Franck Songo'o

Franck Steve Songo'o (born 14 May 1987) is a Cameroonian footballer. His senior career has been spent primarily in the English and Spanish football league systems, and has also been capped for the Cameroon national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé, Songo'o began his youth footballing career at Spanish club Deportivo de La Coruña. Franck's father, Jacques, played for Deportivo's senior club and was part of the squad that won the 1999–2000 La Liga championship. At Deportivo, Franck was spotted by Spanish giants FC Barcelona. He spent several years at Barcelona's youth facility centre, La Masia, alongside future stars Lionel Messi, Cesc Fàbregas, and Gerard Piqué. Although Songo'o did not make an immediate impact on Barça's first team, he impressed other clubs, drawing interest from the Premier League.

Portsmouth

On 31 August 2005 Songo'o signed for Portsmouth for a fee of £250,000. He made two appearances for Portsmouth in the 2005-2006 season. After several loan spells, on 13 January 2008 he made his third and final Premier League appearance for Portsmouth as a second-half substitute for Arnold Mvuemba against Sunderland while a number of Portsmouth's first eleven were away at the African Cup of Nations in Ghana. He was then loaned out again to Sheffield Wednesday and left England at the end of the season.