Gilles Augustin Binya

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Gilles Binya
Full name	Gilles Augustin Binya
Date of birth	August 29, 1984 (1984-08-29) (age 23)
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	SL Benfica
Number	18
Youth clubs
?-2003	Tonnerre Yaoundé
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2004 2004-2007 2007-	Tonnerre Yaoundé MC Oran SL Benfica	? (?) 76 (3) 16 (0)
National team²
2007-	Cameroon	8 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ² National team caps and goals correct as of June 2 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Gilles Augustin Binya (born August 29, 1984 in Yaoundé) is a football player from Cameroon, currently defensive midfielder with Portugal's S.L. Benfica.

Binya signed for Sport Lisboa e Benfica in 2007/2008, after playing for three years for Algerian side MC Oran. At the beginning of the season Benfica planned to loan him to C.F. Estrela da Amadora for a year, but with the substitution of Fernando Santos for José Antonio Camacho the deal was cancelled, and Binya remained with the Reds.

While playing for Benfica in the UEFA Champions' League in October 2007, Binya was shown a straight red card by Swedish referee Martin Hansson, following a dangerous challenge on Celtic's Scott Brown.^[1]On November 16, UEFA gave him a six-match ban, meaning that Binya would play no further part in the remaining two Champions League group matches against AC Milan and Shaktar Donetsk, and the four European games to follow.

[edit] International career

Binya was first called up to the Cameroon national football team in October 2007 by then national manager Otto Pfister. Subsequently, he went on to represent his country at the 2008 African Cup of Nations, where Cameroon finished second to Egypt. Pfister was also the team's coach.

[edit] References

^ Youtube video of tackle on Brown

v • d • e SL Benfica – current squad

1 Moreira • 2 L. Filipe • 3 Edcarlos • 4 Luisão • 5 Léo • 6 Petit • 7 Cardozo • 8 Katsouranis • 9 Mantorras • 12 Quim • 14 Maxi Pereira • 17 Zoro • 18 Binya • 20 Di María • 21 N. Gomes • 22 Nélson • 23 David Luiz • 24 Butt • 25 N. Assis • 26 C. Rodríguez • 30 Adu • 33 Sepsi • 38 Makukula • Manager: Flores