Albert Ebossé Bodjongo

Personal information
Full name	Albert Dominique Ebossé Bodjongo Dika
Date of birth	(1989-10-06)6 October 1989
Place of birth	Douala, Cameroon
Date of death	23 August 2014(2014-08-23) (aged 24)
Place of death	Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	( Gls)
2008–2010	Coton Sport FC
2010–2011	Unisport Bafang
2011–2012	Douala AC	10	(9)
2012–2013	Perak FA	16	(11)
2013–2014	JS Kabylie	41	(21)
Total		67	(41)
International career
2009	Cameroon U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 24 August 2014 (EST)

Albert Dominique Ebossé Bodjongo Dika (6 October 1989 – 23 August 2014 ^[1]) was a Cameroonian footballer who played in Cameroon, Malaysia and Algeria.

Career

Bodjongo played with his hometown club Douala Athletic Club, a club in MTN Elite Two, Cameroon's National Second Division. He also played for Coton Sport FC and Unisport Bafang in Cameroon.^{[ citation needed]}

He was signed by Malaysian club Perak FA on 15 April 2012 as a replacement for outgoing striker Lazar Popović. ^{[2] [3]} He made his league debut for Perak in a 2–2 draw with Sabah FA on 17 April 2012 and scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw with Terengganu FA on 4 May 2012.

In July 2013, Bodjongo signed for JS Kabylie (JSK). ^[4] He was the top scorer of the Algerian Championship in 2014 with 17 goals. ^[5]

Bodjongo reportedly had six caps with the Cameroon national football team (mainly with the 'B' team)^{[ citation needed]}, and had also played for the under-20 team in 2009.

Death

On 23 August 2014, Bodjongo was struck on the head by a projectile thrown by an unknown person while the teams were leaving the field at the end of a home game between JSK and USM Alger. The match had ended in a 2–1 defeat, with Bodjongo contributing the sole JSK goal. Bodjongo died a few hours later in hospital of a traumatic brain injury. He was aged 24. ^{[6] [7]} Following Bodjongo's death, the Algerian Football Federation suspended all football indefinitely and ordered the closure of the 1st November 1954 stadium. ^[8]

When the league resumed on Week 3 starting 12 September 2014, all matches on that week were preceded with a minute silence in memory of Bodjongo. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Subsequent coroners post-mortem results released on 18 December 2014, showed Bodjongo may have died from a severe beating and not from a projectile, which was the initial claim. ^[12]

See also

• List of association footballers who died while playing

References

External links

• Albert Ebossé Bodjongo at Soccerway