A new midfielder for the DFCO. Cyril Loic Etoga is 18 years old, on the club’s website page he appears with a broad smile alongside Olivier Delcourt, the club’s president, a jersey in his hand.
Dijon will be his second European team. Cyril Loic Etoga arrives from Greece. He has just spent a season at Olympiacos Valou 1937, a super League club. Previously, this big guy of 1m86 was part of the national team of Cameroon under 18 years.
He was trained in Yaoundé the capital like his compatriots from Dijon Willity Younoussa and Ahmad Ngouyamsa and like them, he will continue his training before joining the professional group.
“Cyril Loic Etoga will bring this defensive load which allows to recover a lot of balls. » assures the DFCO club.
Will he be able to compensate for the departure of Jonathan Panzo ? The 21-year-old English defender returns to his country with the Nottingham club. He participated in 26 matches under the colors of the Reds, but due to an injury, he never played in league 2 this season.
The February program for Dijon Football Côte-d’Or
The first meeting for the resumption of the league championship 2 will be played in Toulouse this Saturday February 5 for the Dijonnais, before continuing with a trip to Pau on February 12, Bastia on February 19 then Dunkirk on February 26. . So it will be a month with only away games for the reds.
The point on departures
Before these last hours of the transfer window, two departures had already been recorded at DFCO. That of Grégory Coupet announced on January 17. The DFCO goalkeeping coach since the summer of 2020, leaves the club to take up the same position in the Girondins of Bordeaux, current 19th in Ligue 1. Jérôme Kerjean will take over as interim.
Anthony Racioppi also leaves the DFCO to join the club of “Young Boys” from Bern in Switzerland. The Swiss club plays in the Swiss first division and participated in the Champions League this season.