Georges Griffiths

Georges Griffiths (24 February 1990 – 5 October 2017) was an Ivorian professional footballer who played for Hungarian sides Lombard-Pápa and Diósgyőr.^[1] While playing for AS Indenié Abengourou in Ligue 1, he scored half of his team's league goals in the 2011 league season.^[2]

Georges Griffiths

Personal information
Full name	Georges Henri Aboubacar Griffiths
Date of birth	(1990-02-24)24 February 1990
Place of birth	Treichville, Ivory Coast
Date of death	5 October 2017(2017-10-05) (aged 27)
Place of death	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
2008	Sirocco
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2011	Indenié		(4)
2011–2013	Sirocco
2012–2013	→ Sparta Prague B (loan)
2013–2014	Lombard-Pápa	36	(11)
2014–2017	Diósgyőr	34	(8)
International career
2011	Ivory Coast U-23	3	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Griffiths died at the age of 27 on 5 October 2017 during an aggravated robbery in which he was shot trying to prevent his car from being stolen.^[3][4]