Hervé Tum

Tum was born in Yaoundé. He moved from Cameroon to Pacy-sur-Eure in North-western France during the 1990s. He joined the youth of local amateur club Pacy Football. He was scouted by Swiss Super League team Sion and signed for them in the summer of 1998. He had only a few appearances during his first season with them, but at the end of the season the team suffered relegation. During his second season he advanced to becoming a regular starter and at the end of the 1999–2000 season he achieved promotion with the club. During the winter break of the 2000–01 season, FC Basel bought Tum out of his contract for a reported two million Swiss Francs. He joined Basel's first team during their 2000–01 season under head coach Christian Gross. Basel were able to play their home games of the championship group in their new stadium, the St. Jakob-Park which opened on 15 March 2001 and it was sold out with 33,433 spectators on three occasions. After playing in eight test games Tum played his team debut for the club in the Swiss Cup away game on 18 February 2001 as Basel won against Etoile Carouge. He played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the Charmilles Stadium on 25 February as Basel were defeated 3–0 by Servette. He scored his first goal for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 18 March. In fact he scored Basel's first and their last goals as they won 4–1 against Lugano. Tum played in all 14 games scoring four goals. But the team played…

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