Henri Bedimo

Henri Bedimo Nsamé (born 4 June 1984) is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a left-back.

This led Bedimo emigrated to France when he was 15 in 1999.

Upon arriving at France, Bedimo went on a trial at Grenoble Foot 38 and a successful trial led him to join the club, which saw him assigned to the academy.

After spending three years at the academy and reserve at Grenoble, Bedimo joined Toulouse on a free transfer in 2003.

It came after when Erick Mombaerts scouted him during his performance at Gambardella cup match.

When he first joined the club, Bedimo started out at the reserve team for the rest of the 2003–04 season.

In June 2004, he signed his first professional contract with Toulouse and was promoted to the first team as a result.

In the opening game of the 2004–05 season, Bedimo made his debut for the club, coming on as an 88th-minute substitute, in a 0–0 draw against Lens.

Two weeks later on 21 August 2004, he made his first starts, starting the whole game, in a 2–1 win over Paris Saint-Germain.

Since the start of the 2004–05 season, Bedimo found his playing time, mostly coming from the substitute bench in the first team for Toulouse.

As a result, he either faced being on the sidelines or playing for Toulouse's reserve team.

At the end of the 2004–05 season, Bedimo went on to make eighteen appearances in all competitions.

At the start of the 2005–06 season, Bedimo appeared in the first two matches of the season, including his first start of the season against Nice.

However, his first team opportunities at Toulouse continued to be limited throughout the 2005–06 season.

Once again, it resulted in him playing for the club's reserve side.

At the end of the 2005–06 season, he only made eight appearances in all competitions.

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.

He made his debut for Le Havre in the opening game of the season, starting the whole game, in a 3–1 loss against Amiens.

Since making his debut for the club, Bedimo established himself in the starting eleven at Le Havre, playing in the defender position.

However, he received a straight red card for the first time in his career, in a 1–0 win over Istres on 13 October 2006.

Bedimo then helped Le Havre keep five out the six consecutive clean sheets between 1 December 2006 and 2 February 2007.

At the end of the 2006–07 season, he made twenty–four appearances in all competitions.

In what turned out to be his last appearance for the club, he scored an own goal, which turned out to be a winning goal, in a 2–1 loss against Montpellier on 14 May 2007.

After the 2007–08 season, Bedimo left Le Havre for Châteauroux on a free transfer on 22 July 2007.

He made his debut for the club, starting the whole game, minutes, in a 0–0 draw against Clermont Foot in the opening game of the season.

Since making his debut for Châteauroux, Bedimo quickly established himself in the starting eleven.

On 21 September 2007, Bedimo scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win over Chamois Niortais.

At the end of the 2007–08 season, he went on to make thirty–six appearances and scoring two times in all competitions.

His second goal for Châteauroux came on 30 March 2008, in a 2–1 loss against Sedan.

Ahead of the 2008–09 season, Bedimo was linked a move back to his former club Grenoble, but Châteauroux managed to keep him for another season.

It wasn't until on 3 October 2008 when he scored his first goal of the season in a 2–1 loss against Boulogne.

Two weeks later on 17 October 2008 against Dijon, however, Bedimo was sent–off for a second bookable offence, in a 2–0 loss.

Despite this, Bedimo remained involved in a number of matches in the first team and went on to make twenty–three appearances and scoring once in all competitions.

He represented the Cameroon national team internationally from 2009 to 2016 making 51 appearances and scoring once.

Born in Douala, Cameroon, Bedimo was trained at the Kadji Sports Academy and Dream FC team in Cameroon and after playing six matches, he was scouted by an agent.

In the 2009–10 season, Bedimo continued to establish himself in the starting eleven for Châteauroux.

It wasn't until on 30 October 2009 when he scored in a 5–4 loss against Dijon.

Bedimo started in every match until his departure from the club, making twenty–three appearances and scoring once in all competitions.

On 11 January 2010, his transfer from Châteauroux to Lens was finalised after being persuaded by his agent, Roger Boli, to join the club.

The move was confirmed on 13 January 2010 as he signed a three–year contract with Lens.