Alioum Saidou (born 19 February 1978) is a Cameroonian former 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 lea ...

who played as a

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. He played international football for the Cameroon national team, with whom he played at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations.

Career

Born in

Maroua Maroua (Fula: Marwa, , 𞤥𞤢𞤪𞤱𞤢) is the capital of the Far North Region (Cameroon), Far North Region of Cameroon, stretching along the banks of the Ferngo River, Ferngo and Kaliao Rivers, in the foothills of the Mandara Mountains. T ...

, Saidou started his career in his native Cameroon at local side Coton Sport before being spotted by scouts from

İstanbulspor İstanbulspor Kulübü is a Turkish association football, football and sports club founded by Istanbul High School students in 1926. In 2004–05, they were relegated from the Turkish Süper Lig (Super League) to the TFF First League. For many d ...

. He joined Galatasaray S.K., before moving to Malatyaspor in 2005.

Honours

Galatasaray *

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

: 2005–06 Kayserispor *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

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Guardian Stats Centre
1978 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Cameroonian men's footballers Cameroon men's international footballers Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Cameroonian Muslims People from Maroua Sportspeople from Far North Region (Cameroon) Ligue 1 players Süper Lig players İstanbulspor footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Malatyaspor footballers FC Nantes players Kayserispor footballers Sivasspor footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in France Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France {{Cameroon-footy-midfielder-stub