Who is Pierre Achille Webo, the staff member of the Turkish team who would have been the target of racist remarks by the fourth referee during PSG-Basaksehir? Aged 38, Webo is a former striker of Cameroonian origin who spent most of his career in Spain (Leganes, Osasuna, Mallorca) before moving to Turkey where he attended three different clubs (Basaksehir Istanbul, Fenerbahçe and Osmanlispor).
Crowned Turkish champion with Fenerbahçe in 2014, this attacking player ended his career after the termination of his contract in 2018 at the Nacional in Uruguay. A striker recognized for his head game, Achille Webo was also an international of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, whose jersey he wore 57 times. After scoring a hat-trick against Côte d’Ivoire in a memorable match in Abidjan (Cameroon’s 3-2 victory) in 2005, he then participated in the 2010 World Cup under Paul Le Guen.
He went on strike in 2011
The former center forward was appointed assistant coach of the Istanbul club in November 2019 with the mission of bringing back his first Turkish league title to the club dear to President Erdogan. Mission fulfilled in his first year since Basaksehir won the Süper Lig last July. Webo, including the “Why you say negro? Will be remembered, is also a character with a strong character.
In 2011, the Indomitable Lion went on strike to protest against the attitude of his club in Mallorca. At the time, he demanded that the Spanish leaders release him from his last year of contract. In return, the attacker said he was ready to forget the payment of his image rights. But he was opposed to the categorical refusal of his leaders who had communicated on sanctions for this disciplinary gap. Today, Webo is talking about him again, but this time in the role of the victim.
