The experienced centre-half who is 1.85 metres (6 ft 1 in) is a left-footed defender who will provide a robust physical presence combined with calm distribution from the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 29-year-old joins the club following an extensive career across Europe. After beginning his development at N.K.U.F.O. Academy Sports in his native Cameroon, he moved to France to join Stade Reims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bahanack then carved out a successful path in Greece, making notable appearances for clubs like Ergotelis, Lamia, and Niki Volos. He importantly played a crucial part in Levadiakos’s Super League 2 title-winning campaign during the 2021\u201322 season. Most recently, he served as a reliable defensive asset in the Cypriot First Division with Ethnikos Achna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sharing his thoughts on arriving in India, Patrick Bahanack commented:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I am extremely proud to join a club with such an ambitious vision. Punjab FC\u2019s project under Roundglass Sports instantly appealed to me, and I am highly motivated to embrace this new challenge. I look forward to working hard alongside the squad, fighting for every point, and making the fans proud this season.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Acquiring a technically gifted and battle-tested defender like Bahanack highlights the club’s strategy to construct a resilient and well-balanced roster capable of making a deep run in this year’s competitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Goa Khabar:\u00a0Punjab FC has officially completed the signing of central defender Jephthe Patrick Gerard Bahanack ahead of the upcoming Indian Super League 2026-27 season. The Cameroonian has signed on an agreement running until May 31, 2027. The experienced centre-half who is 1.85 metres (6 ft 1 in) is a left-footed defender who will provide a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":115112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,6],"tags":[3794,38,4123,4143],"class_list":["post-115111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-155","category-6","tag-featured","tag-goa","tag-mohali","tag-punjab-fc"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115113,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115111\/revisions\/115113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ADVT-26.08.2026.png\")
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