Charles Gbeke is a retired Canadian soccer player. Gbeke began his career with brief stints with Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps, where he was deployed as a defender but failed to establish himself as a starter. It was in the Canadian Professional Soccer League during his stint with the Ottawa Wizards he made the transition to a striker. His achievements at Ottawa included winning a league title and an Open Canada Cup. He returned to the USL First Division on loan to the Toronto Lynx, where he proved to be a consistent striker capable of performing in the First Division. Following a brief stint in Europe, he was acquired by the Montreal Impact in a trade deadline move after tallying two goals in six games. Gbeke led the defending champions in scoring in the postseason, tallying all three goals, but the team was knocked out 4?3 on aggregate by the eventual champion Seattle Sounders. The following year he was transferred to the Rochester Rhinos. Gbeke found success again since his return to Montreal as he went on to record 10 goals that claimed him the Goal Scoring Championship for the first time in his career. [More at Wikipedia]

March 15th, 1978 in Abidjan (Age 46)