Bryant Akono Bilongo (born 15 September 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Championship club Middlesbrough.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bryant Akono Bilongo[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2001-09-15) 15 September 2001 (age 21)[1] | ||
Place of birth | England[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Middlesbrough | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Youth career | |||
AFC Wimbledon | |||
Hanworth Villa | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2021 | Hanworth Villa | 10 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Kingstonian | 20 | (1) |
2022– | Middlesbrough | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:37, 11 August 2022 (UTC) |
Released by AFC Wimbledon at a young age,[2] Bilongo went onto join Hanworth Villa youth side[3] before eventually making the step up into the first-team during the 2020–21 campaign, in which he featured ten times.[4]
Following his breakthrough season, Bilongo joined Isthmian League Premier Division side, Kingstonian in June 2021.[2] Impressing early on, his form attracted the attention of both Football League and Premier League sides, including Chelsea who subsequently trialled the full-back in October 2021.[5] Despite this, Bilongo agreed to join Middlesbrough three months later for an undisclosed fee.[6] On 10 August 2022, he made his first-team debut for Middlesbrough, replacing Paddy McNair during an EFL Cup first round tie defeat against Barnsley, with half an hour remaining.[7]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hanworth Villa | 2020–21[4] | Combined Counties League Premier Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Kingstonian | 2021–22[8] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
Middlesbrough | 2021–22[1] | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2022–23[1] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Career total | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
Middlesbrough F.C. – current squad | |
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