Jean-Claude Billong

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Jean-Claude Billong
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Billong with Maribor
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-12-28) 28 December 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Mantes-la-Jolie, France
Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
0000–2010 Créteil
2010–2013 Mantois 78
2014 New York Red Bulls
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015 Pacy Ménilles
2016 Leixões 0 (0)
2016–2017 Rudar Velenje 24 (2)
2017 Maribor 14 (1)
2018–2021 Benevento 18 (0)
2019 → Foggia (loan) 15 (0)
2019–2020 → Salernitana (loan) 11 (0)
2020–2021 → Hatayspor (loan) 26 (0)
2021–2022 Clermont 7 (0)
2022–2023 CFR Cluj 0 (0)
2023–2024 Muangthong United 23 (1)
International career‡
2021 Cameroon 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:05, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2021

Jean-Claude Billong (born 28 December 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. [2] [3] Born in France, he plays for the Cameroon national team.

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Club career

Born in Paris, Billong played for youth selections of US Créteil-Lusitanos, and later moved to Mantes. [1] In 2014, Billong moved abroad and signed for the reserve team of the New York Red Bulls. [4] In July 2015, he signed for the Portuguese team Leixões. [5]

In July 2016, he signed a one-year deal with Slovenian team Rudar Velenje. [6] He made 24 appearances in the Slovenian PrvaLiga during the 2016–17 season, scoring two goals. [7] In June 2017, he moved to Slovenian champions Maribor, signing a three-year contract. [8] [9] He made his debut for Maribor on 15 July 2017, in a match against Aluminij, where he played the entire match. [10]

In December 2017, Billong signed for the Serie A team Benevento for an undisclosed transfer fee, believed to be around €2 million. [11]

On 31 January 2019, he joined Serie B club Foggia on loan. [12]

On 15 July 2019, he signed a four-year contract with Serie B club Salernitana. [13]

On 17 August 2021, he moved to Clermont, France, on a two-year contract. [14]

International career

Born in France, Billong is Cameroonian by descent. [15] He debuted with the senior Cameroon national team in a 1–0 friendly win over Nigeria on 4 June 2021. [16]

International stats

As of 13 November 2021
National teamYearAppsGoals
Cameroon 202130
Total30

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jean-Claude Billong - osebni karton" (in Slovenian). NK Maribor . Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. ↑ BILLONG: «EN BOSNIE, J'AI ENTENDU DES INSULTES COMME "SALE NOIR"» sofoot.com
  3. ↑ "J. Billong". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Ž. K. (9 July 2016). "Rudar kadrovanje zaključil s še tremi okrepitvami" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija . Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Mais três reforços para os leixonenses" (in Portuguese). RTV Slovenija. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Uroš Iskra (8 July 2016). "Visokorasli Francoz okrepil obrambo Rudarja" (in Slovenian). Siol . Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Jean Claude Billong" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga . Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  8. ↑ A. G. (5 June 2017). "Branilec Billong se iz Velenja seli v Ljudski vrt" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija . Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Billong prvi novinec v mariborski slačilnici" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "NK Maribor 1–0 NK Aluminij" (in Slovenian). Slovenian PrvaLiga. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  11. ↑ M. L. (20 December 2017). "Uradno: Billong iz Ljudskega vrta v Serie A" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija . Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "Billong è rossonero" [Billong is in red and black] (in Italian). Foggia. 31 January 2019.
  13. ↑ "Jean-Claude Billong è un giocatore della Salernitana" (in Italian). Salernitana. 15 July 2019.
  14. ↑ "JEAN-CLAUDE BILLONG, 4ÈME RECRUE DU CLERMONT FOOT 63" (in French). Clermont. 17 August 2021.
  15. ↑ "JEAN CLAUDE BILLONG FAIT SES CLASSES". 2 November 2017.
  16. ↑ "Match Report of Nigeria vs Cameroon – 2021-06-04 – FIFA Friendlies – Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com.
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