Georges Griffiths

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Georges Griffiths
Personal information
Full name Georges Henri Aboubacar Griffiths
Date of birth(1990-02-24)24 February 1990
Place of birth Treichville, Ivory Coast
Date of death 5 October 2017(2017-10-05) (aged 27)
Place of death Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2008 Sirocco
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 Indenié (4)
2011–2013 Sirocco
2012–2013 → Sparta Prague B (loan)
2013–2014 Lombard-Pápa 36 (11)
2014–2017 Diósgyőr 34 (8)
International career
2011 Ivory Coast U-23 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georges Griffiths (24 February 1990 – 5 October 2017) was an Ivorian professional footballer who played for Hungarian sides Lombard-Pápa and Diósgyőr. [1] While playing for AS Indenié Abengourou in Ligue 1, he scored half of his team's league goals in the 2011 league season. [2]

Griffiths died at the age of 27 on 5 October 2017 during an aggravated robbery in which he was shot trying to prevent his car from being stolen. [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Striker Dubbed the 'Next Didier Drogba' Shot Dead in Carjacking". Sports Illustrated . 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "PLAYERS TO WATCH – LIGUE 1 2011 – IVORY COAST". westafricanfootball.com. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Gergő, Lovas. "Rablótámadásban megölték a volt NB I.-es légióst".
  4. ↑ "Elhunyt Georges Griffiths". 6 October 2017.


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