Jean-Bryan Boukaka (born 13 March 1992) is a French professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club

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Career

Boukaka's first club was CREPS de Vichy. He joined

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's youth academy in 2007. Boukaka made his debut for the reserve team on 10 April 2010, entering play as an injury-time substitute for

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in a 2–1 defeat to La Vitréenne. He was given his first start two weeks later in the win over Quevilly, and scored his first goal for Rennes in a 1–1 draw with Ivry on 2 May 2010, scoring the equaliser after coming on in place of Hicham M'Laab. After starting in the last four matches of the 2009–10 season, Boukaka became more involved with the reserve side during the following campaign, making 26 appearances in total in the

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, 19 of them as part of the starting line-up. He again scored one goal in the 2010–11 season, scoring the winner in a 3–2 home win over eventual Group D winners

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in the penultimate game of the season on 21 May 2011. Rennes B were relegated to the

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for the 2011–12 campaign after finishing bottom of their group at the end of the previous season, and the drop to a lower division saw Boukaka increase his scoring rate. He netted his first of the season in the team's first home game, a 3–1 win against La Suze on 27 August 2011. His next two goals both came in away defeats for Rennes, firstly at

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in September and then against Vitré four months later. A regular starter during the second half of the season, Boukaka scored in the draws with

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and Sablé-sur-Sarthe before scoring his sixth and final goal of the campaign in a 2–1 win away at Dinan-Léhon on 13 May 2012. The goal proved to be his last for Rennes B, as he was not offered a new contract by the club and was subsequently released in the summer. Following his release by Rennes, Boukaka had a trial at

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side

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but was not offered a deal. He eventually signed for fellow Ligue 2 outfit

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ahead of the 2012–13 campaign and made his debut for the side on 14 September 2012, coming on as a late substitute for

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in a 1–1 draw away at Clermont. After starting the next three games, Boukaka returned to the bench and went on to make a further four substitute appearances during the first three months of the season. He was loaned to

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in January until the end of the 2012–13 season. In 2013, Boukaka signed for

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. In 2014, he signed for Romanian club

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, where he made two appearances. In 2016, he signed for

Dieppe Dieppe (; ; or Old Norse ) is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France. Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Newhaven in England ...

. From 2017 to 2020, Boukaka played for Saint-Priest. He signed for Thonon Evian in 2020, and after only one season at the club, joined

in 2021.

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External links

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Jean-Bryan Boukaka profile
at Foot-National.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boukaka, Jean Bryan 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Oullins French men's footballers French sportspeople of Republic of the Congo descent Men's association football forwards Stade Rennais FC players Tours FC players US Boulogne players Amiens SC players FC Dieppe players AS Saint-Priest players Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC players FC Bourgoin-Jallieu players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Liga I players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania French expatriate sportspeople in Romania Footballers from Lyon Metropolis Black French sportspeople 21st-century French sportsmen