Ibrahim Somé Salombo

Ibrahim Somé
Personal information
Full name	Ibrahim Somé Salombo
Date of birth	24 May 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Kinshasa, Zaire
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Léopold
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004	Inter Kinshasa
2005	Cilu Lukala
2005–2006	Ajax Cape Town
2007	Brussels
2007–2008	Lokeren
2008	→ Bežanija (loan)
2008–2009	Red Star Belgrade
2009–2010	Dender
2010–2011	F91 Dudelange
2011–2013	La Louvière Centre
2013–2014	RWDM Brussels
2014	→ Sint-Truiden (loan)
2014–2015	OH Leuven
2015–2016	White Star Bruxelles
2016–2017	RWDM47
2018–2020	Olympic Charleroi
2021–2023	Jette
2023–2024	Stade Everois
2024–	Léopold
International career
2006–2010	DR Congo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:45, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Ibrahim Somé Salombo (born 24 May 1988 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese football striker who is currently playing for Léopold in the Belgian Provincial Leagues.

Club career

He started playing in his home country first with SC Inter de Kinshasa and then with SC Cilu in Linafoot, the top-league of the country.^[1] During the 2005–06 season he moved abroad to South Africa and joined Ajax Cape Town playing with them until the end of the 2005–06 Premier Soccer League.^[1]

In summer 2006 he moved to Europe. He signed with Belgian side FC Brussels but failed to make any appearance in the league. Following summer he moved to Lokeren and debuted in the 2007–08 Belgian First Division. At the winter-break he agreed to a loan to Serbian side FK Bežanija where he played the second half of the season.^[1]

Somé Salombo scored four goals in eleven appearances with Bežanija in the 2007–08 Serbian SuperLiga and his performance attracted attention from Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade 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 Dender in 2009–10 Belgian Second Division.^[1]

In summer 2011 he moved to Luxembourg and joined F91 Dudelange in Luxembourg. He contributed with seven goals in thirteen appearances for Dudelange to become champion. After that productive season in Luxembourg National Division, he returned to Belgium and played the following two seasons in third level side UR La Louvière Centre.^[1] While playing with La Louvière he was elected the player of the season in June 2012 by the fans.^[2]

In 2013, he signed RWDM Brussels in what was the return of Somé to the second level.^[1] He spent the second half of the 2013–14 Belgian Second Division season playing on loan at Sint-Truiden. Following season he stayed in same league but playing with OH Leuven. In 2015, he signed with White Star Bruxelles and became champion of Belgian Second Division.^[1] White Star should have been promoted to the Belgian Pro League however, the Belgian professional football license was refused to them by the Belgian FA, thus the club ended up relegated to the Belgian First Amateur Division instead, and Somé left White Star and signed with RWDM47.^{[citation needed]}