Guy Bwelle (born 16 February 1979) is a retired footballer who played as a midfielder for a number of clubs in Cameroon and Greece.

Guy Bwelle
Personal information
Full name Guy Bwelle
Date of birth (1979-02-16) 16 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Edéa, Cameroon
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
L'Espoir de Yaoundé
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1998 Cintra de Yaoundé
1998–2000 Apollon Smyrni 20 (1)
2000–2003 Apollon Kalamarias
2003–2004 Kassandra
2004–2006 Olympiakos Volos
2006–2007 Ergotelis 5 (0)
Total ? (?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Born in Edéa, Bwelle began playing youth football with L'Espoir de Yaoundé. At age 18, he had a trial with Swiss club FC Servette and hoped to play in Europe,[1] but had to return to Cameroon where he played for Cintra de Yaoundé.

Bwelle moved to Greece to play in the Greek first division with Apollon Smyrni F.C. in July 1998. He would make 20 league appearances for the club before moving to Apollon Kalamarias F.C. in January 2000.[2]

After playing 3.5 seasons in the Greek second division with Apollon Kalamarias, Bwelle joined fellow second division club Kassandra F.C., which soon was taken over by Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos F.C. He would spend another three seasons in the second division with Kassandra and Olympiakos Volos.

In July 2006, Bwelle returned to the Greek top flight by signing with Ergotelis F.C., but he would only make five league appearances for the club.

Controversy edit

In July 2007, another footballer from Cameroon with the same name was on trial with Norwegian club IK Start, and the Norwegian football authorities had expressed concern that he had falsely used Bwelle's identity.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Favre, Laurent (29 May 1997). "Guy Bwelle veut pousser les portes du paradis: FOOTBALL / Formé par Didi Andrey et Michel Ritschard à l'Espoir de Yaoundé, ce jeune Camerounais est actuellement en stage au Servette" (in French). Tribune de Genève.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (22 June 2003). "Foreign Players in Greece 1999/00-2001/02". RSSSF.
  3. ^ "Er dette samme mann?" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen. 18 July 2007. Archived from the original on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

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