Alex Song — Profile, Stats, Transfers

Career snapshot

10

clubs played for

04/05

debut season

0.03

goals / match

Arsenal FC

top club · 204 apps

Career highs

€28.50m

peak value · 2012

€19.00m

top transfer fee · 12/13

5

best season · 10/11

61 / 0

int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Jon McLaughlin

Goalkeeper · Middlesbrough FC

€75k

Ahmed El Mohamady

Defender - Right-Back · Retired

José Parra

Midfield · Unknown

Kalilou Traoré

Midfield - Defensive Midfield · Retired

Shares 1987-09-09 · 5 players total

419Appearances

13Goals

32Assists

77Yellow cards

0Red cards

124Full matches (90′)

Full name	Alex Song
Name in home country	Alexandre Dimitri Song Billong
Date of birth	1987-09-09 (38 yrs)
Place of birth	Douala, Cameroon
Citizenship	Cameroon France
Position	Midfield - Defensive Midfield (main: Midfield)
Foot	right
Height	185.00 m
Current club	Retired
Joined	2023-11-14
Contract expires	—
Agent	Darren Dein
Outfitter	Puma

Nov 2023

Transfer: AS Arta/Solar7 → Retired

23/24 · Transfer

Jul 2022

22/23 — AS Arta/Solar7

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2021

21/22 — AS Arta/Solar7

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Nov 2020

Transfer: Without Club → AS Arta/Solar7

20/21 · Transfer

Jul 2020

20/21 — AS Arta/Solar7

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Mar 2020

Transfer: FC Sion → Without Club

19/20 · Transfer

Nov 2019

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Jul 2019

19/20 — FC Sion

12 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

May 2019

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Feb 2019

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Nov 2018

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Aug 2018

Transfer: Without Club → FC Sion

18/19 · Transfer

Jul 2018

18/19 — FC Sion U21, FC Sion

16 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jan 2018

Transfer: Rubin Kazan → Without Club

17/18 · Transfer

Jul 2017

17/18 — Rubin Kazan

7 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2016

Transfer: Barcelona → Rubin Kazan

16/17 · Transfer

Jul 2016

16/17 — Rubin Kazan

16 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions

Jun 2016

Transfer: West Ham → Barcelona

15/16 · Return from loan

Aug 2015

Transfer: Barcelona → West Ham

15/16 · Loan

Jul 2015

Injury: unknown

14 games missed

Jul 2015

15/16 — West Ham United, West Ham United U21

16 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Jun 2015

Transfer: West Ham → Barcelona

14/15 · Return from loan

Aug 2014

Transfer: Barcelona → West Ham

14/15 · Loan

Jul 2014

14/15 — West Ham United

31 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2013

13/14 — FC Barcelona

31 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Aug 2012

Transfer: Arsenal → Barcelona

12/13 · Transfer · €19.00m

Jul 2012

12/13 — FC Barcelona

34 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2011

11/12 — Arsenal FC

46 matches · 1 G · 14 A · across 4 competitions

Apr 2011

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Feb 2011

Injury: unknown

10 games missed

Jul 2010

10/11 — Arsenal FC

42 matches · 5 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2009

09/10 — Arsenal FC

38 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 5 competitions

Dec 2008

Injury: unknown

5 games missed

Jul 2008

08/09 — Arsenal FC

48 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions

Feb 2008

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Jul 2007

07/08 — Arsenal FC

15 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

May 2007

Transfer: Charlton → Arsenal

06/07 · Return from loan

Jan 2007

Transfer: Arsenal → Charlton

06/07 · Loan

Jul 2006

06/07 — Arsenal FC, Charlton Athletic

18 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Aug 2005

Transfer: SC Bastia → Arsenal

05/06 · Transfer · €4.00m

Jul 2005

05/06 — Arsenal FC

9 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2004

04/05 — SC Bastia

35 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2004

Transfer: SC Bastia U19 → SC Bastia

04/05 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €28.50m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Minutes played by club

AS Arta/Solar7 0.0%

FC Sion 0.8%

FC Sion U21 0.0%

Rubin Kazan 2.0%

West Ham United 0.0%

West Ham United U21 0.0%

FC Barcelona 13.7%

Arsenal FC 83.4%

Charlton Athletic 0.0%

SC Bastia 0.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
AS Arta/Solar7	3	20/21	22/23	5	0	0	0
FC Sion	2	18/19	19/20	22	1	0	90
FC Sion U21	1	18/19	18/19	6	0	0	0
Rubin Kazan	2	16/17	17/18	23	1	2	229
West Ham United	2	14/15	15/16	46	0	3	0
West Ham United U21	1	15/16	15/16	1	0	1	0
FC Barcelona	2	12/13	13/14	65	1	2	1,537
Arsenal FC	7	05/06	11/12	204	10	23	9,345
Charlton Athletic	1	06/07	06/07	12	0	1	0
SC Bastia	1	04/05	04/05	35	0	0	0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	Minutes
22/23	CAF-Champions League	AS Arta/Solar7	1	0	0	0	0
21/22	CAF-Champions League	AS Arta/Solar7	2	0	0	0	0
20/21	CAF Confederation Cup	AS Arta/Solar7	2	0	0	0	0
19/20	Schweizer Cup	FC Sion	1	1	0	0	90
19/20	Super League	FC Sion	11	0	0	2	0
18/19	Promotion League	FC Sion U21	6	0	0	1	0
18/19	Schweizer Cup	FC Sion	1	0	0	0	0
18/19	Super League	FC Sion	9	0	0	3	0
17/18	Premier Liga	Rubin Kazan	6	1	0	0	229
17/18	Russian Cup	Rubin Kazan	1	0	0	0	0
16/17	Premier Liga	Rubin Kazan	16	0	2	1	0
16/17	Russian Cup	Rubin Kazan	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	FA Cup	West Ham United	3	0	0	0	0
15/16	Premier League	West Ham United	12	0	0	1	0
15/16	U21 PL	West Ham United U21	1	0	1	0	0
14/15	FA Cup	West Ham United	3	0	0	0	0
14/15	Premier League	West Ham United	28	0	3	4	0
13/14	Champions League	FC Barcelona	4	0	0	0	0
13/14	Copa del Rey	FC Barcelona	7	0	1	1	0
13/14	LaLiga	FC Barcelona	19	0	0	2	0
13/14	Supercopa	FC Barcelona	1	0	0	0	0
12/13	Champions League	FC Barcelona	8	0	0	2	0
12/13	Copa del Rey	FC Barcelona	5	0	1	0	0
12/13	LaLiga	FC Barcelona	20	1	0	3	1,537
12/13	Supercopa	FC Barcelona	1	0	0	0	0
11/12	Champions League	Arsenal FC	7	0	2	3	0
11/12	Champions League Qu.	Arsenal FC	2	0	0	0	0
11/12	FA Cup	Arsenal FC	3	0	1	0	0
11/12	Premier League	Arsenal FC	34	1	11	10	2,999
10/11	Champions League	Arsenal FC	5	1	2	1	401
10/11	FA Cup	Arsenal FC	4	0	0	0	0
10/11	League Cup	Arsenal FC	2	0	0	0	0
10/11	Premier League	Arsenal FC	31	4	2	7	649
09/10	Champions League	Arsenal FC	8	0	1	1	0
09/10	Champions League Qu.	Arsenal FC	2	0	0	0	0
09/10	FA Cup	Arsenal FC	1	0	0	1	0
09/10	League Cup	Arsenal FC	1	0	0	1	0
09/10	Premier League	Arsenal FC	26	1	1	10	2,239
08/09	Champions League	Arsenal FC	10	1	0	2	724
08/09	Champions League Qu.	Arsenal FC	1	0	0	0	0
08/09	FA Cup	Arsenal FC	4	0	2	0	0
08/09	League Cup	Arsenal FC	2	0	0	0	0
08/09	Premier League	Arsenal FC	31	1	1	7	2,063
07/08	Champions League	Arsenal FC	2	0	0	0	0
07/08	Champions League Qu.	Arsenal FC	1	0	0	0	0
07/08	League Cup	Arsenal FC	3	0	0	0	0
07/08	Premier League	Arsenal FC	9	0	0	0	0
06/07	Champions League	Arsenal FC	1	0	0	0	0
06/07	Champions League Qu.	Arsenal FC	0	0	0	0	0
06/07	League Cup	Arsenal FC	3	1	0	2	270
06/07	Premier League	Charlton Athletic	12	0	1	3	0
06/07	Premier League	Arsenal FC	2	0	0	1	0
05/06	Champions League	Arsenal FC	2	0	0	0	0
05/06	League Cup	Arsenal FC	2	0	0	0	0
05/06	Premier League	Arsenal FC	5	0	0	0	0
04/05	Coupe de France	SC Bastia	1	0	0	1	0
04/05	Coupe de la Ligue	SC Bastia	2	0	0	0	0
04/05	Ligue 1	SC Bastia	32	0	0	7	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
04/05	2004-07-01	SC Bastia U19	SC Bastia	Transfer	0	—
05/06	2005-08-11	SC Bastia	Arsenal	Transfer	1250000	€4.00m
06/07	2007-01-30	Arsenal	Charlton	Loan	4000000	—
06/07	2007-05-14	Charlton	Arsenal	Return from loan	2900000	—
12/13	2012-08-20	Arsenal	Barcelona	Transfer	25000000	€19.00m
14/15	2014-08-30	Barcelona	West Ham	Loan	14000000	—
14/15	2015-06-30	West Ham	Barcelona	Return from loan	15000000	—
15/16	2015-08-31	Barcelona	West Ham	Loan	12000000	—
15/16	2016-06-30	West Ham	Barcelona	Return from loan	10000000	—
16/17	2016-07-21	Barcelona	Rubin Kazan	Transfer	6000000	—
17/18	2018-01-31	Rubin Kazan	Without Club	Transfer	1500000	—
18/19	2018-08-14	Without Club	FC Sion	Transfer	1500000	—
19/20	2020-03-20	FC Sion	Without Club	Transfer	500000	—
20/21	2020-11-07	Without Club	AS Arta/Solar7	Transfer	400000	—
23/24	2023-11-14	AS Arta/Solar7	Retired	Transfer	100000	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
07/08	Inner ligament stretch of the knee	2008-02-27	2008-03-10	13	3
08/09	Thigh problems	2008-12-26	2009-01-17	23	5
10/11	Knee injury	2011-02-27	2011-04-02	35	10
10/11	Knee problems	2011-04-04	2011-04-11	8	1
15/16	Ankle injury	2015-07-08	2015-11-07	123	14
18/19	unknown injury	2018-11-02	2018-11-29	28	3
18/19	Ill	2019-02-28	2019-03-07	8	1
18/19	unknown injury	2019-05-08	2019-05-20	13	2
19/20	unknown injury	2019-11-08	2019-11-20	13	1

Current€200k

Peak€28.50m

Low—

Δ since start−€450k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€10.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€6.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€15.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€12.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€18.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€14.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€22.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€18.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€25.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€25.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€28.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€24.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€17.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€19.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€13.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€14.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€7.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.90m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.25m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€650k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #55471	—	3	—	—	former national player
Team #53843	—	3	—	—	former national player
Team #10844	—	6	—	—	former national player
Team #3434	#6	49	—	—	retired national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Aaron Ramsey	2	2
Wojciech Szczesny	2	0
Alexis Sánchez	3	0
Carl Jenkinson	2	0
Pedro	2	0
Aaron Cresswell	1	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
10/11	Premier League	Arsenal FC	4	31
08/09	Premier League	Arsenal FC	1	31
06/07	League Cup	Arsenal FC	1	3

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
11/12	Premier League	Arsenal FC	11	34
14/15	Premier League	West Ham United	3	28
10/11	Premier League	Arsenal FC	2	31

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
15/16	2016-06-30	West Ham	Barcelona	Return from loan	—	€10.00m
15/16	2015-08-31	Barcelona	West Ham	Loan	—	€12.00m
14/15	2015-06-30	West Ham	Barcelona	Return from loan	—	€15.00m
14/15	2014-08-30	Barcelona	West Ham	Loan	—	€14.00m
06/07	2007-05-14	Charlton	Arsenal	Return from loan	—	€2.90m
06/07	2007-01-30	Arsenal	Charlton	Loan	—	€4.00m

Teams faced most often by Alex Song's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Chelsea FC	25	6	10	9	34	37	-3	24%
Manchester City	17	5	3	9	15	25	-10	29%
Liverpool FC	17	6	6	5	30	33	-3	35%
Manchester United	16	5	3	8	18	27	-9	31%
Everton FC	16	9	6	1	33	15	+18	56%
Tottenham Hotspur	16	5	5	6	35	27	+8	31%
West Ham United	14	9	3	2	26	8	+18	64%
AC Milan	14	7	3	4	25	18	+7	50%
Aston Villa	14	7	4	3	22	14	+8	50%
Newcastle United	14	8	4	2	28	13	+15	57%
Wigan Athletic	12	9	1	2	29	10	+19	75%
Stoke City	12	7	2	3	20	10	+10	58%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
04/05	Senior debut season
06/07	First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	Cards / 90′
19/20	12	90	2	0	2
18/19	16	0	4	1	0
16/17	16	0	1	1	0
15/16	16	0	1	0	0
14/15	31	0	4	0	0
13/14	31	0	3	0	0
12/13	34	1,537	5	0	0.29
11/12	46	2,999	13	0	0.39
10/11	42	1,050	8	1	0.77
09/10	38	2,239	13	0	0.52
08/09	48	2,787	9	0	0.29
06/07	18	270	6	0	2
04/05	35	0	8	0	0