Wilfred Bamnjo (born 27 March 1980 in
Cameroon
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) is a Cameroonian former
football
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player. His position is
defensive midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Biography
Kitchee SC
Bamnjo played for
Kitchee SC
Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional Association football, football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League.
The club has won championships in Hong Kong 11 times, in ...
, then a newly
promoted
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club in the
Hong Kong First Division, during the 2003–04 season. On 16 November 2003, Bamnjo scored his first goal for Kitchee, an equaliser, in a 3–1 win against
Fukien Athletic Club.
Persijatim
Bamnjo joined
Indonesian top-flight club
Persijatim
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during the 2004–05 season.
Kitchee SC
Bamnjo rejoined Kitchee after a season in
Indonesia
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.
[ On 11 December 2005, Bamnjo scored the winner for Kitchee in a 4–3 win against ]Happy Valley AA
Happy Valley Athletic Association (), known simply as Happy Valley or HVAA, is a Hong Kong football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong First Division. They are historically one of the most successful football clubs in Hong Kong, h ...
in the Hong Kong League Cup
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Final – Kitchee's first silverware
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*The work of a silversmith
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in 41 years. Bamnjo also played in the Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield
The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the football knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the fourth oldest football tournament in Asia. Traditionally, only the teams in the Hong Kong Pr ...
Final, in which he scored a disallowed goal in a 3–0 win against Happy Valley AA
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.[
In the 2006–07 season, Bamnjo scored 4 goals in the Hong Kong First Division and helped Kitchee finish as ]