Ibrahim Somé Salombo (born 24 May 1988 in

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) is a

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striker who is currently playing for Léopold in the

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Club career

He started playing in his home country first with SC Inter de Kinshasa and then with

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, the top-league of the country. During the 2005–06 season he moved abroad to South Africa and joined

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playing with them until the end of the 2005–06 Premier Soccer League. In summer 2006 he moved to Europe. He signed with Belgian side

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but failed to make any appearance in the league. Following summer he moved to

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and debuted in the

2007–08 Belgian First Division The 2007–08 season of the Belgian First Division began on August 3, 2007, and concluded on May 10, 2008. The championship was decided in the 31st round on April 20, 2008, when Standard Liège beat Anderlecht 2–0 at home. For Standard it was ...

. At the winter-break he agreed to a loan to Serbian side

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where he played the second half of the season. Somé Salombo scored four goals in eleven appearances with Bežanija in the

2007–08 Serbian SuperLiga The 2007–08 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Crédit Agricole Srbija, Meridian SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the second season since its establishment in 2006. Red Star Belgrade were the defending SuperLiga champions, having won thei ...

and his performance attracted attention from Serbian giants

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who signed him in summer 2008. However, 2008–09 was a turbulent season for Red Star and Somé left having made three goals in sixteen appearances in the SuperLiga. He returned to Belgium and made a solid season with

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. In summer 2011 he moved to Luxembourg and joined

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in Luxembourg. He contributed with seven goals in thirteen appearances for Dudelange to become champion. After that productive season in

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, he returned to Belgium and played the following two seasons in third level side

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. While playing with La Louvière he was elected the player of the season in June 2012 by the fans. In 2013, he signed RWDM Brussels in what was the return of Somé to the second level. He spent the second half of the

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season playing on loan at

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. Following season he stayed in same league but playing with

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. In 2015, he signed with

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and became champion of

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. White Star should have been promoted to the

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however, the Belgian professional football license was refused to them by the Belgian FA, thus the club ended up relegated to the

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instead, and Somé left White Star and signed with

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. In August 2021, Somé joined

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amateur club RSD Jette.Gros coup réalisé par le RSD Jette qui attire Ibrahim Somé
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International career

He has been a member of the DR Congo national team since 2006. He made four appearances until 2010, plus one FIFA unofficial one in 2010.

Honours

F91 Dudelange *

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White Star Bruxelles *

: 2015–16

References

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Worst Foreign Striker – Ibrahim Some Salombo
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