Georges Griffiths (24 February 1990 – 5 October 2017) was an Ivorian professional

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who played for Hungarian sides Lombard-Pápa and Diósgyőr. While playing for AS Indenié Abengourou in

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, he scored half of his team's league goals in the 2011 league season. Griffiths died at the age of 27 on 5 October 2017 during an aggravated robbery in which he was shot trying to prevent his car from being stolen.

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