Georges Griffiths

Georges Griffiths
Personal information
Full name	Georges Henri Aboubacar Griffiths
Date of birth	24 February 1990
Place of birth	Treichville, Ivory Coast
Date of death	5 October 2017 (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
2008–2011	Indenié
2011–2013	Sirocco
2012–2013	→ Sparta Prague B (loan)
2013–2014	Lombard-Pápa
2014–2017	Diósgyőr
International career
2011	Ivory Coast U-23
	*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.^[1] While playing for AS Indenié Abengourou in Ligue 1, he scored half of his team's league goals in the 2011 league season.^[2]

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.^[3]^[4]

References

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

External links

MLSZ (in Hungarian)

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[SI-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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