Daniel Bekono

Daniel Bekono
Personal information
Full name Daniel N'Dene Bekono
Date of birth (1978-05-31) 31 May 1978
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Canon Yaounde
2003 Fovu Baham
2003–2007 Beroe Stara Zagora 57 (0)
2008–2010 CSKA Sofia 15 (0)
National team
1999 Cameroon 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Daniel N'Dene Bekono (born 31 May 1978) is a Cameroonian footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for CSKA Sofia in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group.

Career

In 1999, he played for Canon Yaounde before joined Fovu Baham in 2003. In 2003, he moved to Bulgarian side PFC Beroe Stara Zagora.[1] After 5 years in Beroe he moved to PFC CSKA Sofia, where he was considered a regular in the starting 11 before the arrival of Ivaylo Petrov in the winter of 2009.[2] In 2006, while part of the Beroe squad, he became the first black player to captain a team in the A PFG. Daniel then (after leaving CSKA Sofia) worked as a woodcutter with his cousin in Vienna, Austria.[3]

International career

He was part of the victorious Cameroonian teams at the 2000 African Nations Cup and 2000 Summer Olympics.[4]

Awards

Personal life

Bekono has Bulgarian citizenship.

References

  1. ↑ "Daniel Bekono". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  2. ↑ Player Profile
  3. ↑ "BBC Sport - Football - Cameroon goalkeeper Bekono sacked by CSKA Sofia". BBC News. 9 March 2010.
  4. ↑ Daniel Bekono – FIFA competition record (archive)


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