Franck Songo'o

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Personal information
Franck Songo'o
Full name	Franck Steve Songo'o
Date of birth	May 14, 1987 (1987-05-14) (age 21)
Place of birth	Yaounde, Cameroon
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Sheffield Wednesday (on loan from Portsmouth)
Number	35
Youth clubs
	Barcelona
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2004 2004-2005 2005- 2006 2007 2007 2008-	Barcelona Juv.B Barcelona Juv.A Portsmouth → Bournemouth (loan) → Preston North End (loan) → Crystal Palace (loan) → Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	27 (8) 25 (4) 3 (0) 4 (0) 6 (0) 9 (0) 6 (2)
National team²
?	France U-19	2 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:43, 29 March 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Franck Songo'o (born May 14, 1987 in Yaounde, Cameroon) is a French football player, currently playing for English Championship club Sheffield Wednesday on loan from Premiership side Portsmouth.

He is the son of former Cameroonian national team goalkeeper Jacques Songo'o, who featured for Spanish side Deportivo La Coruña in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He is highly rated as a future prospect by Portsmouth coach Harry Redknapp.

Although he was born in Cameroon, he has represented the French under-19 international team. He came through the youth ranks at Spanish giants FC Barcelona.

On 31 August 2005 Songo'o signed for Portsmouth for a fee of £250,000. On October 20, 2006 he joined League 1 side Bournemouth on a one-month loan^[1] but failed to make an impact. On 8th March 2007 he signed for Championship club Preston North End on loan until the end of the season.^[2]. He became Neil Warnock's first signing at Crystal Palace at the end of October, returning to Portsmouth in the new year.

On January 13, 2008 he made his first Premiership appearance for Portsmouth for over two years as a second-half substitute for Arnold Mvuemba against Sunderland due to the absence of many of the Hampshire sides first eleven being away at the African Cup of Nations in Ghana.

On 7 March 2008 Franck joined Championship side Sheffield Wednesday on an initial one month loan deal from his parent club.

Whilst making his debut for Sheffield Wednesday he showed his wealth of trickery as he performed the Rainbow kick skill to bypass two QPR defenders in the last minute of the game.

Although highly rated by Portsmouth staff his future remains uncertain with his contract due to expire in the summer and failure to secure a place in the Portsmouth first team squad after several loans and reserve team fixtures.