Rigobert Song

**Rigobert Song Bahanag** (born 1 July 1976) is a former Cameroonian football player. He played for Trabzonspor and the Cameroonian national team. He is the first African to play in four World Cups.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Metz|1994–95|French Division 1|24|2|2|0|1|0|–|27|2||
|1995–96|French Division 1|37|0|0|0|4|0|–|41|0||||
|1996–97|French Division 1|34|0|0|0|1|0|6|1|41|1|||
|1997–98|French Division 1|28|1|1|0|0|0|4|0|33|1|||
|Salernitana|1998–99|Serie A|4|1|2|0|–|–|6|1||||
|rowspan="4"|Liverpool|1998–99|Premier League|13|0|0|0|0|0|–|13|0||
|1999–2000|Premier League|18|0|1|0|2|0|–|21|0||||
|2000–01|Premier League|3|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|4|0|||
|rowspan="3"|West Ham United|2000–01|Premier League|19|0|1|0|2|0|–|22|0||
|2001–02|Premier League|5|0|0|0|1|0|–|6|0||||
|1. FC Köln|2001–02|Bundesliga|16|0|3|1|–|–|19|1||||
|rowspan="3"|Lens|2002–03|Ligue 1|35|3|1|0|1|0|8|1|45|4|
|2003–04|Ligue 1|28|0|0|0|3|0|4|0|35|0|||
|rowspan="5"|Galatasaray|2004–05|Süper Lig|28|2|4|0|–|–|36|2|||
|2005–06|Süper Lig|29|1|2|0|–|2|0|33|1||||
|2006–07|Süper Lig|25|1|2|0|1|0|7|0|35|1|||
|2007–08|Süper Lig|22|0|2|1|–|8|1|32|2||||
|rowspan="3"|Trabzonspor|2008–09|Süper Lig|28|0|3|0|–|–|31|0|||
|2009–10|Süper Lig|18|0|5|1|–|2|1|23|2||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="18"|Cameroon|1993|1|0|
|1994|4|1|||
|1995|2|0|||
|1996|5|0|||
|1997|7|0|||
|1998|12|1|||
|1999|3|1|||
|2000|11|0|||
|2001|10|0|||
|2002|15|0|||
|2003|7|0|||
|2004|11|1|||
|2005|6|1|||
|2006|7|0|||
|2007|6|0|||
|2008|12|0|||
|2009|6|0|||
|2010|4|0|||

- Source:
**List of international goals scored by Rigobert Song**
|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|28 January 1998|Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua, Cameroon||1–0|Win|Friendly match|
|2|6 June 1999|Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon||1–0|Win|2000 African Cup qualifying|
|3|6 June 2004|Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon||2–1|Win|2006 World Cup qualifying|
|4|4 June 2005|Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin||1–4|Win|2006 World Cup qualifying|
|5|31 May 2008|Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon||2–0|Win|2010 World Cup qualifying|

### Managerial

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Cameroon U23|align=left|23 October 2018|align=left|17 July 2022|||
|align=left|Cameroon|align=left|1 March 2022|align=left|28 February 2024|||

## Honours

**Metz**
- Coupe de la Ligue: 1995–96

**Liverpool**
- UEFA Cup: 2000–01

**Galatasaray**
- Süper Lig: 2005–06, 2007–08
- Turkish Cup: 2004–05

**Trabzonspor**
- Turkish Cup: 2009–10

**Cameroon**
- African Cup of Nations: 2000, 2002; runner-up: 2008
- Confederations Cup runner-up: 2003

**Individual**

- Africa Cup of Nations Player of the Tournament: 2002
- Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2000, 2002, 2006
- UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 1997–98
- IFFHS All-time Africa Men's Dream Team: 2021
- CAF Legends Award: 2012

**Orders**
- Knight of the Order of Valour

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Rigobert Song
- **fullname**: Rigobert Song Bahanag
- **image**: Rigobert Song 2008.jpg
- **image size**: 220
- **caption**: Song with Cameroon national football team, Cameroon in 2008
- **birth place**: Nkenglicock, Cameroon
- **height**: 1.85 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **currentclub**: Cameroon national under-23 football team, Cameroon U-23 (manager)
- **years1**: 1993–1998
- **clubs1**: FC Metz, Metz
- **caps1**: 123
- **goals1**: 3
- **years2**: 1998
- **clubs2**: Salernitana Calcio 1919, Salernitana
- **caps2**: 4
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 1999–2000
- **clubs3**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps3**: 34
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2001–2002
- **clubs4**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps4**: 24
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2001–2002
- **clubs5**: → 1. FC Köln (loan)
- **caps5**: 16
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2002–2004
- **clubs6**: RC Lens, Lens
- **caps6**: 63
- **goals6**: 3
- **years7**: 2004–2008
- **clubs7**: Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray
- **caps7**: 104
- **goals7**: 4
- **years8**: 2008–2010
- **clubs8**: Trabzonspor
- **caps8**: 46
- **goals8**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 414
- **totalgoals**: 11
- **nationalyears1**: 1993–2010
- **nationalteam1**: Cameroon national football team, Cameroon
- **nationalcaps1**: 137
- **nationalgoals1**: 5
- **manageryears1**: 2016–2018
- **managerclubs1**: Cameroon A' national football team, Cameroon A'
- **manageryears2**: 2018
- **managerclubs2**: Cameroon national football team, Cameroon (caretaker)
- **manageryears3**: 2018–
- **managerclubs3**: Cameroon national under-23 football team, Cameroon U-23
- **manageryears4**: 2022–
- **managerclubs4**: Cameroon national football team, Cameroon
- **pcupdate**: 8 May 2010
- **ntupdate**: 08:02, 25 June 2010 (UTC)