Jeremy Bokila’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Footballer
Is Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
From Democratic Republic of the Congo 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 14 November 1988, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Age: 31 years

Jeremy Loteteka Bokila (born 14 November 1988 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese footballer, who plays as a forward for Al-Kharitiyath in Qatar and the DR Congo national team.

Career

Club

In the summer of 2012, Bokila was loaned to Liga I team, Petrolul Ploiești, with an option to make the move permanent. In the first half of the season he netted six goals in the league and three in the cup for the Yellow Wolves. In March 2013, it was announced that after continuous outstanding performances, Petrolul Ploiești will make his move permanent in the summer.

In the 2012–13 Liga I season he played in 31 games and scored 16 goals, helping his team finish third in Liga I. In the same season he won the Romanian Cup with Petrolul Ploiești scoring the only goal in the final against CFR Cluj. He played a total of five games and scored six goals in the Romanian Cup in the 2012–13 season.

On 28 August 2013, Bokila joined the Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny for 2.5 million euros, from Petrolul that bought him after the loan from Zulte.

In July 2015, Bokila signed for Chinese Super League side Guangzhou R&F.

International

Bokila has dual citizenship but chose to represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo at senior level. Bokila made his national team debut against Burkina Faso on 14 November 2012.

At the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Bokila scored an equalising goal in a 1–1 draw with Tunisia to ensure that DR Congo qualified for the knockout stage. In the quarter-finals, he also levelled the scores in a 4–2 win against Congo in which DR Congo came back from 2–0 down.

Personal life

Bokila was born in a footballing family. His father Ndingi Bokila Mandjombolo was known in the eighties as “the pearl of Harelbeke”, being a valuable player and top scorer three times in a row at Belgian club K.R.C. Harelbeke, between 1980 and 1982.

His sister Esther and brothers Noé and Wim are also footballers, while Jeremy’s older brother Paldy played for FC Oss before giving up football and emigrating to Italy.

Club career statistics

Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Apeldoorn 2007–08 32 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 7 1
2008–09 33 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 15 1
2009–10 32 10 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 10 3
Zulte Waregem 2010–11 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 2 1
2011–12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Sparta Rotterdam 2011–12 30 15 4 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 19 5
Petrolul Ploiești 2012–13 31 16 8 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 22 10
Terek Grozny 2013–14 19 3 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 8 0
2014–15 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 0
Guangzhou R&F 2015 13 4 1 0 14 4
Career 216 68 17 16 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 232 84 21

International goals

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 September 2014 Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2  Sierra Leone 2–0 2–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2 15 October 2014 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 4  Ivory Coast 3–1 4–3 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3 4–3
4 26 January 2015 Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín, Eqautorial Guinea 9  Tunisia 1–1 1–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
5 31 January 2015 Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea 10  Congo 2–2 4–2 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
6 25 May 2016 Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, Como, Italy 16  Romania 1–1 1–1 Friendly

Honours

Sparta Rotterdam

  • Eerste Divisie: Runner-up 2012

Petrolul Ploiesti

  • Romanian Cup: 2012–13
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