André Bikey

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André Bikey
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Personal information
Full name André Stéphane Bikey Amugu
Date of birth 8 January 1985 (1985-01-08) (age 23)
Place of birth    Douala, Cameroon
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Reading
Number 22
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2002–2005
2004–2005
2005
2005–2007
2006–2007
2007–		 Espanyol
Paços de Ferreira
Shinnik Yaroslavl
Lokomotiv Moscow
→ Reading (loan)
Reading		 00 (0)
02 (0)
11 (1)
26 (0)
14 (0)
23 (3)   
National team2
2006– Cameroon 10 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 18:42, 14 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 16:28, 1 June 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

André Stéphane Bikey Amugu (born 8 January 1985, Douala, Cameroon) is a professional football defender, able to play in the centre of defence or at right back. He is currently playing for Reading in the Premier League.

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[edit] Club career

Bikey started his professional career at Espanyol in Spain, but failed to make the grade, leaving without making a first team appearance. He then moved to Shinnik Yaroslavl in Russia, where he caught the eye of Lokomotiv Moscow, for whom he signed on 1 July 2005.[1]

However, he failed to settle in the Russian capital, and, tired of racial abuse from the fans of rival teams, he jumped at the chance to play for a premiership team, so he joined Reading for an initial trial period during their pre-season trip to Sweden in 2006, where he impressed manager Steve Coppell. He was sent off in his final trial match for the club against Örgryte IS for head-butting an opponent,[2] an incident that was thought to have ended Reading's interest in the player. Coppell however put the incident down to the player being "determined to impress" and after much negotiation with Lokomotiv, a season-long loan deal was agreed on 26 August 2006,[3] with Reading having an option to purchase the player at the end of the loan.

Bikey expressed a desire to obtain a permanent deal,[4] and following improving performances, it was announced on 24 April 2007 that Bikey had signed a three-year contract with Reading for a transfer fee in excess of £1 million, keeping him at Reading until the summer of 2010.[5]

Bikey scored his first league goal for Reading on 15 August 2007, in Reading's 2-1 home defeat to Chelsea,[6] followed by two more on 22 March 2008 against Birmingham City.[7]

[edit] International career

Bikey represents Cameroon at international level. Bikey was named in Cameroon’s squad for the 2008 African Cup of Nations[8]. Bikey, who was scouted by Reading at the 2006 African Cup of Nations, said "I'm ready for the Cup of Nations though it is difficult to leave my obligations with Reading. I have a contract with Reading which I appreciate, but my country will always come first."[9].

On February 7 2008 Bikey was sent off in the semi final win over Ghana after a bizarre incident where he pushed a medic watching over injured team mate Rigobert Song in the dying seconds of the match. It seems Bikey took offence when the Ghana stretcher team, keen to get the 'injured' Cameroon player off the field, with their team behind and time running out, began pushing back the doctor attending to Song, so that they could load him on the stretcher and the game could continue. Bikey reacted by pushing one of the offending stretcher bearers back with considerably more force, which sent him tumbling. Right on the scene, referee Abderahim El Arjoune instantly distributed the red card, alongside the bemused medic and some astounded Ghana players.[10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Transfers - Archive. Lokomotiv Moscow. Retrieved on 2007-04-20.
  2. ^ "Seol scores very late winner but Bikey is shown red card in final Swedish game", readingfc.co.uk, 2006-08-08. Retrieved on 2007-04-20. 
  3. ^ "Royals sign Andre Bikey from Lokomotiv Moscow; initially on season-long loan", readingfc.co.uk, 2006-08-26. Retrieved on 2006-08-26. 
  4. ^ "Bikey targets new deal with Royals", Reading Evening Post, 2007-02-22. Retrieved on 2007-02-25. 
  5. ^ "Royals sign Bikey for fee in excess of £1million", readingfc.co.uk, 2007-04-24. Retrieved on 2007-04-24. 
  6. ^ "Reading 1-2 Chelsea", BBC Sport, 2007-08-15. Retrieved on 2008-03-22. 
  7. ^ "Reading 2-1 Birmingham", BBC Sport, 2008-03-22. Retrieved on 2008-03-22. 
  8. ^ "Cameroon cancel Kenya camp", BBC Sport, 2007-12-31. Retrieved on 2008-01-01. 
  9. ^ "Bikey guns for Cameroon glory", BBC Sport, 2008-01-05. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. 
  10. ^ "Andre Bikey to miss final after shove", The Times, 2008-02-08. Retrieved on 2008-02-08. 

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Persondata
NAME Bikey, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bikey Amugu, André Stéphane
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 8 January 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Douala, Cameroon
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH