International football's Band of Brothers: Part-2

The Kalous – Bonaventure and Salomon

For both brothers, Feyenoord proved to be the starting point after they left their home country for European football. Bonaventure played 6 seasons with Feyenoord as a winger predominantly; Salomon, who once came to visit his brother, impressed the folks at the club who signed him on as a youth player. The signing was almost as a replacement as it came the year that Bonaventure left Feyenoord for Auxerre and then went on to PSG. He played 47 times for Cote d’Ivoire scoring 10 goals. At club level, he won the Eredivisie once with Feyenoord and 2 French Cups (with Auxerre and PSG).

Salomon picked up the pieces left by his brother at Feyenoord and had a very impressive 3 seasons there scoring 35 goals in his 69 appearances. That caught the attention of Chelsea, who signed him in the summer of ’06. After 6 years with the Blues, he moved to Lille in 2012 where he has been contributing handsomely with 13 goals in 26 appearances so far. He was more prolific than his elder brother for country, scoring 21 times in his 57 appearances. He won 1 Premier League title and 4 FA Cups with Chelsea and was part of their maiden Champions League triumph in the 2011-12 season. In 2010, he set up the Kalou Foundation aimed at providing facilities for social welfare.