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Bryant Bilongo
English association football player
Bryant Akono Bilongo (born 15 September 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ebbsfleet United on loan from club Middlesbrough.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bryant Akono Bilongo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-09-15) 15 September 2001 (age 22)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | England[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Ebbsfleet United (on loan from Middlesbrough) | ||
| 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) |
| 2022 | → Woking (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Ebbsfleet United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:38, 1 February 2024 (UTC) | |||
Released by AFC Wimbledon at a young age,[2] Bilongo went on to 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] On 29 October 2022, he joined National League side, Woking on a one-month loan.[8] Bilongo went onto feature twice for the Cards before returning to Middlesbrough in November.
On 1 February 2024, Bilongo joined National League club Ebbsfleet United on loan until the end of the season.[9]
- As of match played 16 November 2022.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[10] | 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 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Woking (loan) | 2022–23[1] | National League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||
- Appearances in the FA Trophy
- "B. Akono Bilongo". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- "Kingstonian sign Bryant Akono Bilongo". Kingstonian F.C. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- Taylor, Jim (21 November 2019). "HANWORTH VILLA'S FA YOUTH CUP RUN COMES TO AN END". Middlesex FA. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- "Bryant Akono-Bilongo Player Stats". The FA. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- Vegas, Paul (6 October 2021). "Chelsea ready to splash out on Kingstonian trialist Bryant Akono Bilongo". Tribal Football. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- "Bryant Akono Bilongo joins Middlesbrough". Kingstonian F.C. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- "Middlesbrough vs. Barnsley". Soccerway. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- O'Sullivan, Daniel (29 October 2022). "Clarke and Bilongo join on loan". Woking F.C. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- "Bryant fits the bill for the Fleet". www.ebbsfleetunited.co.uk. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- "Kingstonian – Appearances – Bryant Akono Bilongo – 2021-2022". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- Bryant Bilongo at Soccerbase