Alioum Saidou
Personal information
Full name Alioum Saidou
Date of birth (1978-02-19) February 19, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Maroua, Cameroon
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Unattached
Youth career
1995–1999 Cotonsport FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 İstanbulspor 159 (12)
2004–2006 Galatasaray S.K. 29 (0)
2005Malatyaspor (loan) 13 (0)
2006–2007 FC Nantes 31 (0)
2007–2010 Kayserispor 79 (6)
2010–2011 Sivasspor 0 (0)
International career
2003–2008 Cameroon 15 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 17, 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 15, 2008

Alioum Saidou (born 19 February 1978 in Maroua) is a Cameroonian football Defensive midfielder who is unattached.

He plays international football for the Cameroon national team, with whom he played in the 2006 African Cup of Nations.

Early career

Saidou started his career in his native Cameroon at local side Garoua before being spotted by scouts from İstanbulspor. He joined the Galatasaray S.K. side, before moving to out to Malatyaspor in 2005.

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