Football player Cameroon Alexander Song is not only a popular midfielder, but also a good family man. He achieved great success in his sports career, despite all the difficulties of life.
Alexander Song - a football player from Cameroon. For fourteen years has been engaged in this sport. On the field, he plays in the position of the defensive midfielder.
День рождения спортсмена осенью — 9 сентября.Next year (2017) the football player celebrates his jubilee, 30 years. Alexander's childhood was held in the city of Douala. When he was three years old, his father died. A great contribution to the education of Sasha was made by the cousin's nephew, Rigobert Song, whom he called his uncle.
Alexander was given to training from an early age, and he had a great talent for football. Rigobert was a player of the English FC "Liverpool", so he helped the athlete advice.
Full name of Alexander Song - Alexander Dimitri Song Bilong, his height is 1 m 82 cm, and weight - 75 kg.
The beginning of the football career of Alexander Songaccounted for in 2003. He got into the youth squad of the French FC "Bastia". After playing in the club one season, he took the position of the defensive midfielder in the main team. Footballer participated in the championships of France. For the 2004/2005 season he spent more than thirty matches on the field.
A young Cameroonian athlete was obsessed with football. A talented supporting midfielder was quickly noticed by well-known professional coaches. Many teams would like to see Song in their lineup.
Арсен Венгер, тренер английского ФК "Арсенал", invited the Cameroonian athlete to come to Austria for the preseason meeting of the club. Song Alexander agreed and signed a lease with Arsenal for the 2005/2006 season. After the termination of the agreement, the English FC lured the midfielder to his squad on a permanent basis for $ 1 million. The transfer was calculated for 4 years. In the 2007/2008 season Alexander Song became the owner of the bronze medal at the championship of England.
За первые два года пребывания в "Арсенале" the player played just three games. In the winter of 2007 he was rented for one season to the London club Charlton Athletic. As part of this team Cameroonian athlete spent twelve matches on the field and returned to Arsenal.
In the summer of 2012, Alexander Songknown to the whole world FC Barcelona. He signed a five-year agreement with the Catalan team. The deal amounted to about $ 20 million. Cameroonian athlete is the owner of the Super Cup of Spain-2013 and earned the title of the champion of this country in the season 2012/2013.
The first year of football career Alexander Song was in favor of the youthful French national team. But in 2003 he decided to defend the flag of his native country.
The athlete played in the position of the defensive midfielderin the youthful Cameroonian team, and already in 2008 - in the main team. In one of the matches he played side by side with his relative - Uncle Rigobert. In 2008, Bilong Song took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing (in China).
Alexander Song was born into a large family. The Cameroonian football player has ten brothers and seventeen sisters.
At an early age, the midfielder lost his father, thisthere was a tragedy for the whole Song family. Alexander really missed dad. Every time, watching his friends, whom their fathers brought to school or for training, he dreamed of a full-fledged family.
Many believe that Alexander Song is very earlybecame a husband and a father. In 2005, when the player turned eighteen, he immediately married. His wife's name is Olivia. Two years later, the couple's first son Nolan was born (August 9, 2007). And in 2008 the family again had a joyful event. Songs was born the second boy, whom Olivia and Alexander named Kailian.
Cameroonian midfielder football is a caring father and a loving husband. He tries to do everything possible to make his family happy.
