Pathé Bangoura (born January 22, 1984) is a

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

n former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...

. Bangoura played in France, for

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

and Valence, as well as Azerbaijan where he played for Gänclärbirliyi Sumqayit,

FK Baku FC Baku ( az, "Bakı" Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku that has been an amateur club since 2016. Prior to that, Baku played 18 seasons in the Azerbaijan Premier League, winning the championship twice and earning the Na ...

, Olimpik Baku, and Muğan FK. He made one appearance for the Guinea national team in 2004.

Career

Whilst playing for FK Baku in August 2006, Bangoura was subjected to racist abuse by

Khazar Lankaran Khazar Lankaran FK ( tly, Xəzər Lankon Futboli Klub, script=Latn, az, Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran that last played in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the 2015–16 season. Since the ...

supporters. Following a series of discipline issues whilst at FK Baku, including being suspended from training, Bangoura was released during the winter transfer window. Bangoura's only appearance for

came in 2004.

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* 1984 births Living people Footballers from Conakry Guinean men's footballers Guinea men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Ligue 2 players ASOA Valence players AS Saint-Étienne players FC Baku players Shuvalan FK players Mughan FK players Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players Guinean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Guinean expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Israel FK Genclerbirliyi Sumqayit players {{Guinea-footy-bio-stub