Axel Bamba
![]() Bamba in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1999-07-06) 6 July 1999 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting Gijón | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2008 | Paris ES 16e | ||
2008–2009 | ACBB | ||
2009–2018 | Paris | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2021 | Paris FC II | 45 | (4) |
2018–2022 | Paris FC | 79 | (4) |
2022– | Sporting Gijón | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 December 2022 |
Axel Bamba (born 6 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish club Sporting Gijón. Born in Switzerland, he represents Ivory Coast at international level.
Club career
Bamba joined the youth academy of Paris FC in 2010, and worked his way up to the senior team. He made his professional debut with Paris FC in a 0–0 (4–3) Coupe de la Ligue penalty shootout win over AC Ajaccio on 14 August 2018.[1]
On 30 August 2022, Bamba signed a three-year contract with Sporting de Gijón in the Spanish Segunda División.[2]
International career
Bamba was born in Switzerland, where his Ivorian father Yacouba Bamba was playing football for FC Zürich, and moved to France at the a young age. Despite interest from the French youth teams, Bamba declared he would represent the Ivory Coast national team like his father.[3]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 26 January 2021[4]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Paris FC II | 2016–17 | National 3 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
2017–18 | 18 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||||||
2018–19 | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||||||
Total | 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4 | ||
Paris FC | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
2019–20 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 3 | ||||
2020–21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
Total | 41 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3 | ||
Career total | 85 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 7 |
References
- ^ "Paris vs. Ajaccio - 14 août 2018". Soccerway.
- ^ "Axel Bamba, nuevo jugador del Real Sporting de Gijón" [Axel Bamba, new player of Real Sporting de Gijón] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Axel Bamba (Paris FC): "Je veux jouer avec la Côte d'Ivoire comme mon papa"". levuvuzela.net. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ "Axel Bamba". SofaScore.
External links
- Axel Bamba at Soccerway
- Paris FC Profile
- Axel Bamba – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)