Gladys Bokese (born 10 September 1981) is a Congolese

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er who currently plays for

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side Léopards. Starting his career at Kinshasa club AS Bandal he then joined Kinshasa giants

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with

Mbala Mbuta Biscotte Mbala Mbuta Biscotte (born 7 April 1985 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese footballer who last plays as striker for FC Locarno. Career Mbala has previously played for Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. and Grasshopper Club Zürich, he also played for the congoles ...

and Ngasanya Ilongo, where he would become a mainstay, winning the

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thrice (2004, 2005, 2008) and the Coupe du Congo twice (2009, 2010) and captaining the team before leaving for Etoile sportive du Sahel from where he was quickly released. He has also appeared regularly for the

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with whom he reached the quarter-finals of the

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and won the inaugural

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for locally based internationals but was not called for the

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due to lack of match practice. Initially a striker, he was converted to center back by manager

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who first selected him to the national team in 2004, he has since then stayed in defence.

International career

International goals

:''Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first.''

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