Ollo Kambou (born 1986 in

Bingerville Bingerville is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a suburb of Abidjan and is one of four sub-prefectures of Abidjan Autonomous District. Bingerville is also a commune. The town is located about 10 kilometres east of Abidjan and lies on th ...

Cote d'Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

) is a footballer who started his career when he joined

Stade d'Abidjan Stade d'Abidjan is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. History It was founded in 1936 as ASFI Abidjan after fusion with PIC and OC Abidjan and called U.S.F. Abidjan, before was renamed in Olympique Club Abidjan, since 1959 played as Stad ...

, a team in the Division 1 Championship in Cote d'Ivoire, in 2004. He played left back for Stade until 2005, when his contract ended. He was then taken on by another Division 1 team, Séwé Sport de San Pedro, when they asked him to sign at the beginning of 2006. He continued playing left back for San Pedro until his contract ended the following year, 2007. By the end of 2007 Stade d'Abidjan realized how much value he added to their team and invited him back as left back. He continued with Stade from early 2008 to the beginning of 2009, when he received an invitation to play for

Yadanarbon FC Yadanarbon Football Club ( my, ရတနာပုံ ဘောလုံး အသင်း ) is a Burmese professional football club based at the Bahtoo Stadium in Mandalay. The club was a founding member of the Myanmar National League in 200 ...

, a team representing

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. He was liberated and went to Myanmar in April 2009 to play in the first official season of the

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. Though he was originally on the roster to play in the 2008 Ivorian Olympic team, he did not end up participating. He played left back with Yadanarbon FC, wearing jersey number 3 from 2009 to 2011. At the end of 2011, Kambou was asked to sign with Manaw Myay FC, a team representing the

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in Northern Myanmar. He remained with this team, wearing jersey number 5, as left wing and midfielder until November 2015.

Accomplishments

*Champion of the Asian Federation Cup (AFC) Stage Group, 2010 *Three time Champion of the Myanmar National League, 2009, 2009, 2010 *Eliminated in the 2nd Round of the

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, 2007 *Participated in the UEMOA (Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest-African (Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa)) Cup in

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on Ivory Coast's National Hope Team U23, 2007 *Eliminated in the 2nd Round of the CAF Cup, 2006 *Vice Champion of the Ivory Coast, 2006 *Winner of the

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, 2005 *Ivory Coast Junior National Team in

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(CAN – Coupe d'Afrique Nation Juniors (African National Cup Junior)), 2005 (See 2005 African Youth Championship squads) *Finalist in the Felix Houphouet Boigny Cup, 2004http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200406290033.html

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kambou, Ollo 1986 births Living people Ivorian footballers Association football fullbacks People from Bingerville

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