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Frédéric Bong

Frédéric Bong
Bong with Paris FC in September 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-07-27) 27 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
AS Echiré Saint-Gelais
Youth career
2004–2008 Créteil
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Créteil 81 (4)
2011–2016 Chamois Niortais 120 (2)
2015 Chamois Niortais B 1 (0)
2016–2018 Paris FC 71 (3)
2019–2021 Valenciennes 14 (0)
2020–2021SC Lyon (loan) 21 (0)
2020 Valenciennes B 1 (0)
2021– AS Echiré Saint-Gelais
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frédéric Bong (born 27 July 1987) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Régional 1 club AS Echiré Saint-Gelais.

Career

Bong was born in Douala, Cameroon. He joined US Créteil-Lusitanos in 2004 after being scouted in Italy playing with a Cameroon national youth team. Bong signed his first professional contract in January 2009.[1] Prior to that, he made his debut for the club in November 2008. He went on to make a total of 80 league appearances in three seasons with Créteil. On 26 May 2011, Bong joined Chamois Niortais as their first signing of the summer.[2]

In his first season with the club, Niort won promotion to Ligue 2.[3] He made his Ligue 2 debut in the first match of the 2012–13 season, a 1–1 draw against Clermont.[4] He remained with Niort for five season, four of which were in Ligue 2.[3]

In June 2016, Bong signed a two-year contract with Paris FC in the Championnat National.[3] For the second time he won promotion to Ligue 2, and in the summer of 2018 he was made captain for the 2018–19 season.[5]

In January 2019, Bong signed a 2.5-year contract with Valenciennes.[6] Short of playing time at the club, he moved on loan to SC Lyon in June 2020 until the end of the 2020–21 season.[7]

Career statistics

As of 28 June 2021[8]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Créteil 2008–09 National 17 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 21 2
2009–10 National 33 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 35 2
2010–11 National 31 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 35 1
Total 81 4 10 1 0 0 0 0 91 5
Chamois Niortais 2011–12 National 33 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 37 1
2012–13 Ligue 2 27 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 31 1
2013–14 Ligue 2 25 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 29 0
2014–15 Ligue 2 14 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 18 0
2015–16 Ligue 2 21 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 25 0
Total 120 2 15 0 5 0 0 0 140 2
Chamois Niortais B 2015–16 CFA 2 1 0 1 0
Paris FC 2016–17 National 26 1 0 0 2 0 2[a] 0 30 1
2017–18 Ligue 2 28 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 1
2018–19 Ligue 2 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 1
Total 71 3 2 0 3 0 2 0 78 3
Valenciennes 2018–19 Ligue 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2019–20 Ligue 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Total 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Valenciennes B 2019–20 National 3 1 0 1 0
SC Lyon (loan) 2020–21 National 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Career total 309 9 29 1 8 0 2 0 348 10

References

  1. ^ "Frédéric Bong passe pro!" (in French). US Créteil-Lusitanos. 10 January 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
  2. ^ Penland, Erwann (26 May 2011). "Niort: Frédéric Bong (Créteil) première recrue". Roubaix: Foot National. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "Mercato : Frédéric Bong s'engage au Paris FC" (in French). camfoot.com. 22 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Niort vs. Clermont 1-1". Soccerway. 27 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Frédéric Bong a été un peu surpris d'être nommé capitaine du Paris FC" (in French). maligue2.fr. 3 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Frédéric Bong au VAFC !". Valenciennes FC. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  7. ^ "National. Frédéric Bong (V.A.) prêté au SC Lyon" (in French). footamateur.fr. 30 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Frédéric Bong". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 10 February 2021.