Moustapha Bokoum
{{short description|Belgian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Orphan|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Moustapha Bokoum
| image = RC Lens - AS Béziers (04-01-2019) 20.jpg
| caption = Bokoum in 2019
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|8|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Belgium
| height = 1.78 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2013–2016 | youthclubs1 = Club Brugge
| youthyears2 = 2016–2018 | youthclubs2 = Gent
| years1 = 2018–2019
|clubs1 = Béziers
|caps1 = 4
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2020
|clubs2 = Gent
|caps2 = 0
|goals2 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 = Belgium U17
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 23 January 2020
| nationalteam-update =
| medaltemplates =
}}
Moustapha Bokoum (born 5 August 1999) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Club career
After ascending the youth ranks at Gent, Bokoum began attracting the attention of several English and Italian teams.{{cite news|url=http://www.foot224.co/2018/06/28/transfert-moustapha-bokoum-rejoint-sidibe-a-beziers/|title=Transfert : Moustapha Bokoum rejoint Sidibé à Béziers|publisher=foot224.co|date=28 June 2018|accessdate=15 August 2018|language=French}} In June 2018, he signed a professional contract with newly-promoted Ligue 2 side Béziers.{{cite news|url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2018/06/28/football-ligue-2-beziers-recrute-moustapha-bokoum-international-belge-de-19-ans,4639902.php|title=Béziers recrute Moustapha Bokoum, international belge de 19 ans|publisher=Midi Libre|date=28 June 2018|accessdate=15 August 2018|language=French}} The deal was for two years, with the option of a third. He made his professional debut on 3 August, replacing Rayane Aabid in the closing minutes of a 1–0 defeat to AC Ajaccio.{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2018/08/03/france/ligue-2/as-beziers/athletic-club-ajaccien/2792607/|title=Béziers 0–1 Ajaccio|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=16 August 2018}} He left the club by the end of the 2018–19 season.[https://www.walfoot.be/news/2019-05-07/moustapha-bokoum-sest-gravement-blesse-a-beziers Moustapha Bokoum s'est gravement blessé à Béziers], walfoot.be, 7 May 2019
Bokoum remained without club until 24 January 2020, where he returned to K.A.A. Gent.[https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nieuws/2020-01-24/twintigjarig-jeugdproduct-van-aa-gent-en-club-brugge-is-officieel-terug-geloof-in-jezelf-als-niemand-anders-het-doet Twintigjarig jeugdproduct van AA Gent en Club Brugge is officieel terug: "Geloof in jezelf als niemand anders het doet"], voetbalkrant.com, 24 January 2020 Bokoum played with Gent's reserve team until left the club at the end of his contract on 30 June 2020. He also suffered a serious knee injury in the same summer, which would keep him sidelined for about 6–8 months.[https://www.voetbal24.be/news/62278/aa-gent-aanvaller-loopt-zware-blessure-op-en-staat-maanden-aan-de-kant 'AA Gent-aanvaller loopt zware blessure op en staat maanden aan de kant'], voetbal24.be, 3 July 2020
International career
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|554695}}
- {{ESPN FC|276359}}
- {{LFP|id=bokoum-moustapha}}
- {{Lequipe|69092}}
- [https://www.asb-foot.com/2018/06/28/moustapha-bokoum-est-biterrois/ ASB Foot Profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bokoum, Moustapha}}
Category:Belgian men's footballers
Category:Belgium men's youth international footballers
Category:Belgian sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
Category:Belgian people of Guinean descent
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Club Brugge KV players