years clubs caps goals birth_place nationalteam height position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date article_title name nationalgoals
1996 2006 2006 -- 2007 2007 -- 2008 2008 -- 2009 -- 2001 2001 -- 2003 2003 -- 2006 saint-Étienne fc luzern southampton veria f.c. manchester city 1 . fc kaiserslautern kayseri erciyesspor 26 81 27 41 11 25 0 6 2 9 1 2 0 2 0 0 douala , cameroon cameroon 1.84 defender 29 1997 -- 2004 19 april 1977 lucien mettomo
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lucien mettomo

lucien mettomo -lrb- born 19 april 1977 in douala -rrb- is a cameroonian retired footballer .
formerly , he has played for tonnerre yaoundé , saint-Étienne , manchester city , kaiserslautern , kayseri erciyesspor and fc luzern .
he was part of the cameroon squad at the 2002 world cup and the 2004 african nations cup .
mettomo made his name in france , playing for st. Étienne .
in september 2001 , he signed for manchester city of the english first division for a # 1.5 million fee .
his manchester city debut came as a substitute in a 6 -- 0 league cup defeat of birmingham city .
he played 23 league games that season , scoring once against bradford , helping manchester city to win the 2001 -- 02 first division championship .
the following season , mettomo rarely featured in the first team due to the signing of sylvain distin .
he made only four premier league appearances , and in the close season signed for kaiserslautern of the bundesliga .
mettomo went on trial with norwich city in september 2007 , but the club decided not to offer mettomo a contract due to concerns over his fitness .
later that month , mettomo signed a short term deal at english championship side southampton that would run until the end of the 2007 -- 08 season ; this contract was cancelled in january , however , due to mettomo 's inability to break into the first team .
