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{{short description|Cameroonian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gustave Bahoken
| image =
| full_name = Gustave Baheten Bahoken
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|6|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Douala]], Cameroon
| height = 1.78 m
| position = [[Centre-back]]
| currentclub = 
| years1 = 1998–1999 | clubs1 = [[Coton Sport FC de Garoua|Cotonsport Garoua]] | caps1 = 18 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1999 | clubs2 = [[FC Sion]] | caps2 = 7 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1999 | clubs3 = [[Le Havre AC|Le Havre B]] | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2000 | clubs4 = [[Le Havre AC]] | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2000–2001 | clubs5 = [[Valenciennes FC]] | caps5 = 22 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2001–2002 | clubs6 = [[FC Rouen]] | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2002–2005 | clubs7 = [[Livingston F.C.|Livingston]] | caps7 = 33 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2003–2004 | clubs8 = → [[Angers SCO]] (loan) | caps8 = 17 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2005–2008 | clubs9 = [[Aalesunds FK|Aalesund]] | caps9 = 48 | goals9 = 1
| years11 = 2009 | clubs11 = [[PFC Botev Plovdiv|Botev Plovdiv]] | caps11 = 4 | goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2011 | clubs12 = [[Persela Lamongan]] | caps12 = 0 | goals12 = 0
| years13 = 2012 | clubs13 = [[Mitra Kukar FC|Mitra Kukar]] | caps13 = 6 | goals13 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2003
| nationalteam1 = [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]]
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''Gustave "Gus" Baheten Bahoken''' (born 13 June 1979<ref>{{cite news |title=Gustave Bahoken: "I'm always proud to play for my country." (Livingstone) |url=https://www.camfoot.com/actualites/gustave-bahoken-i-m-always-proud1367,228884.html |access-date=28 July 2024 |work=Camfoot |date=24 April 2003}}</ref>) is a Cameroonian former professional [[association football|football]]er who played as a [[centre-back]].

==Club career==
Bahoken moved to [[Aalesunds FK|Aalesund]] from the French team [[Angers SCO]] in 2005.<ref>[http://www.footballplus.com/players/7402/Gustave-Bahoken.html Gustave Bahoken on footballplus.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108231945/http://www.footballplus.com/players/7402/Gustave-Bahoken.html |date=8 January 2009 }}</ref> Prior to playing for Angers, he had spent two seasons with [[Livingston F.C.|Livingston]] in the [[Scottish Premier League]].<ref>[http://www.camfoot.com/Gustave-Bahoken-I-m-always-proud.html Gustave Bahoken : "I’m always proud to play for my country." (Livingstone)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708113047/http://www.camfoot.com/Gustave-Bahoken-I-m-always-proud.html |date=8 July 2011 }}</ref>

Bahoken accidentally broke former [[Glasgow Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] striker [[Henrik Larsson]]'s jaw at [[Celtic Park]] in an unfortunate head-to-head collision in a game in 2003.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/2748703.stm Bahoken heartbroken]</ref>

In January 2009, he was given a trial at English [[Football League Two|League Two]] side [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] in a reserve game with [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sportbcfc/sportbcfcheadlines/4058835.Gustave_out_to_prove_a_must_have_for_McCall/ |title=Gustave out to prove a must have for McCall |accessdate=20 January 2009 |date=20 January 2009 |newspaper=Telegraph & Argus |first=Simon |last=Parker}}</ref>

==International career==
Bahoken was part of the [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon national team]] at the [[2004 African Nations Cup]], which finished top of their group in the first round of competition, before losing in the quarter-finals to [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]. Bahoken was part of the Cameroonian squad that went all the way to the final in the [[FIFA Confederations Cup]] 2003 in France.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104101257/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=200243/index.html FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: Gustave BAHOKEN]</ref> He played only one full cap for Cameroon.<ref>[http://scottishfootballarchive.co.uk/players/gustave-bahoken Gustave Bahoken - Scottish Football Archive] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213193200/http://scottishfootballarchive.co.uk/players/gustave-bahoken |date=13 December 2009 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
His younger brother [[Stéphane Bahoken|Stéphane]] is also a footballer.

==Honours==
<!-- LEAGUE AND FEDERATION-SANCTIONED AWARDS ONLY -->
'''Cotonsport Garoua'''
*[[Elite One|Cameroonian Championship]]: 1998

==References==
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==External links==
* {{NFT player|1228}}

{{Cameroon Squad Confederations Cup 2003}}
{{Cameroon Squad 2004 Africa Cup of Nations}}

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