- Lucien Mettomo
Football player infobox2
playername = Lucien Mettomo
fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|4|19
cityofbirth =Douala
countryofbirth =Cameroon
height= height|m=1.84
currentclub =Veria FC
clubnumber = 32
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1995–1996 1996–2001 2001–2003 2003–2006 2006 2006–2007
2007-2008
2008-present
clubs =Tonnerre Yaoundé Saint-Étienne Manchester City KaiserslauternKayseri Erciyesspor Lucerne
SouthamptonVeria F.C.
caps(goals) = 26 (2) 81 (9) 27 (1) 41 (2) 11 (0) 25 (2)
00 (0)
06 (0)
nationalyears = 1997-2004
nationalteam = Cameroon
nationalcaps(goals) = 29 (1)
pcupdate = April 14, 2008
ntupdate = 20:42, 6 September 2007 (UTC)Lucien Mettomo (born
April 19 ,1977 inDouala ) is aCameroon ian football player who currently plays forVeria FC .Formerly, he has played forTonnerre Yaoundé , Saint-Étienne, Manchester City, Kaiserslautern,Kayseri Erciyesspor and Lucerne. Most recently, he was contracted toEnglish Championship side Southampton.He was part of the Cameroon squad at the 2002 World Cup and the
2004 African Nations Cup .Mettomo made his name in France, playing for St. Étienne. In September 2001 he signed for Manchester City of the English First Division for a £1.5 million fee. His Manchester City debut came as a substitute in a 6–0 League Cup defeat of Birmingham City.cite web | title=City's super six show | url= http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/s/33/33381_citys_super_six_show.html | publisher=Manchester Evening News | accessdate=2007-09-06 ] He played 23 league games that season, helping Manchester City to win the 2001–02 First Division Championship. The following season Mettomo rarely featured in the first team due to the signing of
Sylvain Distin . He made only fourPremier League appearances, [cite book |last=James |first=Gary |title=Manchester City - The Complete Record |publisher=Breedon |location=Derby |date=2006 |id=ISBN 1-85983-512-0 p473] and in the close season signed for Kaiserslautern of the Bundesliga.As of
September 3 2007 , it was announced by Norwich City that the defender has joined the English club on trial with view to a permanent contract.Speaking to canaries.co.uk, Norwich manager
Peter Grant said: “Lucien is out of contract and we are taking the opportunity to have a look at him.“He comes with great credentials having played at the very highest level, but one thing he is short of is match fitness.
“We'll assess the situation and make a decision on him over the course of the next few days.”
However Norwich decided not to offer Mettomo a contract due to concerns over his fitness.
On
25 September 2007 it was announced that Mettomo had signed a short term deal atEnglish Championship side Southampton that would run until the end of the 2007-08 season; this contract was cancelled in January, however, due to Mettomo's inability to break into the first team. [ [http://saintsfc.co.uk/news/?page_id=9510 SAINTSFC.CO.UK: / News / Archive / Mettomo released ] ]References
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/cameroon/squad/newsid_1935000/1935381.stm BBC: World Cup 2002]
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