Wilfried Bony (born 10 December 1988 in Bingerville) is an Ivorian football player who currently plays as a Striker for Eredivisie club Vitesse Arnhem.

Career[link]

Early life[link]

He spent most of his childhood in city of Abidjan, raised in Plateau city and then in Abobo PK18. He started with street football called Maracana, Interschool matches and City competitions, then spent three years at the Cyrille Domoraud football Academy located in the city of Bingerville.^[1]

Issia Wazi[link]

Bony started his professional career at Issia Wazi in the Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division and played in the CAF Champions League.^{[citation needed]} He scored 6 goals in 16 matches at the club.^[2] He was on trial at Liverpool FC in 2007 but was not offered a contract.^[3]

Sparta Prague[link]

Early 2008 he joined Sparta Prague on a loan deal and started at the reserve team. With Sparta Prague B he won the Bohemian Football League. Bony was signed on a permanent deal and joined the first team where he scored 22 goals in 59 matches. He won the Gambrinus Liga and the Czech Republic Football Supercup with Sparta in 2010.^[4]

Vitesse[link]

On 30 January 2011 Bony signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem in a deal reported to be worth €4.1million and he scored on his debut.^[5][6]

International[link]

On the 30th of January 2012 he scored the 2nd goal (65) in the 2-0 win against Angola

Name[link]

There is some confusion about his first name and family name. His father's name is Amedee Shemiz Bony,^[7] so his first name is Wilfried and the family name is Bony.

Honours[link]

• 2006: Winner Côte d'Ivoire Cup
• 2007: Runner-up Côte d'Ivoire Cup
• 2008: Winner Bohemian Football League
• 2010: Winner Gambrinus Liga
• 2010: Winner Czech Republic Football Supercup

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Site
• Profile at iDNES.cz
• Sparta Profile
• national-football-teams.com profile

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Andreas Cornelius (born 16 March 1993) is a Danish footballer, playing as striker for the Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen.

Cornelius gained his first Superliga match on 9 April 2012, when he substituted César Santin against AGF at NRGi Park in Aarhus. In the previous Superliga-match (against Brøndby IF at Parken Stadium on 5 April 2012), Cornelius was also in the match squad, but spend the whole game at the bench.^[1]

Previously, Cornelius had joined the first team squad for their training camps in July 2011 and January 2012.^[2][3]

On 20 May 2012 it was announced, that Cornelius will join the first team squad on permanent basis at the beginning of the upcoming season, together with Christoffer Remmer and Jakob Busk.^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• (Danish) National team profile

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