Djiboutian champions AS Arta Solar 7 sign Salomon Kalou on short-term deal

Published on: 15 June 2022

Djiboutian champions AS Arta Solar 7 have completed the signing of ex-Ivory Coast and Chelsea forward Salomon Kalou.

Kalou joins the club on a short-term deal after successful negotiations.

The 36-year-old became a free agent after his contract with Brazilian's Botafogo expired in April this year.

He will now be teammates to ex-Cameroon goalkeeper Idriss Carlos Kameni, Alexandre Song Billong, Dany Nounkeu, Diafra Sakho and Alain Traoré.

AS Arta Solar 7 completed a double at the end of the 2021-22 having clinched the Djiboutian League and Djiboutian Cup titles.

Kalou started his career at ASEC Mimosas before joining Dutch side Feyenoord in 2003.

After two seasons in the Dutch top-flight, he signed for English Premier League side Chelsea for a fee around £9 million.

He won the Premier League, FA Cup (four times), League Cup, Community Shield and the UEFA Champions League during his time in England from 2006 to 2012.

Kalou was a member of the Cote d'Ivoire team that won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea after beating Ghana in a post-match penalty shootouts.

He later joined French Ligue 1 side LOSC Lille and also played for Hertha Berlin in Germany and Brazilian club Botafogo before becoming unattached last year.

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