Seen in the stands of Gabriel-Montpied on the occasion of Clermont’s success against Troyes last weekend (2-0), Jean-Claude Billong was already no longer very far from joining the formation of Pascal Gastien. The latter had also confirmed the information during the post-match conference, stressing that the central defender would “strongly strengthen the group”.
He is international and has already played the C1
It must be said that this new Cameroonian international – he celebrated his first two capes in June during a friendly double confrontation against Nigeria – has experience to spare for the promoted Auvergne, also convinced that the colossus of 1m92 presents the technical profile to enroll in the game project of its technician adept at attractive football.
Appeared five times in the group stage of the Champions League with the Slovenian club Maribor in 2017, the Franco-Cameroonian was then spotted by Benevento, a newcomer in Serie A who had spent 2 million euros for the recruit in January 2018.
An almost full season in Turkey
After an interesting start with the Italian team, the native of Mantes-la-Jolie was sold on loan several times in the following seasons (Foggia, Salernitana in Serie B) and Hatayspor (Turkish D1) where he completed a 2020-2021 exercise. convincing collectively (6th) and individually (26 matches). At least, until this heavy setback against Besiktas (7-0) at the end of the season. Released at the break when his team was led 5-0 by the future champion, the defender trained in Créteil and former amateur between 2014 and 2017 at FC Mantois is accused of having deliberately allowed the opponent to score. If he has always defended himself, the accusations and death threats received will have finally got the better of his adventure in the Bosporus. Here he is back in France where he finally has everything to prove.
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