Jimmy Boco, pictured in 2008
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jean-Marc Adjovi-Bocco | ||
Date of birth | 22 December 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Cotonou, Benin | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1986 | AS Creil | ||
1986–1987 | Amiens SC | ||
1987–1988 | FC Rouen | ||
1988–1991 | FC Tours | ||
1991–1997 | RC Lens | 195 | (0) |
1997–1998 | Hibernian | 29 | (0) |
National team | |||
Benin | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Jean-Marc Adjovi-Bocco (born 22 December 1963) is a Beninese former football player. Bocco captained the Benin national football team, until he retired from international football in the summer of 1997. He is famous in Scotland for his time with Hibernian, where fans knew him as Jimmy Boco. He gradutated from Skema Business School in 1999.
Jimmy Adjovi-Boco, Bernard Lama, Patrick Vieira & Saer Seck founded Diambars, a worldwide project that aims to turn children's passion for football into an educational driving force.