![]() Bakwa with Strasbourg in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dilane Bakwa | ||
Date of birth | 26 August 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Créteil, France | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Nottingham Forest | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2012 | Boissy | ||
2013–2015 | Lusitanos Saint-Maur | ||
2015–2019 | Bordeaux | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2023 | Bordeaux B | 18 | (2) |
2020–2023 | Bordeaux | 48 | (5) |
2023–2025 | Strasbourg | 64 | (10) |
2025– | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017–2018 | France U16 | 9 | (3) |
2018–2019 | France U17 | 19 | (2) |
2024– | France U21 | 6 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 March 2025 |
Dilane Bakwa (born 26 August 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as winger for Premier League club Nottingham Forest.
On 28 May 2019, Bakwa signed his first professional contract with Bordeaux. [2] He made his professional debut with Bordeaux in a 0–0 Ligue 1 tie with Nice on 27 September 2020. [3]
In August 2023, Bakwa signed a four-year contract with Strasbourg. [4] Later that year, on 17 December, he netted his first goal for the club in a 2–1 away victory over Lorient. [5]
On 1 September 2025, Bakwa joined Premier League club Nottingham Forest in a deal worth €35m including add-ons and signed a five-year contract. [6] [7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bordeaux B | 2018–19 | Championnat National 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | National 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||||
2020–21 | National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
2021–22 | National 3 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||
Total | 18 | 2 | — | — | — | 18 | 2 | |||||
Bordeaux | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 5 | |||
Total | 48 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 52 | 5 | ||||
Strasbourg | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 4 | ||
2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 5 | |||
2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 64 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 69 | 9 | |||
Nottingham Forest | 2025–26 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career total | 130 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 16 |