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Full name | Banzouzi Bradley Locko [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 6 May 2002||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ivry-sur-Seine, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back [2] | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Brest | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2019 | Montrouge FC | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Lorient | ||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Reims | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | Reims II | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Reims | 39 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2023 | → Brest (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Brest | 33 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2024 | France Olympic | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:50, 28 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:06, 9 August 2024 (UTC) |
Banzouzi Bradley Locko (born 6 May 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Brest. [3]
Bradley Locko was born in Ivry-sur-Seine and went through several football academies in Paris suburbs, including CA Vitry and US Ivry, before spending some years in Montrouge, from where he joined FC Lorient in 2019. [4]
Bradley signed his first professional contract with Stade de Reims in June 2020, spending his first year in Champagne with the National 2 reserve team. [4] [5] [6] [7]
He made his professional debut for Reims on 15 August 2021, starting the Ligue 1 3–3 home draw against Montpelier as a left-back. [6] [8] His performance was viewed as promising one, among a fairly young Reims team, with the likes of Ilan Kebbal and Hugo Ekitike. [9]
On 31 January 2023, Locko joined Brest on loan with an option to buy. [10] Later that year, on 27 July, Brest announced the permanent signing of Locko on a four-year contract, [11] for a reported fee of €500.000. [12] Later on, he was named in the Team of the Year for the 2023–24 season, [13] as his club secured a third-place finish in the league and first ever qualification to the UEFA Champions League. [14]
On 8 July 2024, Locko was selected by manager Thierry Henry to represent France at the 2024 Olympic Games. [15] He was a late substitute in the final, as France lost 5–3 to Spain. [16] [17] [18]
Born in France, Locko holds French and Congolese nationalities. [19] His twin brother, Bryan Locko, is also a footballer who was with him in the academy of Lorient. [20]
Club | Season | League | Coupe de France | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Reims | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 26 | 1 | |
2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | ||
Total | 39 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 43 | 1 | |||
Brest (loan) | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||
Brest | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 35 | 0 | |
2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
Career total | 79 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 1 |
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