French international Olivier Kapo joined Latics on a three-year contract from Birmingham in June 2008.

He made 22 appearances for Birmingham in 2007/08 after he'd spent the 2006/07 season in La Liga with Levante, helping them in their successful fight to avoid relegation.

Kapo was born in the Ivory Coast but moved with his family to Paris as a child and subsequently opted to represent his adopted nation, helping France qualify for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, scoring twice in the 4-3 victory in Israel.

He went on to make his senior international debut in November 2002 and played in the following year's FIFA Confederations Cup.

Kapo has scored three goals in nine appearances for his country.

On the domestic front, Kapo joined Auxerre on schoolboy terms at the age of 13 and came through the club's highly-respected Academy system to make his first team bow at the age of 18 in March 1999.

The tall left-footer went on to become a regular in the French top flight and also played in the Champions League, in which he scored a wonder goal against Arsenal in October 2002 that silenced the Highbury crowd.

He poked the ball through Patrick Vieira's legs and then fired a fierce curling shot past David Seaman.

Kapo helped Auxerre lift the French Cup in May 2003 before leaving the club 12 months later for Juventus, having scored 19 goals in 120 French League games.

Unfortunately he didn't get much of a look-in at the Stadio delle Alpi and started just two league games during 2004/05.

The following campaign he went out on loan to French side Monaco where he enjoyed more success scoring five goals in 25 league matches.

Then came the season-long stint at Levante last term which brought another five-goal haul from 30 appearances.