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Gustave Bahoken

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Gustave Bahoken
Personal information
Full name Gustave Baheten Bahoken
Date of birth (1979-06-13) 13 June 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Cotonsport Garoua 18 (0)
1999 FC Sion 7 (0)
1999 Le Havre B 10 (0)
2000 Le Havre AC 1 (0)
2000–2001 Valenciennes FC 22 (0)
2001–2002 FC Rouen 17 (2)
2002–2005 Livingston 33 (0)
2003–2004Angers SCO (loan) 17 (0)
2005–2008 Aalesund 48 (1)
2009 Botev Plovdiv 4 (0)
2011 Persela Lamongan 0 (0)
2012 Mitra Kukar 6 (2)
International career
2003 Cameroon 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gustave "Gus" Baheten Bahoken (born 13 June 1979[1]) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Club career

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Bahoken moved to Aalesund from the French team Angers SCO in 2005.[2] Prior to playing for Angers, he had spent two seasons with Livingston in the Scottish Premier League.[3]

Bahoken accidentally broke former Celtic striker Henrik Larsson's jaw at Celtic Park in an unfortunate head-to-head collision in a game in 2003.[4]

In January 2009, he was given a trial at English League Two side Bradford City in a reserve game with Scunthorpe United.[5]

International career

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Bahoken was part of the Cameroon national team at the 2004 African Nations Cup, which finished top of their group in the first round of competition, before losing in the quarter-finals to Nigeria. Bahoken was part of the Cameroonian squad that went all the way to the final in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2003 in France.[6] He played only one full cap for Cameroon.[7]

Personal life

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His younger brother Stéphane is also a footballer.

Honours

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Cotonsport Garoua

References

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  1. ^ "Gustave Bahoken: "I'm always proud to play for my country." (Livingstone)". Camfoot. 24 April 2003. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ^ Gustave Bahoken on footballplus.com Archived 8 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Gustave Bahoken : "I’m always proud to play for my country." (Livingstone) Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Bahoken heartbroken
  5. ^ Parker, Simon (20 January 2009). "Gustave out to prove a must have for McCall". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
  6. ^ FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: Gustave BAHOKEN
  7. ^ Gustave Bahoken - Scottish Football Archive Archived 13 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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