Wilfried Guemiand Bony was born on 10 December 1988 and is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bolivian Primera Division club Always Ready.
20 Facts About Wilfried Bony
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Internationally, Wilfried Bony made his debut for Ivory Coast, in 2010, and was selected in the squads for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, helping them to victory in 2015.
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Wilfried Bony was born in Bingerville and played street football from a young age, later playing at the Maracana Bingerville football school.
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Wilfried Bony participated in many interschool and city cups, before spending three years at the Cyril Domoraud Academy in Bingerville.
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Wilfried Bony began his professional career at Issia Wazi in the Ivorian top flight and ended the 2007 season as top goalscorer.
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Wilfried Bony had a two-week trial at Premier League club Liverpool in 2007 but was not offered a contract.
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In October 2007, Wilfried Bony joined Czech club Sparta Prague on a loan deal where he immediately started playing for their B team.
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Wilfried Bony ended the season as the Eredivisie's top scorer with 31 goals in 30 matches and was awarded the Golden Shoe for the best player in the Netherlands.
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On 14 January 2015, Wilfried Bony signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with fellow Premier League club Manchester City.
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Wilfried Bony was included in his new club's squad for the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League, at the expense of Stevan Jovetic.
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On 31 August 2016, Wilfried Bony signed for Stoke City on a season-long loan deal.
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In January 2017, Wilfried Bony went away to play for Ivory Coast in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations; he turned down a transfer to a Chinese club.
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On his return to Stoke, Wilfried Bony was omitted from the squad by manager Mark Hughes, which Wilfried Bony described as a "crazy situation".
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Wilfried Bony scored his first Premier League goal of the season against his former club Stoke City on 2 December 2017.
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Wilfried Bony moved on loan to Qatari side Al-Arabi in January 2019.
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On 26 January 2022, after being without a club for over a year, Wilfried Bony returned to the Netherlands to join Eredivisie club NEC Nijmegen on a deal until the end of the season.
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Wilfried Bony only made one 15-minute substitute appearance for NEC and was unavailable due to injuries in most of the league games.
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On 11 February 2023, Wilfried Bony signed Bolivian Primera Division club Club Always Ready, becoming the first Ivorian to play professionally in Bolivia.
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Wilfried Bony was included in the Ivory Coast's 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Against Greece in the final match of the group stages, Wilfried Bony came on as a substitute in the second half to score the equalising goal before the Ivory Coast lost via an injury time penalty.