Georges Griffiths | |
Fullname: | Georges Henri Aboubacar Griffiths |
Birth Date: | 24 February 1990 |
Birth Place: | Treichville, Ivory Coast |
Death Place: | Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
Position: | Forward |
Youthyears1: | 2008 |
Youthclubs1: | Sirocco |
Years1: | 2008–2011 |
Clubs1: | Indenié |
Goals1: | 4 |
Years2: | 2011–2013 |
Clubs2: | Sirocco |
Years3: | 2012–2013 |
Clubs3: | → Sparta Prague B (loan) |
Years4: | 2013–2014 |
Clubs4: | Lombard-Pápa |
Caps4: | 36 |
Goals4: | 11 |
Years5: | 2014–2017 |
Clubs5: | Diósgyőr |
Caps5: | 34 |
Goals5: | 8 |
Nationalyears1: | 2011 |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
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]