Wilfried Guemiand Bony (born 10 December 1988) is an Ivorian professional

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who plays as a striker. Having begun his career at Issia Wazi, Bony moved to

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in 2007, helping them to the

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title in 2009–10. In January 2011, he was signed by Dutch club Vitesse, where he was the top scorer in the

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, leading to a £12 million transfer to

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club

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. Bony scored 35 goals in 70 appearances for ''the Swans'' and in January 2015, joined

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in a £28 million deal. However, Bony struggled for match-time at Manchester City, and following the arrival of

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in mid-2016, he joined

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on loan for the 2016–17 season. Bony returned to Swansea on 31 August 2017. After his loan spell with Al-Arabi, he was released by Swansea in May 2019 to leave on 30 June. In 2020 he signed a year and a half contract with

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, but in a mutual agreement with the club he left after playing ten games in the ten months with the team. Internationally, Bony made his debut for

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, in 2010, and was selected in the squads for the

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and three

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tournaments, helping them to victory in

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Early life

Wilfried Bony was born in

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and played street football from a young age, later playing at the Maracanã Bingerville football school. He also participated in many interschool and city cups, before spending three years at the Cyril Domoraud Academy in Bingerville.

Club career

Issia Wazi

Bony began his professional career at Issia Wazi in the Ivorian top flight and ended the 2007 season as top goalscorer.

Sparta Prague

Bony had a two-week trial at

club

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in 2007 but was not offered a contract. In October 2007, Bony joined Czech club

on a loan deal where he immediately started playing for their B team. He won the

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championship with Sparta Prague B. Bony then joined the club on a permanent basis and broke into the first team in the 2008–09 season, scoring 3 goals in 16 appearances. In 2009–10, he scored nine times as Sparta won the Czech First League title. After scoring 17 goals during the first half of the 2010–11 season, including five goals in six appearances in the

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, Bony was signed by Dutch

club Vitesse in January 2011 for a £3.4 million transfer fee.

Vitesse

Bony signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Vitesse and scored on his debut in a 2–0

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win over

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on 20 February 2011. In his first full season with Vitesse, Bony scored 12 goals in the

, earning the top goalscoring honours for the club and was tied for tenth-highest scorer in the league. In February 2012, he signed a contract extension which would have kept him at the club until 2015, also ending transfer speculation. Bony made his first appearance of the

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campaign for Vitesse on 12 August 2012 in a 2–2 draw with

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at the

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, equalizing for the hosts less than a minute after Tjaronn Chery had put ADO in front. Bony then scored a 90th-minute winner over

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on 2 September to earn the club its third win from its first four league matches. On 6 October, he scored a hat-trick as Vitesse came back from a goal down three times to draw 3–3 with

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. During Vitesse's 2–0 upset of

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on 4 November, Bony scored both goals, helping Vitesse to six away wins in a row and the club's first win at the

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since 2001. He added two more goals to his account in Vitesse's 4–1 defeat of

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on 18 November, earning Vitesse just their second home win of the season as NEC had three players sent off. On 25 November, Vitesse travelled to

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. On 9 February 2013, Bony returned from his participation in the

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to face PSV and once again scored twice, securing a 2–2 draw. On 23 February, Bony scored a hat-trick to send Vitesse to a 5–3 victory over

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. On 15 April, he scored for the ninth consecutive match in a 3–3 draw with

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. 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.

Swansea City

On 11 July 2013, Bony signed a four-year contract with Welsh side

, who paid a Welsh record transfer fee of £12 million. Bony's work permit was delayed briefly, but was granted three days later. He made his competitive debut for Swansea in the club's

third qualifying round tie against

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, scoring two second-half goals in a 4–0 first-leg victory on 1 August. The

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listed Bony as one of the Premier League signings to watch for the

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. In the opening match of the 2013–14 season on 17 August, Bony scored his first goal for the club in a 1–4 loss against

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. Shortly after, Bony scored his first goal for Swansea in a UEFA competition, in the first leg of the Europa League qualification round against Romanian side Petrolul Ploiești in a 5–1 win. He then scored a brace in Swansea's 3–3 draw with

in November. In the third round of the

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, Bony scored a 90th-minute header against Manchester United to send Swansea through to the next round in what was Swansea's first-ever win at

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. After scoring in a 3–1 win at

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on the final day of the Premier League season, he finished 2013–14 having scored 25 goals. On 20 September 2014, Bony was sent off in the first half of a 1–0 home defeat to

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. He scored his first goal of the

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on 4 October in a 2–2 draw against

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. On 25 October, Bony scored both goals as Swansea defeated

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2–0, taking him to a total of 20 Premier League goals for Swansea, drawing him level alongside former teammate

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as the club's all-time leading Premier League goalscorer. With 20 goals, Bony was the Premier League's top scorer in the calendar year of 2014.

Manchester City

On 14 January 2015, Bony signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with fellow Premier League club

. The two teams agreed an initial transfer fee of £25 million, which could rise to £28 million, which would then make him the most expensive African footballer at that time. Bony was included in his new club's squad for the knockout stages of the

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, at the expense of

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. After winning the

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, Bony made his Manchester City debut on 21 February, replacing

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for the last 30 minutes of a 5–0 win over Newcastle United at the

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. On 21 March 2015, Bony registered his first league goal with City in a 3–0 home win over

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, scoring the first of the team's three goals. He scored his second goal for the club as a late substitute in a 4–2 win at his former club Swansea on 17 May. In the middle of 2015, Bony contracted

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, which hampered his pre-season preparations. Bony was selected to start in Manchester City's opening match of the

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season, away to West Brom. He was on the pitch for 63 minutes before being substituted for Sergio Agüero as the team won 3–0 at

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. On 17 October 2015, Bony scored his first two goals of the season as Manchester City defeated

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5–1 at the City of Manchester Stadium. He followed this up with his first Champions League goal in a 3–1 away victory against

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on 3 November 2015. On 8 December, Bony appeared as a 65th-minute substitute for

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in City's final fixture of the Champions League

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, against

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. He helped turn a 2–1 deficit into a 4–2 win, assisting two goals for

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before scoring the fourth goal, ensuring City overtook

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in the group standings. In the

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he came on as a substitute as Manchester City defeated

on penalties. Bony scored 8 goals in 34 appearances in 2015–16. Following the arrival of

as manager, Bony was made available for transfer.

Loan to Stoke City

On 31 August 2016, Bony signed for Stoke City on a season-long loan deal. He made his debut for Stoke on 10 September against

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. After going seven matches without a goal, he scored twice in a 3–1 victory over Swansea on 31 October. In January 2017, Bony went away to play for Ivory Coast in the

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; he also turned down a transfer to a Chinese club. On his return to Stoke, Bony was omitted from the squad by manager

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, which Bony described as a "crazy situation".

Return to Swansea

However, on 31 August 2017, Bony re-signed for Swansea City on a two-year deal, with Swansea paying a £12 million transfer fee. He assumed the number 2 shirt. Bony scored his first Premier League goal of the season against his former club Stoke City on 2 December 2017. A week later, he captained Swansea to a 1–0 win against

, scoring his first home goal at the

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since leaving the club. After that, both the player and the club struggled for goalscoring form. His last match in a Swansea shirt was in a 1–1 draw away to Leicester when he sustained an ankle injury. The club were relegated from the Premier League after a 2–1 defeat against his former and already-relegated side Stoke City. He moved on loan to Qatari side Al-Arabi in January 2019. Swansea confirmed on 18 May 2019 that he would be released upon expiration of his contract. After being released by Swansea, he began training with Newport County in August 2019.

Al-Ittihad

On 28 January 2020,

signed Bony to a one and a half year contract. On 1 November, Bony announced on his Instagram account that he and the club had come a mutual agreement to terminate his contract after 10 months at the club.

NEC Nijmegen

On 26 January 2022, after being without a club for over a year, Bony returned to the Netherlands to join Eredivisie club

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on a deal until the end of the season. He only made one 15-minute substitute appearance for NEC and was unavailable due to injuries in most of the league games.

International career

In late 2010, Bony was called up by

and made his debut in a 1–0 away victory against

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, where he came on as a substitute in the 80th minutes for

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2012 Africa Cup of Nations

On 30 January 2012, Bony scored the second goal in the Ivory Coast's 2–0 win over

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in the third game of the group stages of the

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2014 FIFA World Cup

Bony was included in the Ivory Coast's 23-man squad for the

. In their first group match, against

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, he scored the equalising goal with a header after a cross from

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. Ivory Coast eventually won 2–1. Against

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in the final match of the group stages, 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.

2015 Africa Cup of Nations

In a quarter-final 3–1 win over

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, Bony scored two headers, one from a

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cross and the second from a

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free-kick. In

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, he took the Ivory Coast's first attempt and hit the crossbar, although his team eventually triumphed.

Personal life

Bony's father's name is Amedee Shemiz Bony. Wilfried Bony speaks fluent French, English and Czech.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bony goal.''

Honours

Sparta Prague *

: 2009–10 Manchester City *

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: 2015–16 Ivory Coast *

Individual *

top scorer:

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: 2012–13 *

Team of the Tournament:

References

External links

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bony, Wilfried 1988 births Living people People from Bingerville Ivorian footballers Association football forwards Issia Wazy players AC Sparta Prague players SBV Vitesse players Swansea City A.F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) players Ittihad FC players NEC Nijmegen players Czech First League players Eredivisie players Premier League players English Football League players Qatar Stars League players Saudi Professional League players Ivory Coast international footballers 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Ivorian expatriate footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Wales Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in England Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Wales Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Qatar Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia