Pierre Achille Webó Kouamo (born 20 January 1982) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He spent eight years of his career in La Liga, totalling 227 matches for Osasuna and Mallorca and scoring 47 goals (in Spain he also represented Leganés). He also played in Uruguay and Turkey.
Webó's 2006–07 pre-season was hampered after he was forced to undergo treatment for malaria,[8] but he went on to produce similar numbers in the league, adding two goals in nine games in the team's semi-final run in the UEFA Cup, including the match's only in a home tie against Rangers.[9]
Mallorca
Webó moved to RCD Mallorca in 2007, spending most of his first season on the sidelines with an injury.[10] He did manage five league goals.
In the 2011 off-season, after scoring 11 times during the campaign,[14][15][16] with Mallorca narrowly avoiding relegation,[17] Webó announced he would sign a new contract only if he was offered a three-year extension.[18] In August, however, he asked to be relieved from his obligations for personal reasons,[19] and joined İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. in Turkey.[20]
Turkey
On 11 September 2011, in the first round of the season, Webó scored on his official debut for his new club, a 2–0 home defeat of Galatasaray SK.[21] On 31 January 2013, he signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with fellow Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe SK for €3 million.[22][23] Again he found the net in the first competitive match with his new team, but in a 1–2 home loss to Sivasspor.
Webó played in his first derby match against Galatasaray on 12 May 2013, scoring twice to secure a 2–1 win.[26] The game was marred by racist chants from Fenerbahçe fans, directed to opposing players Didier Drogba and Emmanuel Eboué.[27]
In September 2018, the 36-year-old Webó returned to Nacional de Montevideo after 16 years.[30] After only 59 minutes of play across two league appearances,[31] he left before the start of the 2019 season.[32]
After retiring, Webó joined İstanbul Başakşehir's coaching staff under Okan Buruk.[33] In a Champions League group stage fixture against Paris Saint-Germain F.C. on 8 December 2020, he accused he was the target of racism by Romanian fourth official Sebastian Colțescu. The latter had allegedly used a term (negru, meaning black in Romanian), similar to a taboo racial slur in some western European countries but without the racial connotations, when describing and pointing out Webó to the main referee Ovidiu Hațegan; the incident, which occurred in the first half, ultimately led to the match being postponed, while UEFA also opened an investigation on the matter.[34]
Webó scored in a 3–1 friendly loss against Portugal on 1 June 2010,[36] and started in the first two games at that year's FIFA World Cup in South Africa (both ending in defeat), with the player not managing to find the net.[37][38]
Webó was called up for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2006 and 2010,[39] as well as the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but did not score in any tournament;[40] however, at the latter continental tournament he set up both goals as a substitute in a draw with Tunisia that saw his team into the quarter-finals.[41] On 17 November 2013, he was among the scorers in a 4–1 playoff victory over the same opponents that took Cameroon to the World Cup in Brazil.[42]
Personal life
Webó's cousin Geremi was a long-time international teammate for Cameroon.[43]
^Batlle, Pere (3 March 2011). "Webó vol ser l'home gol de Laudrup" [Webó wants to be Laudrup's goal-man] (in Catalan). dBalears. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
