Jeremy Bokila

Jeremy Bokila

Playing for Terek in 2014
Personal information
Full nameJeremy Loteteka Bokila
Date of birth14 November 1988
Place of birthKinshasa, DR Congo
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Terek Grozny
Number18
Youth career
1995–2005ZSV Zelos
2005–2007AGOVV Apeldoorn
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2007–2010AGOVV Apeldoorn97(31)
2010–2013Zulte Waregem25(2)
2011–2012→ Sparta Rotterdam (loan)30(15)
2012–2013→ Petrolul Ploiești (loan)31(16)
2013–Terek Grozny35(4)
National team‡
2012–DR Congo10(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 March 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 January 2015

Jeremy Loteteka Bokila (born 14 November 1988 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese-Dutch footballer, who plays as a forward for Russian Premier League team Terek Grozny and the DR Congo national team.

Club career

In the summer of 2012, Bokila was loaned to Liga I team, Petrolul Ploiești, with an option to make the move permanent.[1] In the first half of the season he netted six goals in the league and three in the cup for the Yellow Wolves. In March 2013, it was announced that after continuous outstanding performances, Petrolul Ploiești will make his move permanent in the summer.[2]

In the 2012–13 Liga I season he played in 31 games and scored 16 goals, helping his team finish third in Liga I. In the same season he won the Romanian Cup with Petrolul Ploiești scoring the only goal in the final against CFR Cluj. He played a total of five games and scored six goals in the Romanian Cup in the 2012–13 season.

On 28 August 2013 he joined the Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny for 2.5 million euros, from Petrolul that bought him after the loan from Zulte.[3]

International career

Bokila has dual citizenship but chose to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo at senior level. Bokila made his national team debut against Burkina Faso on 14 November 2012.[4]

At the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Bokila scored an equalising goal in a 1–1 draw with Tunisia to ensure that DR Congo qualified for the knockout stage.[5] In the quarter-finals, he also levelled the scores in a 4–2 win against Congo in which DR Congo came back from 2–0 down.

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.[6]

His sister Esther and brothers Noé and Wim are also footballers, while Jeremy's older brother Paldy played for FC Oss before giving up football and emigrating to Italy.[6]

Club career statistics

(correct as of 10 March 2014)
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Apeldoorn 2007–08 32710000000003271
Apeldoorn 2008–09 3314121000000035151
Apeldoorn 2009–10 3210210100000033103
Zulte Waregem 2010–11 21210000000002121
Zulte Waregem 2011–12 200000000000200
Sparta Rotterdam 2011–12 3015434100000033195
Petrolul Ploiești 2012–13 31168662000000372210
Terek Grozny 2013–14 10102500000001260
Career 1916517141640000002058121

Honours

Sparta Rotterdam

Petrolul Ploiesti

References

  1. ↑ "Jeremy Bokila a revenit la Petrolul Ploiesti" (in Romanian). ph-online.ro. 10 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "S-a decis viitorul lui Jeremy Bokila!" (in Romanian). ProSport. 10 May 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.championat.com/football/news-1617010-grozav-i-bokila-podpisali-kontrakty-s-terekom-i-prisoedinilis-k-komande.html
  4. ↑ "Foot-friendly: DRC loses against Burkina Faso (0-1)". mediacongo.net. 16 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Congo DR 1-1 Tunisia". BBC. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Voetbalfamilie Bokila thuis bij AGOVV" (in Dutch). gelderlander.nl. 9 February 2008.