Salomon Kalou, Biography

Name:	Salomon Kalou
Nationality:	Ivorian
Date of Birth:	05/08/1985
Height:	6' 1" (186cm)
Weight:	12st 5lbs (78.54kg)
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Clubs:	Feyenoord
Position:	Striker

Now a league champion as well as an FA Cup Final starter, the 2009/10 season saw another supporting role for the enigmatic Ivorian, who as always provided important goals and assists for his team.
In many ways it was a typical year for the Ivorian, where again he turned in a goals to games ratio of approaching one in three, but the campaign was littered with unforgettable moments from magic to mayhem and back again.
Things kicked off perfectly as he side-footed home the winning penalty in the Community Shield at Wembley, and though his season ended with more silverware at the national stadium, his afternoon will probably best be remembered for missing of an open goal in an incomprehensibly goalless first half of the FA Cup Final.
Eternally regarded at Stamford Bridge as being as effective from the bench as he is the start, Kalou began the season in reserve before an in-and-out spell.
Asked to lead the line against QPR in the Carling Cup, he supplied his first goal with a tidy finish, and added two more in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid, despite missing another easy one at 0-0.
Excellent against Wolves in November, he laid on two for team-mates before sitting out four games with a rare injury - like Frank Lampard, Salomon is another whose body rarely lets him down.
The African Nations followed with a further absence, and not enough impact for Ivory Coast in Angola, but before he departed came an important contribution against Fulham after Christmas, playing in Daniel Sturridge whose shot eventually found the net off defender Chris Smalling, sparking a comeback that saw us enter 2010 top of the pile.
He returned from Africa to a side that had flown through January, and was, inevitably, back among the subs, though a goalscoring return to the line-up against Cardiff saw him given the nod for the first leg against Inter in Europe.
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