Daré Nibombé

Daré Nibombé (born 16 June 1980) is a Togolese football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Togo national team. He played as a centre-back.^[3]

Daré Nibombé

Nibombé in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Daré Nibombé[1]
Date of birth	(1980-06-16) 16 June 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Lomé, Togo
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Togo (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	Modèle Lomé
1999–2001	ASKO Kara
2001–2002	Liberty Professionals F.C.
2002	AS Douanes	30	(3)
2002–2003	La Louvière	27	(4)
2003–2008	Mons	97	(3)
2008–2009	CS Otopeni	6	(1)
2008–2010	Politehnica Timişoara	36	(1)
2010	FC Baku	11	(1)
2011	Arminia Bielefeld	3	(0)
2011–2012	Al-Nassr
2012–2014	RBD Borinage	50	(1)
2014–2015	Francs Borains	4	(1)
International career
2000–2013	Togo	53	(0)
Managerial career
2015–2016	SC Paturages (youth)
2016–2017	Francs Borains (U21)[2]
2017–2019	Tubize (U21)
2019–2023	Charleroni (youth)
2024–	Togo
Medal record Politehnica Timişoara Runner-up Liga I 2009 Runner-up Romanian Cup 2009
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Early career

Born in Lomé, Nibombé started his football career in Togo. In 1999, he was transferred to ASKO Kara. After two years he was transferred to Ghanaian team Liberty Professionals F.C. but after a couple of seasons, Nibombé returned to AS Douanes in Togo.

R.A.E.C. Mons

In 2003, Nibombé moved to Belgian team R.A.E.C. Mons where he spent five seasons.

CS Otopeni

In 2008, Nibombé rejected moves to Italy, France and Greece and instead moved to CS Otopeni.

Politehnica Timișoara

In January 2009, Nibombé signed with FC Politehnica Timișoara who were in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds. He played a Champions League game against UEFA Cup holders Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Timişoara won over the two legs. The next tie in the UEFA Champions League was against VfB Stuttgart.

During the 2009–10 season, Nibombé established himself as a central defender in Liga 1. On 15 June 2010, he left FC Timişoara to join FK Baku.

FC Baku

Nibombé signed for FK Baku.

Arminia Bielefeld

After six months in Azerbaijan, he left Baku to sign for 2. Bundesliga club Arminia Bielefeld. He played a few games with the German outfit then was away for a couple of months due to an injury.

International career

Nibombé was a regular member of the Togo national team, and was a starter at the 2006 World Cup and the 2006 African Cup of Nations. He also participated at the African Cup of Nations.

Managerial career

Nibombé became the head coach of the U21 squad of Tubize in 2017.^[4]

He was appointed head coach of the Togo national team in July 2024.^[5]

Honours

AS Douanes

• Togolese Championnat National: 2002

La Louvière

• Belgian Cup: 2002–03

RAEC Mons

• Belgian Second Division: 2005–06