Albert Ebossé Bodjongo
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Albert Dominique Ebossé Bodjongo Dika | ||
Date of birth | 6 October 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||
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Place of death | Tizi Ouzou, Algeria | ||
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Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Coton Sport FC | ||
2010–2011 | Unisport Bafang | ||
2011–2012 | Douala AC | 10 | (9) |
2012–2013 | Perak FA | 16 | (11) |
2013–2014 | JS Kabylie | 41 | (21) |
Total | 67 | (41) | |
International career | |||
2009 | Cameroon U20 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 24 August 2014 (EST) |
Albert Dominique Ebossé Bodjongo Dika (6 October 1989 – 23 August 2014[1]) was a Cameroonian football player who played in Cameroon, Malaysia and Algeria.
Career
Bodjongo played with his hometown club Douala Athletic Club, a club in MTN Elite Two, Cameroon's National Second Division. He also played for Coton Sport FC and Unisport Bafang in Cameroon.[citation needed]
He was signed by Malaysian club Perak FA on 15 April 2012 as a replacement for outgoing striker Lazar Popović.[2][3] He made his league debut for Perak in a 2–2 draw with Sabah FA on 17 April 2012 and scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw with Terengganu FA on 4 May 2012.
In July 2013, Bodjongo signed for JS Kabylie (JSK).[4] He was the top scorer of the Algerian Championship in 2014 with 17 goals.[5]
Bodjongo reportedly had 6 caps with the Cameroon national football team (mainly with the 'B' team)[citation needed], and had also played for the under-20 team in 2009.
Death
On 23 August 2014, Bodjongo was struck on the head by a projectile thrown by one of the angry JSK fans while the teams were leaving the field at the end of a home game between JSK and USM Alger. The match had ended in a 2–1 defeat, with Bodjongo contributing the sole JSK goal. Bodjongo died a few hours later in hospital of a traumatic brain injury. He was aged 24.[6][7] Following Bodjongo's death, the Algerian Football Federation suspended all football indefinitely and ordered the closure of the 1st November 1954 stadium.[8]
When the league resumed on Week 3 starting 12 September 2014, all matches on that week were preceded with a minute silence in memory of Bodjongo.[9][10]
Subsequent coroners post-mortem results released on 18 December 2014, showed Bodjongo may have died from a severe beating and not from a projectile, which was the initial claim.[11]
See also
References
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- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30529900
External links
- Albert Ebossé Bodjongo at Soccerway
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- Articles with unsourced statements from August 2014
- 1989 births
- 2014 deaths
- Cameroonian footballers
- Cameroonian expatriate footballers
- Perak FA players
- JS Kabylie players
- Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
- Expatriate footballers in Malaysia
- Expatriate footballers in Algeria
- Douala Athletic Club players
- Association football players who died while playing
- Sport deaths in Algeria
- Sportspeople from Douala
- Hooliganism
- Cotonsport Garoua players
- Unisport Bafang players
- Cameroon under-20 international footballers