Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bryant Akono Bilongo [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 15 September 2001||
Place of birth | England [1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Ebbsfleet United (on loan from Middlesbrough) | ||
Youth career | |||
AFC Wimbledon | |||
Hanworth Villa | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2020–2021 | Hanworth Villa | 10 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Kingstonian | 20 | (1) |
2022– | Middlesbrough | 0 | (0) |
2022 | → Woking (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2024– | → Ebbsfleet United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:38, 1 February 2024 (UTC) |
Bryant Akono Bilongo (born 15 September 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ebbsfleet United on loan from club Middlesbrough.
Released by AFC Wimbledon at a young age, [2] Bilongo went on to join Hanworth Villa youth side [3] before eventually making the step up into the first-team during the 2020–21 campaign, in which he featured ten times. [4]
Following his breakthrough season, Bilongo joined Isthmian League Premier Division side, Kingstonian in June 2021. [2] Impressing early on, his form attracted the attention of both Football League and Premier League sides, including Chelsea who subsequently trialled the full-back in October 2021. [5] Despite this, Bilongo agreed to join Middlesbrough three months later for an undisclosed fee. [6] On 10 August 2022, he made his first-team debut for Middlesbrough, replacing Paddy McNair during an EFL Cup first round tie defeat against Barnsley, with half an hour remaining. [7] On 29 October 2022, he joined National League side, Woking on a one-month loan. [8] Bilongo went onto feature twice for the Cards before returning to Middlesbrough in November.
On 1 February 2024, Bilongo joined National League club Ebbsfleet United on loan until the end of the season. [9]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hanworth Villa | 2020–21 [4] | Combined Counties League Premier Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Kingstonian | 2021–22 [10] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 [a] | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
Middlesbrough | 2021–22 [1] | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2022–23 [1] | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Woking (loan) | 2022–23 [1] | National League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Career total | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 |