Frédéric Bong
![]() Bong with Paris FC in September 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frédéric Bong | ||
Date of birth | 27 July 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Valenciennes | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2008 | Créteil | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2011 | Créteil | 81 | (4) |
2011–2016 | Chamois Niortais | 120 | (2) |
2016–2018 | Paris FC | 71 | (3) |
2019– | Valenciennes | 14 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → SC Lyon (loan) | 21 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:56, 28 June 2021 (UTC) |
Frédéric Bong (born 27 July 1987) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 2 club Valenciennes.
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, he 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 | ||||||
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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 | ||
Paris | 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 | ||
SC Lyon (loan) | 2020–21 | National | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
Career total | 307 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 346 | 10 |
- ^ Appearances in the 2016–17 Championnat National promotion playoffs
References[]
- ^ "Frédéric Bong passe pro!" (in French). US Créteil-Lusitanos. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ Penland, Erwann (26 May 2011). "Niort: Frédéric Bong (Créteil) première recrue". Roubaix: Foot National. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Mercato : Frédéric Bong s'engage au Paris FC" (in French). camfoot.com. 22 June 2016.
- ^ "Niort vs. Clermont 1-1". Soccerway. 27 July 2012.
- ^ "Frédéric Bong a été un peu surpris d'être nommé capitaine du Paris FC" (in French). maligue2.fr. 3 August 2018.
- ^ "Frédéric Bong au VAFC !". Valenciennes FC. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "National. Frédéric Bong (V.A.) prêté au SC Lyon" (in French). footamateur.fr. 30 June 2020.
- ^ "Frédéric Bong". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
External links[]
- FootNational Profile
- Frédéric Bong at Soccerway
- Frédéric Bong at WorldFootball.net
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Douala
- Association football defenders
- Cameroonian footballers
- Cameroonian expatriate footballers
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate footballers in France
- US Créteil-Lusitanos players
- Chamois Niortais F.C. players
- Paris FC players
- Valenciennes FC players
- Lyon La Duchère players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- Cameroonian football defender stubs