Ex Cameroonian football player and Former Bundesliga professional Mohamadou Idrissou is broke and now plays in 6th Division.
“I am penniless, I have no money,” said the 39-year-old Cameroonian, who once played for FC Kaiserslautern, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Eintracht Frankfurt, among others. He had a contract with Austrian regional league side, DSV Leoben but was arrested on arrival in Austria in mid-December because of a lack of a residence visa.
“Luck in football, bad luck for women”, Idrissou summarized his fall from grass to grace in his conversation with German tabloid BILD.
Anyone who makes it into the Bundesliga has done it: millionaire, cared for life. But that’s not always true. Former first division star “Mo” Idrissou has now admitted: “I’m penniless”. Football still gives him support. Mohamadou “Mo” Idrissou shouldn’t have to worry anymore.
At SC Freiburg, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Hannover 96, he played for years in the Bundesliga, 39 times the striker also appeared in the jersey of the Cameroonian national team, took part in a World Cup, reached the final of the Confederations Cup with the selection of his home country in 2003 (0: 1 against France after Golden Goal). But all of that is long gone.
The soccer millions are gone. Complete. “I am destitute, have no money,” Idrissou now admitted to the “Bild am Sonntag” (pay content). And not only that: the 39-year-old has had busy days, was even in custody in Austria.
An expired passport and a missing residence visa have got him in trouble, it is said. Now it is soccer again that should give Mo Idrissou a new hold.
The detention pending deportation was the preliminary low point in a football life that has long since lost its shine. Idrissou found himself again and again in court because of quarrels over the maintenance for his five children.
According to him, he only has contact with his youngest son. In addition, the Dortmund public prosecutor is still pending a case of suspected bankruptcy at his fashion boutique “Royal Lion” in Werne, Westphalia.
The former football millionaire claims to have neither money nor his own apartment or bed. Idrissou is reported to have stayed with friends near Frankfurt, sleeping on the couch there. Mohamadou Idrissou: Chasing goals in Hesse Mo Idrissou now wants to get the curve back through a new commitment.
For Rot-Weiß Frankfurt, the Cameroonian will be chasing goals at the beginning of the second half of the season – in the sixth league. Coach Slobodan Komljenovic, an old acquaintance from glorious football days, made the contact. “It’s not about the past.
We want to look ahead,” said Red and White President Ersan Dincer to Hessischer Rundfunk about the action. Idrissou should save the club with his goals in the coming months from relegation, in return the club wants to help “with our possibilities” the failed star. You have to see what follows after the season.
Financially, Rot-Weiß Idrissou, who as a professional also played for his big neighbor – Frankfurt Eintracht – cannot help on his feet anyway.
The association league can only pay his prominent entry an expense allowance. But for Idrissou it should be a gift to experience normalcy again. In the future, he wants to make a living from a fashion collection that – according to the “Bild” report – he wants to bring out with friends. “Idrissou plays Champions League” It remains to be seen whether this will work. Because like in football, the 39-year-old has often acted in normal life: always offensively, but without protection.
This characteristic once made Mo Idrissou a laughing stock of the fans in the Bundesliga. With the derogatory remark “I don’t want to play relegation with you anyway. I’ll play in the Champions League next year”, he provoked his departure from SC Freiburg in 2010 and switched to Borussia Mönchengladbach.
At that time, however, the foals were far from being able to qualify for the premier class. For many Bundesliga fans, it is therefore unforgettable how Idrissou was mocked at the Gladbachers’ away game in Freiburg: “Idrissou plays Champions League on PS3, all night, from 12 to 8”. Gladbach went down 3-0 in Freiburg and only saved in relegation from relegation. The. foals had started a brilliant final sprint with a 1-0 win over the designated champions Borussia Dortmund. Protect the crucial goal: Mo Idrissou.
Sources: “Bild”, Hessischer Rundfunk, transfermarkt.de, “Rheinische Post”, “Ruhr-Nachrichten”, “Göttinger Tageblatt”, Rot-Weiß Frankfurt