Olivier Kemen (born 20 July 1996) is a professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays for Turkish club
Kayserispor
Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the Kadir Has Stadium in red and yellow kits.
The team has won one Turkish Cup in 2008 and also fini ...
as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Born in Cameroon, he was a youth international for France.
Club career
Kemen is a youth exponent from
Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...
. He made his
Ligue 1
Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...
debut for
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
on 28 February 2016 against
Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...
replacing
Rafael
Rafael may refer to:
* Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin
* Rafael, California
* Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology
* Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane
Fiction
* ''R ...
after 75 minutes in a 2–1 home win.
He signed for
Chamois Niortais
Chamois Niortais Football Club (often referred to as ''Les Chamois'', Chamois Niortais, or simply Niort) is a French association football club based in the commune of Niort, in the Deux-Sèvres department of western France. It was founded in 1 ...
in July 2019, and went on to make 62 appearances in
Ligue 2
Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...
for the club.
International career
Born in Cameroon, Kemen moved to France at a young age. He is a youth international for France.
Career statistics
Club
Notes
References
External links
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kemen, Olivier
Living people
1996 births
Association football midfielders
French footballers
France youth international footballers
Cameroonian footballers
French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
Cameroonian emigrants to France
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Süper Lig players
Olympique Lyonnais players
Gazélec Ajaccio players
Chamois Niortais F.C. players
Kayserispor footballers
French expatriate footballers
Cameroonian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey