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Full name
  
Daniel N'Dene Bekono

1999–2002
  
Canon Yaounde

Position
  
Goalkeeper

Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.84 m

Playing position
  
Goalkeeper

Role
  
Footballer

Place of birth
  
Yaounde, Cameroon

Name
  
Daniel Bekono


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Date of birth
  
(1978-05-31) 31 May 1978 (age 37)

Number
  
0 (PFC CSKA Sofia / Goalkeeper)

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.

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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. 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. 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.

International career

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

Awards

  • Champion of Bulgaria - 1 time - 2008 (with CSKA Sofia)
  • Bulgarian Supercup - 1 time - 2008 (with CSKA Sofia)
  • Champion Cameroon 2002 with Canon Yaounde
  • Cup Winner with Canon Yaoundé 1999
  • Winner of African Cup of Nations 2000 in Ghana/Nigeria
  • Winner of 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
  • Personal life

    Bekono has Bulgarian citizenship.

    References

    Daniel Bekono Wikipedia