Wim Bokila

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Wim Bokila
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-09-28) 28 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Antwerp, Belgium
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
ZSV Zelos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 AGOVV 2 (0)
2011 Žilina 1 (0)
2011–2013 SDOUC 20 (14)
2013 Etar Veliko Tarnovo
2014–2015 KSC Grimbergen 31 (12)
2015–2016 Eendracht Aalst 32 (20)
2016 Covilhã 11 (1)
2017 Achilles '29 3 (0)
2017 Ħamrun Spartans 2 (0)
2018 Jura Dolois 8 (2)
2018–2019 Hoogstraten 12 (2)
2019–2020 Kontich
2021–2023 Mazenzele Opwijk [1] [2]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 April 2018

Wim Bokila (born 28 September 1987) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a forward. [3] [4]

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Personal life

Bokila was born in a footballing family. His father Ndingi Bokila Mandjombolo was known in the eighties as "the pearl of Harelbeke", being a valuable player and top scorer three times in a row at Belgian club K.R.C. Harelbeke, between 1980 and 1982. [5]

His sister Esther and brothers Noé and Jeremy are also footballers, while Wim's older brother Paldy played for TOP Oss before giving up professional football and emigrating to Italy. [5] His sister Aurelia is not a footballer. Neither is his mother Marie Veronique.

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References

  1. "26/02/2023 – KSC Grimbergen – Mazenzele Opwijk". KSC Grimbergen (in Dutch). 26 February 2023. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. Eendracht Mazenzele Opwijk on Facebook
  3. Wim Bokila: "Het voetbal leeft in Aalst" eendracht-aalst.be
  4. K. Kontich FC - Facebook, facebook.com, 26 July 2019
  5. 1 2 "Voetbalfamilie Bokila thuis bij AGOVV" (in Dutch). gelderlander.nl. 9 February 2008.