Gustave Bahoken

Gustave "Gus" Baheten Bahoken (born 13 June 1979 in Douala) is a Cameroonian football player, who last played for Mitra Kukar in Indonesia.

Gustave Bahoken
Personal information
Full name Gustave Baheten Bahoken
Date of birth (1979-06-13) 13 June 1979
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)
2003–2004 → Angers SCO (loan) 17 (0)
2005–2008 Aalesund 48 (1)
2009 Botev Plovdiv 4 (0)
2011 Persela Lamongan 0 (0)
2012 Mitra Kukar 6 (2)
National team‡
2003 Cameroon 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 June 2012
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:29, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Career

Bahoken moved to Aalesund from the French team Angers SCO in 2005.[1] Prior to playing for Angers, he had spent two seasons with Livingston in the Scottish Premier League.[2]

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.[3]

In January 2009, he was given a trial at English League Two side Bradford City in a reserve game with Scunthorpe United.[4]

International career

He was part of the Cameroonian 2004 African Nations Cup team, who 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.[5] He played only one full cap for Cameroon.[6]

Personal life

His younger brother Stéphane Bahoken plays for OGC Nice in the youth side.

Honours

Club honors
Cotonsport Garoua

References
  1. Gustave Bahoken on footballplus.com Archived 2009-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Gustave Bahoken : "I’m always proud to play for my country." (Livingstone) Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Bahoken heartbroken
  4. Parker, Simon (20 January 2009). "Gustave out to prove a must have for McCall". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
  5. FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: Gustave BAHOKEN
  6. Gustave Bahoken - Scottish Football Archive Archived 2009-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
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