Frédéric Bong

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 Centre-back
Youth career
2004–2008 Créteil
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Créteil 81 (4)
2011–2016 Niort 120 (2)
2015 Niort B 1 (0)
2016–2018 Paris FC 71 (3)
2019–2021 Valenciennes 14 (0)
2020–2021 → SC Lyon (loan) 21 (0)
2021–2022 Echiré Saint-Gelais
Total 309 (9)
Managerial career
2022–2024 Niort B (assistant)
2023 Niort B (interim manager)
2024–2025 Niort U-14
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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]

Ahead of the 2021-22 season, Bong decided to end his professional career and instead joined French amateur club Echiré Saint-Gelais.[8]

Coaching career

During 2022, in the 2022–23 season, Bong started his coaching career at Niort, where he became an assistant coach for the club's B-team under manager Oumar Tchomogo.[9][10]

On 1 February 2023, Oumar Tchomogo was promoted to manager of the club's first-team, whereupon Bong took over his position as manager of the club's B-team for the remainder of the season.[11] However, in the summer of 2023, prior to the 2023–24 season, Tchomogo took over the B-team again, and Bong reverted to being his assistant coach.[12]

In the 2024–25 season, Bong was the head coach for Niort's U14 team, and in January 2025, he was also the interim manager for the club's women's team.[13] On 10 April 2025, Niort was dissolved due to significant debt.[14]

Career statistics

As of 28 June 2021[15]
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

References

  1. ^ "Frédéric Bong passe pro!" (in French). US Créteil-Lusitanos. 10 January 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
  2. ^ Penland, Erwann (26 May 2011). "Niort: Frédéric Bong (Créteil) première recrue". Roubaix: Foot National. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "Mercato : Frédéric Bong s'engage au Paris FC" (in French). camfoot.com. 22 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Niort vs. Clermont 1-1". Soccerway. 27 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Frédéric Bong a été un peu surpris d'être nommé capitaine du Paris FC" (in French). maligue2.fr. 3 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Frédéric Bong au VAFC !". Valenciennes FC. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  7. ^ "National. Frédéric Bong (V.A.) prêté au SC Lyon" (in French). footamateur.fr. 30 June 2020.
  8. ^ Football – Régional 1. L’ancien Chamois Frédéric Bong rebondit à Echiré-Saint-Gelais, ouest-france.fr, 9 August 2021
  9. ^ National 3. La réserve des Chamois niortais à l’heure de la reprise, ouest-france.fr, 19 July 2022
  10. ^ National 3 : les Chamois nous doivent un rachat, lanouvellerepublique.fr, 12 November 2022
  11. ^ Officiel : Tout savoir sur la nomination d’Oumar Tchomogo à la tête de l’équipe A des Chamois Niortais, megasportsmedia.com, 2 February 2023
  12. ^ National 3 : une mission maintien toujours plus délicate pour la réserve de Niort, lanouvellerepublique.fr, 26 August 2023
  13. ^ Football : les féminines des Chamois Niortais entraînées par Frédéric Bong pour la semaine, lanouvellerepublique.fr, 6 January 2025
  14. ^ Noémie Guillotin (10 April 2025). "La fin des Chamois niortais actée par le tribunal de commerce". francebleu.fr. Ici. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  15. ^ Frédéric Bong at Soccerway


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