Personal information | |||
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Full name | Darnell Eric Bile | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 28 October 2005||
Place of birth | Colombes, France | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Asteras Tripolis | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2015 | ES Colombienne | ||
2015–2020 | Boulogne-Billancourt | ||
2020–2023 | Saint-Étienne | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022 | Saint-Étienne B | 13 | (1) |
2022 | Saint-Étienne | 2 | (0) |
2024– | Asteras Tripolis | 9 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | France U18 | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 May 2023 |
Darnell Eric Bile (born 28 October 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League club Asteras Tripolis.
Born in Colombes, Darnell Eric Bile joined the Saint-Étienne academy in 2020 from Boulogne-Billancourt. [2]
Having impressed in an under-21 tournament in the pre-season, [3] Bile made his professional debut for Saint-Étienne on the 27 August 2022, coming on as a substitute for Jean-Philippe Krasso, in a 2–2 away Ligue 2 draw against Valenciennes. [2] [4]
He also went on to play the following game, a 5-0 league win against Bastia, [2] [5] but after his trouble with the French Federation, he also was sidelined by his club for an undetermined period. [6] [7]
On 30 September 2024, Bile signed for Super League Greece club Asteras Tripolis. [8]
Born in France, Bile holds French and Ivorian nationalities. [9] [10] He is a youth international for France, first receiving a call with the under-18 in September 2022 for the Tournoi de Limoges, with a 2005 generation that had just won the under-17 Euro. [11] [12]
He scored his first goal with France on 23 September against Scotland. [13] However he made headlines for unfortunate reasons in the next encounter against Poland, as he was the fourth red-carded Frenchman in the second half, forcing the end of the game, and a win for the Polish side, that also won the tournament. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] Following the incident, Bile was suspended by the French Football Federation for 8 months. [19] [20]