Daré Nibombé (born 16 June 1980) is a Togolese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.[3] He became the head coach of the U21 squad of Tubize in 2017.[4]

Daré Nibombé
Nibombé in 2006
Personal information
Full name Daré Nibombé[1]
Date of birth (1980-06-16) 16 June 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Lomé, Togo
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Tubize (U21 head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Modèle Lomé
1999–2001 ASKO Kara
2001–2002 Liberty Professionals F.C.
2002 AS Douanes 30 (3)
2002–2003 La Louvière 27 (4)
2003–2008 Mons 97 (3)
2008–2009 CS Otopeni 6 (1)
2008–2010 Politehnica Timişoara 36 (1)
2010 FC Baku 11 (1)
2011 Arminia Bielefeld 3 (0)
2011–2012 Al-Nassr
2012–2014 RBD Borinage 50 (1)
2014–2015 Francs Borains 4 (1)
International career
2000–2013 Togo 53 (0)
Managerial career
2015-2016 SC Paturages (youth)
2016–2017 Francs Borains (U21)[2]
2017–2019 Tubize (U21)
Medal record
Politehnica Timişoara
Runner-up Liga I 2009
Runner-up Romanian Cup 2009
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Early career

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Born in Lomé, Nibombé started his football career in Togo. In 1999, he was transferred to ASKO Kara. After two years he was transferred to Ghanaian team Liberty Professionals F.C. but after a couple of seasons, Nibombé returned to AS Douanes in Togo.

R.A.E.C. Mons

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In 2003, Nibombé moved to Belgian team R.A.E.C. Mons where he spent five seasons.

CS Otopeni

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In 2008, Nibombé rejected moves to Italy, France and Greece and instead moved to CS Otopeni.

Politehnica Timișoara

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In January 2009, Nibombé signed with FC Politehnica Timișoara who were in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds. He played a Champions League game against UEFA Cup holders Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Timişoara won over the two legs. The next tie in the UEFA Champions League was against VfB Stuttgart.

During the 2009–10 season, Nibombé established himself as a central defender in Liga 1. On 15 June 2010, he left FC Timişoara to join FK Baku.

FC Baku

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Nibombé signed for FK Baku.

Arminia Bielefeld

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After six months in Azerbaijan, he left Baku to sign for 2. Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld. He played a few games with the German outfit then was away for a couple of months due to an injury.

International career

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Nibombé was a regular member of the Togo national team, and was a starter at the 2006 World Cup and the 2006 African Cup of Nations. He also participated at the African Cup of Nations.

Honours

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AS Douanes

La Louvière

RAEC Mons

References

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  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Togo" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ D3 AMATEURS: DARE NIBOMBE PREND EN CHARGE LES U21 DU RFB‚ sudinfo.be, 25 November 2016
  3. ^ "Daré Nibombe". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  4. ^ Daré Nibombé nouveau coach de l’équipe U21 à l’AFC Tubize, lavenir.net, 29 April 2017
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