Junior Salomon

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Junior Salomon
Personal information
Full name Junior Salomon [1]
Date of birth (1986-04-08) 8 April 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth Abomey, Benin
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Plateau United
Number 28
Youth career
2006–2009 Universite du Benin
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011 ASPAC Cotonou 44 (3)
2012–2013 ASEC Mimosas 9 (0 [2] )
2013 USS Kraké
2013–2015 Bayelsa United
2016– Plateau United
International career‡
2010– Benin 21 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 2013
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:53, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Junior Salomon (born 8 April 1986) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Plateau United and the Benin national team.

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Club career

Born in Abomey, Benin, Salomon began his career with Université Nationale du Bénin FC, [3] before joining ASPAC Cotonou in November 2009.[ citation needed ] He left Benin in December 2011 and joined top Ivorian club ASEC Mimosas. [4]

He then returned to Benin in 2013 to play for USS Kraké, briefly before being transferred to former Nigerian champions Bayelsa United in March of the same year. [5] He joined promoted Plateau United ahead of the 2016 season [6] after Bayelsa was relegated.

International career

Salomon was part of the Benin national football team at the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola. [7]

Career statistics

International

As of matches played on 16 August 2020 [3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Benin 201010
201130
201210
201330
201400
201550
201640
201710
201820
201910
Total210

References

  1. ↑ "Benin" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. ↑ Salomon Junior - Profil * asec.ci Archived 19 July 2012 at archive.today
  3. 1 2 "Junior Salomon". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Rentrée sportive à Sol Béni La réaction des athlètes Archived 16 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Salomon player of the week". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Bayelsa captain agrees terms with Plateau United". africanfootball.com. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  7. ↑ FootballSquads - Benin - African Cup of Nations 2010


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