Albert Ebossé Bodjongo

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Albert Ebossé Bodjongo
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Personal information
Full name Albert Dominique Ebossé Bodjongo Dika
Date of birth(1989-10-06)6 October 1989
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Date of death 23 August 2014(2014-08-23) (aged 24)
Place of death Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total67(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 footballer who played in Cameroon, Malaysia and Algeria.

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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 six 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 an unknown person 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] [11]

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. [12]

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