Gaëtan Bong

Gaëtan Bong
Personal information
Full name Thomas Gaëtan Bong[1]
Date of birth (1988-04-25) 25 April 1988
Place of birth Sakbayeme, Cameroon
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 3
Youth career
2002–2006 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Metz 16 (0)
2008–2009 → Tours (loan) 34 (0)
2009–2013 Valenciennes 109 (3)
2013–2015 Olympiacos 19 (0)
2015 Wigan Athletic 14 (0)
2015– Brighton & Hove Albion 42 (0)
National team‡
2009 France U21 1 (0)
2010–2014 Cameroon 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:14, 30 July 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:11, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Thomas Gaëtan Bong (born 25 April 1988) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Brighton & Hove Albion as a defender.

Career

Bong began his career on youthside for FC Metz and was loaned out for the 2008–09 season to Ligue 2 club Tours FC. On 29 July 2009, the 21-year-old Cameroonian defender left Metz to sign a four-year deal with Valenciennes FC for £595,000, where he made 109 appearances for the club and scored 3 goals.

On 19 of August 2013 he signed a contract with Olympiacos for £850,000, where he played 19 games and scored 1 goal against Asteras Tripoli in the Kypello Elladas.

On 2 February 2015, Bong signed for English club Wigan Athletic on a short-term contract.[2] He was released at the end of the season following Wigan's relegation from the Championship.[3]

In June 2015, he joined Championship side Brighton with a free transfer, signing an initial two-year contract. [4] He appeared regularly for the club until tearing his tendon in October 2015, ruling him out for 21 games. He then appeared as a substitute for the rest of the season, going onto the pitch 3 times. He also played in the playoffs, as the club lost to Sheffield Wednesday in the semi-finals 3-1 on aggregate. In the 2016-17 season, Bong was again a regular for the first half of the year, and was not included in the squad in the rest of the year except for three games, in a win against Birmingham, another against Wigan, and a loss to Bristol City.

Career statistics

As of 30 July 2017[5]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Metz 2005–06 Ligue 1 3000000030
2006–07 Ligue 2 2000000020
2007–08 Ligue 1 110000000110
Total 160000000160
Tours (loan) 2008–09 Ligue 2 340000000340
Valenciennes 2009–10 Ligue 1 292001000302
2010–11 Ligue 1 221101100242
2011–12 Ligue 1 280200000300
2012–13 Ligue 1 290101000310
2013–14 Ligue 1 1000000010
Total 10934031001164
Olympiacos 2013–14 Superleague Greece 190510040281
Wigan Athletic 2014–15 Championship 140000000140
Brighton & Hove Albion 2015–16 Championship 180001000190
2016–17 Championship 240000000240
Total 420001000430
Career total 23439141402515

References

  1. ↑ "Retained List 2015-16" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Wigan Athletic complete signing of Cameroon international Gaëtan Bong" Wigan Athletic F.C. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Player's contract update" Wigan Athletic F.C. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Gaetan Bong: Brighton sign Cameroon international left-back". 2 July 2015 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "G. BONG". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 January 2017.


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