Axel Bamba

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Axel Bamba
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Bamba with Paris FC in 2020
Personal information
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2021 Paris FC II 45 (4)
2018–2022 Paris FC 79 (4)
2022–2024 Sporting Gijón 7 (0)
2024– Ajaccio 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:45, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Axel Bamba (born 6 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 2 club Ajaccio. Born in Switzerland, he has declared his desire to represent Ivory Coast at international level.

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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 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]

On 13 August 2024, Bamba signed a two-year contract with Ligue 2 club Ajaccio. [3]

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. [4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 26 January 2021 [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paris FC II 2016–17 National 3 121————121
2017–18 181————181
2018–19 142————142
Total44400000000444
Paris FC 2017–18 Ligue 2 001000——10
2018–19 501010——70
2019–20 2134030——283
2020–21 1500000——150
Total41360400000513
Career total85760400000957

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References

  1. ↑ "Paris vs. Ajaccio - 14 août 2018". Soccerway.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Lorenzi, Patrice Paquier. "Mercato: L'AC Ajaccio fait signed Axel Bamba". Corse Net Infos (in French). Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Axel Bamba". SofaScore.
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