Jeremy Bokila

Jeremy Bokila

Playing for Terek in 2014
Personal information
Full name Jeremy Loteteka Bokila
Date of birth (1988-11-14) 14 November 1988
Place of birth Kinshasa, DR Congo
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Al-Kharitiyath
Number 9
Youth career
1995–2005 ZSV Zelos
2005–2007 AGOVV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 AGOVV 97 (31)
2010–2013 Zulte Waregem 25 (2)
2011–2012Sparta (loan) 30 (15)
2012–2013Petrolul Ploiești (loan) 31 (16)
2013–2015 Terek Grozny 36 (4)
2015– Guangzhou R&F 13 (4)
2016Eskişehirspor (loan) 6 (1)
2016–Al-Kharitiyath (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2012– DR Congo 16 (6)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 April 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 May 2016

Jeremy Loteteka Bokila (born 14 November 1988 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese footballer, who plays as a forward for Qatar Stars League team Al-Kharitiyath and the DR Congo national team.

Career

Club

In the summer of 2012, Bokila was loaned to Liga I team, Petrolul Ploiești, with an option to make the move permanent.[1] In the first half of the season he netted six goals in the league and three in the cup for the Yellow Wolves. In March 2013, it was announced that after continuous outstanding performances, Petrolul Ploiești will make his move permanent in the summer.[2]

In the 2012–13 Liga I season he played in 31 games and scored 16 goals, helping his team finish third in Liga I. In the same season he won the Romanian Cup with Petrolul Ploiești scoring the only goal in the final against CFR Cluj. He played a total of five games and scored six goals in the Romanian Cup in the 2012–13 season.

On 28 August 2013, Bokila joined the Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny for 2.5 million euros, from Petrolul that bought him after the loan from Zulte.[3]

In July 2015, Bokila signed for Chinese Super League side Guangzhou R&F.[4]

International

Bokila has dual citizenship but chose to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo at senior level. Bokila made his national team debut against Burkina Faso on 14 November 2012.[5]

At the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Bokila scored an equalising goal in a 1–1 draw with Tunisia to ensure that DR Congo qualified for the knockout stage.[6] In the quarter-finals, he also levelled the scores in a 4–2 win against Congo in which DR Congo came back from 2–0 down.

Personal life

Bokila was born in a footballing family. His father Ndingi Bokila Mandjombolo was known in the eighties as "the pearl of Harelbeke", being a valuable player and top scorer three times in a row at Belgian club K.R.C. Harelbeke, between 1980 and 1982.[7]

His sister Esther and brothers Noé and Wim are also footballers, while Jeremy's older brother Paldy played for FC Oss before giving up football and emigrating to Italy.[7]

Club career statistics

(correct as of 31 October 2015)
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Apeldoorn 2007–08 32710000000003271
2008–09 3314121000000035151
2009–10 3210210100000033103
Zulte Waregem 2010–11 21210000000002121
2011–12 200000000000200
Sparta Rotterdam 2011–12 3015434100000033195
Petrolul Ploiești 2012–13 31168662000000372210
Terek Grozny 2013–14 19303500000002280
2014–15 16101000000001710
Guangzhou R&F 2015 134 10 144
Career 2166817161640000002328421

International goals

As of match played 25 May 2016. DR Congo score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bokila goal.
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 September 2014Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo2 Sierra Leone2–02–02015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2 15 October 2014Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast4 Ivory Coast3–14–32015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3 4–3
4 26 January 2015Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín, Eqautorial Guinea9 Tunisia1–11–12015 Africa Cup of Nations
5 31 January 2015Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea10 Congo2–24–22015 Africa Cup of Nations
6 25 May 2016Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, Como, Italy16 Romania1–11–1Friendly

Honours

Sparta Rotterdam

Petrolul Ploiesti

References

  1. "Jeremy Bokila a revenit la Petrolul Ploiesti" (in Romanian). ph-online.ro. 10 May 2013.
  2. "S-a decis viitorul lui Jeremy Bokila!" (in Romanian). ProSport. 10 May 2013.
  3. http://www.championat.com/football/news-1617010-grozav-i-bokila-podpisali-kontrakty-s-terekom-i-prisoedinilis-k-komande.html
  4. "Guangzhou R&F signs striker Jeremy Bokila". http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/. usa.chinadaily. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  5. "Foot-friendly: DRC loses against Burkina Faso (0-1)". mediacongo.net. 16 November 2012.
  6. "Congo DR 1-1 Tunisia". BBC. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Voetbalfamilie Bokila thuis bij AGOVV" (in Dutch). gelderlander.nl. 9 February 2008.
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