Ernest Seka

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Ernest Seka
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Seka with Nancy in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ernest Seka Boka [1]
Date of birth (1987-06-22) 22 June 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Clichy, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2011 L'Entente SSG 31 (2)
2011–2013 Poiré-sur-Vie 68 (4)
2013–2014 Amiens 33 (3)
2014–2018 Strasbourg 126 (5)
2018–2021 Nancy 87 (2)
2020 Nancy II 1 (0)
International career
2018– Guinea 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:29, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 July 2020

Ernest Seka Boka (born 22 June 1987) is a Guinean professional footballer who most recently played as a defender for AS Nancy Lorraine. [2]

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International career

Seka was born in France to an Ivorian father and Guinean mother. [3] On 23 April 2018, he agreed to represent the Guinea national team. [4]

Seka made his debut for Guinea in a 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Central African Republic on 9 September 2018. [5]

Career statistics

International

As of matches played on 31 July 2020 [6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Guinea national team 201840
201960
Total100

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References

  1. "Guinea" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. Ernest Seka at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. "Côte d'Ivoire: L'ivoirien Ernest Seka tourne dos aux élephants et opte pour le Syli de Guinée". KOACI.
  4. "Guinée : après Seka, 3 nouveaux binationaux disent oui - Afrik-foot.com : l'actualité du football africain". www.afrik-foot.com. 25 April 2018.
  5. "Guinea - Central African Republic 09/09/2018". www.cafonline.com.
  6. Ernest Seka at National-Football-Teams.com