![]() Bekono with CSKA Sofia in 2008 | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Daniel N'Dene Bekono | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 31 May 1978 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1999–2002 | Canon Yaoundé | |||||||||||||
2002 | DPMM FC | |||||||||||||
2003 | Fovu Baham | |||||||||||||
2003–2007 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 57 | (0) | |||||||||||
2008–2010 | CSKA Sofia | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
2000 | Cameroon U23 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
1999 | Cameroon | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Daniel N'Dene Bekono (born 31 May 1978) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
In 1999, Bekono played for Canon Yaoundé before joining Fovu Baham in 2003 after a brief stint in Brunei. [1]
In 2003, he moved to Bulgarian side PFC Beroe Stara Zagora. [2] After five years in Beroe he moved to PFC CSKA Sofia, where he was considered a regular in the starting 11 before the arrival of Ivaylo Petrov in the winter of 2009. [3] In 2006, while part of the Beroe squad, he became the first black player to captain a team in the A PFG. Daniel then (after leaving CSKA Sofia) worked as a woodcutter with his cousin in Vienna, Austria. [4]
Bekono was part of the victorious Cameroon national teams at the 2000 African Nations Cup and 2000 Summer Olympics. [5]
Bekono has Bulgarian citizenship. [6]
CSKA Sofia
Canon Yaounde
Brunei DPMM FC
Cameroon
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