Job Komol, Date of Birth

    

Job Komol

Cameroonian footballer

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1981

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Cameroon

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Job Komol

  • Job Jean Black Komol Ngolo Boue Kouch (born 1 December 1981 in Douala) is a former Cameroonian football defender. Komol played at Rail FC in Douala and was spotted at a youth tournament in France with the Cameroonian youth squad by Jan Streuer who brought him alongside Émile Mbamba and SonĂ© MasuĂ© KallĂ© in the Vitesse Arnhem youth academy in the Netherlands in 1997.
  • Komol was doing well in the youth and in the second team and he was training with the first team.
  • On November 15, 2000, Vitesse chairman Jos Vaessen announced that Komol tested positive for HIV.
  • Komol was the first player in Dutch football with HIV and this caused a shock.
  • Clubs started testing their players and questions arose over whether the disease could be transmitted during the game.
  • Komol's playing license was suspended by the KNVB.
  • Research showed that the risk of transmission during the game was less than 0.1% in Komol's case.He was allowed to play again but the treatment of his disease prevented him from making the Vitesse team again.
  • Because of his disease, Komol was granted permanent residency in The Netherlands.
  • In 2005, he had an unsuccessful trial at Go Ahead Eagles and he played in the 2007/08 season at De Bataven in the Hoofdklasse.
  • In 2008, he started playing at lower amateurside SMC and since 2010 he played at vv Erica'76, which merged to VV Dieren in 2012.

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