Wilfried Bony

Wilfried Bony takes me straight back to that explosive Swansea spell when he looked like one of the Premier League's most lethal strikers. The Ivorian's career arc fascinates me precisely because of its shape: from Issia Wazy at home to Sparta Prague, where he won the Czech league title in 2009-10, then a rise that earned a big Manchester City move. That transfer never quite ignited the way everyone expected, and I find those near-miss stories more instructive than the smooth ones. A powerful target striker built at 183 cm, he's the type whose best form was genuinely frightening for defenders, even if it came in flashes.

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Name (English)

Wilfried Bony

Name (Japanese)

ウィルフリード・ボニー

Reading

うぃるふりーど・ぼにー

Born

December 10, 1988 (age 37)

Origin

Bingerville, Abidjan Department, Ivory Coast

Height

183 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dragon

• Official sitehttp://www.wilfriedbony.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfried%20Bony
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370339

Tags

• Abidjan Department
• association football player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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