Jules Bocandé

Jules Bocandé
Personal information
Full name	Jules François Bertrand Bocandé
Date of birth	November 25, 1958
Place of birth	Ziguinchor, Senegal
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Place of death	Metz, France
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Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Entente Ziguinchor
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978–1980	Casa Sport
1980–1982	RUS Tournaisienne
1982–1984	Seraing
1984–1986	Metz
1986–1987	Paris Saint-Germain
1987–1991	Nice
1991–1992	Lens
1992–1993	Eendracht Aalst
International career
1979–1993	Senegal
Managerial career
1994–1995	Senegal
1999–2000	Steve Biko FC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jules François Bocandé, (25 November 1958 – 7 May 2012), was a Senegalese football striker.

Bocandé is regarded as one of West Africa's best footballers of all time and was named an African Football Legend by CAF in 2009.^[2]

Career

He was one of the first Senegalese footballers in France and was Ligue 1's top goalscorer in the 1985–86 season with 23 goals.^[3]

Jules Bocandé participated with the Senegal national team in three editions of Africa Cup of Nations in 1986, 1990 and 1992.

He was the father of former FC Metz professional player Daniel Bocandé.^[4] He died in Metz at the age of 53 during an operation.^[5]

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Personal information
Full name	Jules François Bertrand Bocandé^[1]
Date of birth	(1958-11-25)November 25, 1958
Place of birth	Ziguinchor, Senegal
Date of death	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.
Place of death	Metz, France
Height	Script error: No such module "person height".
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Entente Ziguinchor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1980	Casa Sport	58	(9)
1980–1982	RUS Tournaisienne	68	(20)
1982–1984	Seraing	58	(20)
1984–1986	Metz	61	(33)
1986–1987	Paris Saint-Germain	38	(6)
1987–1991	Nice	98	(25)
1991–1992	Lens	26	(5)
1992–1993	Eendracht Aalst	6	(3)
International career
1979–1993	Senegal	73	(20)
Managerial career
1994–1995	Senegal
1999–2000	Steve Biko FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals