“CHELSEA Champions League winner Salomon Kalou is set to play for a second-division club in the IVORY COAST. Winger Kalou spent six years at Stamford Bridge, scoring 60 goals in 254 games. 2 Chelsea hero Salomon Kalou has come out of retirement for a surprise club Credit: Getty Images – Getty 2 Chelsea hero Kalou”, — write on: www.thesun.co.uk
Winger Kalou spent six years at Stamford Bridge, scoring 60 goals in 254 games.
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Chelsea hero Salomon Kalou has come out of retirement for a surprise clubCredit: Getty Images – Getty
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Chelsea hero Kalou is set to play for a second-division club in the Ivory CoastHe played in the Blues’ 2012 Champions League final win over Bayern Munich.
A £9million buy from Feyenoord in 2006, Kalou also won the 2010 Premier League title, four FA Cups and a League Cup with the west Londoners.
The 93-cap Ivory Coast international went on to play for Lille, Hertha Berlin and Brazilian club Botafogo.
He made a surprise move to Djibouti club Arta Solar 7 two years ago, where he lined up alongside ex-Arsenal midfielder Alex Song.
Arta’s Ivorian chairman Tommy Tayoro Nyckoss took charge of home-country club SC Gagnoa earlier this month.
And the businessman convinced Kalou, 39, to join as both a director and a player. Gagnoa paraded him at a ceremony earlier this week.
The southern club was relegated from the Ivory Coast’s Ligue 1 last season.
They are based 40 miles from the Chelsea hero’s birthplace Oume, north-west of the African country’s capital Abidjan.
Kalou said: “I am going to get a player’s licence, so that I can be part of coach Bernard Casoni’s squad.
“And maybe if SC Gagnoa play against ASEC Mimosas or Africa Sports in the Ivorian Cup, I will take part in the game.”
Kalou began his career with ASEC before landing his move to Feyenoord in 2003.