Henri Bedimo

Henri Bedimo Nsamé (born 4 June 1984) is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a left-back.With his first-team opportunities limited at Toulouse further, Bedimo decided to leave the club by joining Le Havre on a free transfer in 2006.[14] Since making his debut for the club, Bedimo established himself in the starting eleven at Le Havre, playing in the defender position.On 11 January 2010, his transfer from Châteauroux to Lens was finalised after being persuaded by his agent, Roger Boli, to join the club.[32] Bedimo made his debut for the club on 6 February 2010, in a 2–1 win over Le Mans, where he took advantage of injured Marco Ramos and led to the opening goal for Kévin Monnet-Paquet.[51] In the first half of the season, after which they lay second in the table, three points behind big-spending Paris Saint-Germain, who reportedly paid €6 million more for one player than Montpellier's entire €36m budget.[54] At the end of the 2011–12 season, having made forty–one appearances and scoring once in all competitions, he was named Trophées UNFP du football's Team of the Year of 2012.[56] He was also in the starting eleven for Montpellier's debut in Champions League football, a 2–1 loss at home to Arsenal in the group stage,[57] However, Bedimo was sidelined for three weeks, due to a combination of injury and suspension.[59] Since returning from the sidelines, he started in the next six matches for Montpellier before being dropped to the substitute bench in favour of Abdelhamid El Kaoutari.[63] On 1 August 2013, Bedimo joined fellow French team Lyon for a fee of €2 million plus bonuses on a three-year deal.[66] He then played in both legs of the UEFA Champions League Play–Off Round against Real Sociedad, as the club lost 4–0 on aggregate, eliminating them from the tournament.[74] Bedimo, once again, helped the club keep another three consecutive clean sheets between 23 February 2014 and 2 March 2014 against Lille, Chornomorets Odesa and Montpellier.[77] Following his return, Bedimo then continued to provide assists, which was ten, a target he successfully achieved by the end of the season.[78] Bedimo also started in the Coupe de la Ligue Final against Paris Saint-Germain, playing in the left–back position, as the club lost 2–1.[79] In the last game of the season against Nice, he helped Lyon qualify for European football by finishing fifth place in the league after beating the opposition team 1–0.[81] At the start of the 2014–15 season, Bedimo played in both legs of the UEFA Europa League Third Round against Mladá Boleslav, as Lyon won 4–2 on aggregate.[90] However, during a 1–1 draw against Marseille on 19 September 2015, Bedimo suffered a hamstring injury that saw him substituted in the 19th minute and was sidelined for a month.[92] Since returning to the first team, Bedimo found himself placed on the substitute bench, with Morel preferred as the club's first choice left–back.Following this, manager Bruno Génésio announced that Bedimo would be leaving Lyon when his contract ran out at the end of the 2015–2016 season.[98] Bedimo made his Olympique de Marseille debut, coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute, in a 0–0 draw against Toulouse in the opening game of the season.[121] He made his tournament debut, starting a match and played 75 minutes before being substituted, in a 1–0 loss against Gabon on 13 January 2010.[126] Despite not being involved in the squad for Cameroon, Bedimo's contributions saw the national side qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[140] Growing up, Bedimo revealed in an interview with Maxi Foot that his parents forbade him from playing football and did so, though "We used to beat each other up a lot.[145] Two years later, Bedimo was hired by his former club, Montpellier as their educator and split his time in Cameroon to operate his football academy.