Pierre Wome

Infobox Football biography
playername = Pierre Wome
fullname = Pierre Nlend Wome
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|03|26
cityofbirth = Douala
countryofbirth = Cameroon
height = height|meters=1.81
currentclub = 1. FC Köln
clubnumber = 6
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1993–1994
1994–1996
1996–1997
1997–1998
1998–1999
1999–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2005
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008–
clubs = Fogape
Canon Yaoundé
Vicenza Calcio
Lucchese-Libertas
Roma
Bologna
Fulham
Espanyol
Brescia Calcio
Inter Milan
Werder Bremen
1. FC Köln
caps(goals) = 30 0(6)
51 (13)
03 0(0)
24 0(2)
08 0(0)
47 0(3)
14 0(1)
23 0(1)
16 0(3)
12 0(0)
28 0(2)
nationalyears = 2000
1998–2005
nationalteam = Cameroon Olympic
Cameroon
nationalcaps(goals)=
69 0(0)
pcupdate = March 6, 2008
ntupdate = May 29, 2008

Pierre Nlend Wome (born March 26, 1979 in Douala) is a Cameroonian football defender who will play in season 2008–09 for 1. FC Köln. [cite web | author = Chris Ives | url = http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_3624066,00.html | title = Wome seals Cologne move | accessdate = 2008-05-29 | date = 2008-05-29 | publisher = Sky Sports]

He is a versatile and skillful left wing-back.

Career

On October 8 2005, Wome missed a 95th minute penalty during Cameroon's final World Cup qualifier against Egypt that would have sent the "Indomitable Lions" to the 2006 FIFA World Cup; unfortunately for Wome he cannoned the shot off the outside of the post and the Ivory Coast qualified at their expense.

During a press conference several days afterward, Wome said about the penalty: “No one wanted to take that penalty. No one. Neither Samuel Eto'o nor our captain Rigobert Song, because they knew what could have happened if they missed. I have always had the courage and I went to the spot.” He also claimed that some Cameroon fans wanted to kill him.

On March 19 2007, Wome announced his retirement from international football. [cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/6465905.stm | title = Wome quits Cameroon | accessdate = 2008-04-06 | date = 2007-03-19 | publisher = BBC Sport]

Wome is one of five players to have played in the top division in Italy, Spain, England and Germany (The others are Jon Dahl Tomasson, Abel Xavier, Gheorghe Popescu, and Florin Raducioiu).

References

External links

* [http://www.autogramm-archiv.de/spieler/wome-pierre.htm Pierre Wome Autograph] de icon
* [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/womepierre/ Career statistics at fussballdaten.de] de icon