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Georges Griffiths
Personal information
Full name Georges Henri Aboubacar Griffiths
Date of birth (1990-02-24)24 February 1990
Place of birth Treichville, Ivory Coast
Date of death 5 October 2017(2017-10-05) (aged 27)
Place of death Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2008 Sirocco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Indenié (4)
2011–2013 Sirocco
2012–2013 → Sparta Prague B (loan)
2013–2014 Lombard-Pápa 36 (11)
2014–2017 Diósgyőr 34 (8)
International career
2011 Ivory Coast U-23 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georges Griffiths (24 February 1990 – 5 October 2017) was an Ivorian professional footballer who played for Hungarian sides Lombard-Pápa and Diósgyőr. While playing for AS Indenié Abengourou in Ligue 1, 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.

References

  1. "Striker Dubbed the 'Next Didier Drogba' Shot Dead in Carjacking". Sports Illustrated. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. "PLAYERS TO WATCH – LIGUE 1 2011 – IVORY COAST". westafricanfootball.com. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. Gergő, Lovas. "Rablótámadásban megölték a volt NB I.-es légióst".
  4. "Elhunyt Georges Griffiths". 6 October 2017.

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