Gustave Bahoken

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gustave Bahoken

| image =

| full_name = Gustave Baheten Bahoken

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|6|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Douala, Cameroon

| height = 1.78 m

| position = Centre-back

| currentclub =

| years1 = 1998–1999 | clubs1 = Cotonsport Garoua | caps1 = 18 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1999 | clubs2 = FC Sion | caps2 = 7 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1999 | clubs3 = Le Havre B | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2000 | clubs4 = Le Havre AC | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2000–2001 | clubs5 = Valenciennes FC | caps5 = 22 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2001–2002 | clubs6 = FC Rouen | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2002–2005 | clubs7 = Livingston | caps7 = 33 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2003–2004 | clubs8 = → Angers SCO (loan) | caps8 = 17 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2005–2008 | clubs9 = Aalesund | caps9 = 48 | goals9 = 1

| years11 = 2009 | clubs11 = Botev Plovdiv | caps11 = 4 | goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2011 | clubs12 = Persela Lamongan | caps12 = 0 | goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2012 | clubs13 = Mitra Kukar | caps13 = 6 | goals13 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2003

| nationalteam1 = Cameroon

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Gustave "Gus" Baheten Bahoken (born 13 June 1979{{cite news |title=Gustave Bahoken: "I'm always proud to play for my country." (Livingstone) |url=https://www.camfoot.com/actualites/gustave-bahoken-i-m-always-proud1367,228884.html |access-date=28 July 2024 |work=Camfoot |date=24 April 2003}}) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Club career

Bahoken moved to Aalesund from the French team Angers SCO in 2005.[http://www.footballplus.com/players/7402/Gustave-Bahoken.html Gustave Bahoken on footballplus.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108231945/http://www.footballplus.com/players/7402/Gustave-Bahoken.html |date=8 January 2009 }} Prior to playing for Angers, he had spent two seasons with Livingston in the Scottish Premier League.[http://www.camfoot.com/Gustave-Bahoken-I-m-always-proud.html Gustave Bahoken : "I’m always proud to play for my country." (Livingstone)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708113047/http://www.camfoot.com/Gustave-Bahoken-I-m-always-proud.html |date=8 July 2011 }}

Bahoken accidentally broke former Celtic striker Henrik Larsson's jaw at Celtic Park in an unfortunate head-to-head collision in a game in 2003.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/2748703.stm Bahoken heartbroken]

In January 2009, he was given a trial at English League Two side Bradford City in a reserve game with Scunthorpe United.{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sportbcfc/sportbcfcheadlines/4058835.Gustave_out_to_prove_a_must_have_for_McCall/ |title=Gustave out to prove a must have for McCall |accessdate=20 January 2009 |date=20 January 2009 |newspaper=Telegraph & Argus |first=Simon |last=Parker}}

International career

Bahoken was part of the Cameroon national team at the 2004 African Nations Cup, which finished top of their group in the first round of competition, before losing in the quarter-finals to Nigeria. Bahoken was part of the Cameroonian squad that went all the way to the final in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2003 in France.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104101257/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=200243/index.html FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: Gustave BAHOKEN] He played only one full cap for Cameroon.[http://scottishfootballarchive.co.uk/players/gustave-bahoken Gustave Bahoken - Scottish Football Archive] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213193200/http://scottishfootballarchive.co.uk/players/gustave-bahoken |date=13 December 2009 }}