption**: Boumsong in 2013
- **full name**: Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong
- **birth place**: Douala, Cameroon
- **height**: 1.91 m
- **position**: Centre-back
- **years1**: 1997–2000
- **clubs1**: Le Havre AC, Le Havre
- **caps1**: 42
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 2000–2004
- **clubs2**: AJ Auxerre, Auxerre
- **caps2**: 131
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2004–2005
- **clubs3**: Rangers F.C., Rangers
- **caps3**: 18
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 2005–2006
- **clubs4**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **caps4**: 47
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2006–2008
- **clubs5**: Juventus F.C., Juventus
- **caps5**: 33
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 2008–2010
- **clubs6**: Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon
- **caps6**: 59
- **goals6**: 2
- **years7**: 2010–2013
- **clubs7**: Panathinaikos F.C., Panathinaikos
- **caps7**: 52
- **goals7**: 5
- **totalcaps**: 382
- **totalgoals**: 15
- **nationalyears1**: 2003–2009
- **nationalteam1**: France national football team, France
- **nationalcaps1**: 27
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **manageryears1**: 2018–2019
- **managerclubs1**: Cameroon national football team, Cameroon (assistant)