Daré Nibombé (born 16 June 1980) is a Togolese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.[3] He became the head coach of the U21 squad of Tubize in 2017.[4]
 Nibombé in 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Daré Nibombé[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 June 1980 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lomé, Togo | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Tubize (U21 head coach) | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Modèle Lomé | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | ASKO Kara | |||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Liberty Professionals F.C. | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | AS Douanes | 30 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | La Louvière | 27 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Mons | 97 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | CS Otopeni | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Politehnica Timişoara | 36 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2010 | FC Baku | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Arminia Bielefeld | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Al-Nassr | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | RBD Borinage | 50 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Francs Borains | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2013 | Togo | 53 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2015-2016 | SC Paturages (youth) | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Francs Borains (U21)[2] | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Tubize (U21) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Club career
editEarly career
editBorn in Lomé, Nibombé started his football career in Togo. In 1999, he was transferred to ASKO Kara. After two years he was transferred to Ghanaian team Liberty Professionals F.C. but after a couple of seasons, Nibombé returned to AS Douanes in Togo.
R.A.E.C. Mons
editIn 2003, Nibombé moved to Belgian team R.A.E.C. Mons where he spent five seasons.
CS Otopeni
editIn 2008, Nibombé rejected moves to Italy, France and Greece and instead moved to CS Otopeni.
Politehnica Timișoara
editIn January 2009, Nibombé signed with FC Politehnica Timișoara who were in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds. He played a Champions League game against UEFA Cup holders Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Timişoara won over the two legs. The next tie in the UEFA Champions League was against VfB Stuttgart.
During the 2009–10 season, Nibombé established himself as a central defender in Liga 1. On 15 June 2010, he left FC Timişoara to join FK Baku.
FC Baku
editNibombé signed for FK Baku.
Arminia Bielefeld
editAfter six months in Azerbaijan, he left Baku to sign for 2. Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld. He played a few games with the German outfit then was away for a couple of months due to an injury.
International career
editNibombé was a regular member of the Togo national team, and was a starter at the 2006 World Cup and the 2006 African Cup of Nations. He also participated at the African Cup of Nations.
Honours
editAS Douanes
La Louvière
- Belgian Cup: 2002–03
RAEC Mons
- Belgian Second Division: 2005–06
References
edit- ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Togo" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- ^ D3 AMATEURS: DARE NIBOMBE PREND EN CHARGE LES U21 DU RFB‚ sudinfo.be, 25 November 2016
- ^ "Daré Nibombe". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ Daré Nibombé nouveau coach de l’équipe U21 à l’AFC Tubize, lavenir.net, 29 April 2017
External links
edit- Daré Nibombé at National-Football-Teams.com