Frédéric Bong

Frédéric Bong (born 27 July 1987) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Frédéric Bong

Bong with Paris FC in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-07-27) 27 July 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth	Douala, Cameroon
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
2004–2008	Créteil
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2011	Créteil	81	(4)
2011–2016	Chamois Niortais	120	(2)
2015	Chamois Niortais B	1	(0)
2016–2018	Paris FC	71	(3)
2019–2021	Valenciennes	14	(0)
2020–2021	→ SC Lyon (loan)	21	(0)
2020	Valenciennes B	1	(0)
Total		309	(9)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Bong was born in Douala, Cameroon. He joined US Créteil-Lusitanos in 2004 after being scouted in Italy playing with a Cameroon national youth team. Bong signed his first professional contract in January 2009.^[1] Prior to that, he made his debut for the club in November 2008. He went on to make a total of 80 league appearances in three seasons with Créteil. On 26 May 2011, Bong joined Chamois Niortais as their first signing of the summer.^[2]

In his first season with the club, Niort won promotion to Ligue 2.^[3] He made his Ligue 2 debut in the first match of the 2012–13 season, a 1–1 draw against Clermont.^[4] He remained with Niort for five season, four of which were in Ligue 2.^[3]

In June 2016, Bong signed a two-year contract with Paris FC in the Championnat National.^[3] For the second time he won promotion to Ligue 2, and in the summer of 2018 he was made captain for the 2018–19 season.^[5]

In January 2019, Bong signed a 2.5-year contract with Valenciennes.^[6] Short of playing time at the club, he moved on loan to SC Lyon in June 2020 until the end of the 2020–21 season.^[7]

Career statistics

As of 28 June 2021^{[citation needed]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Créteil	2008–09	National	17	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	21	2
	2009–10	National	33	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	35	2
	2010–11	National	31	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	35	1
	Total		81	4	10	1	0	0	0	0	91	5
Chamois Niortais	2011–12	National	33	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	37	1
	2012–13	Ligue 2	27	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	31	1
	2013–14	Ligue 2	25	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	29	0
	2014–15	Ligue 2	14	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	18	0
	2015–16	Ligue 2	21	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	25	0
	Total		120	2	15	0	5	0	0	0	140	2
Chamois Niortais B	2015–16	CFA 2	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Paris FC	2016–17	National	26	1	0	0	2	0	2[a]	0	30	1
	2017–18	Ligue 2	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	30	1
	2018–19	Ligue 2	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	1
	Total		71	3	2	0	3	0	2	0	78	3
Valenciennes	2018–19	Ligue 2	9	0	0	0	—		0	0	9	0
	2019–20	Ligue 2	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
Valenciennes B	2019–20	National 3	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
SC Lyon (loan)	2020–21	National	21	0	0	0	—		0	0	21	0
Career total			309	9	29	1	8	0	2	0	348	10

1. Appearances in the 2016–17 Championnat National promotion playoffs