Karimou Djibrill
Karimou Djibrill (born June 6, 1933 ) is a former Togolese football player .
Career
Djibrill began his career as a left winger at the Togolese football club Étoile Filante from Lomé , with whom he reached the semi-finals of the French West Africa Cup ( French Coupe d'Afrique Occidentale Française ) in 1956/57 . In 1958 Djibrill became the first Togolese football player to move to France for AS Monaco . He played for Monaco for seven years, during which he won the French Championship (1961 and 1963) and the French Cup (1960 - when it was not used in the final - and 1963) and the Coupe Charles Drago (1961). Djibrill scored 42 goals in 185 championship games, he played 19 times in the Cup and scored six goals, in Coupe Drago games he played twelve times and scored three goals, and he also contributed one goal in six European Cup games. In 1965 Djibrill moved to Sporting Toulon , where he played for three years until 1968 and scored 32 goals.
Other Togolese players followed Djibrill's example as a professional footballer in France. From 1958 to 1967 Moevi Gabriel played as a defender for Girondins Bordeaux , from 1965 to 1968 Franck Fiawoo played as a striker at Olympique Marseille .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karimou Djibrill. In: footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved October 22, 2016 .
- ^ Chronique Football. In: www1.rfi.fr. Retrieved October 22, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Djibrill, Karimou |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Togolese soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1933 |