Ihlas Bebou

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Ihlas Bebou
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Bebou with Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-04-23) 23 April 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Sokodé, Togo
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Right winger, centre-forward
Team information
Current team
TSG Hoffenheim
Number 9
Youth career
2004–2009 Garather SV
2009–2011 VfB 03 Hilden
2011–2015 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2015 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 12 (5)
2015–2017 Fortuna Düsseldorf 70 (11)
2017–2019 Hannover 42 (9)
2019– TSG Hoffenheim 144 (36)
International career
2016– Togo 34 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Ihlas Bebou (born 23 April 1994) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a forward or right winger for Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim and the Togo national team. [2]

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Club career

Bebou started playing football at Garather SV and VfB Hilden before joining Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2011. [3] [4] In December 2016 and June 2017, he rejected contract extensions with his current contract running out in 2018. [4] [5]

On 31 August 2017, the last day of the German summer transfer window, Bebou joined Bundesliga side Hannover. [6]

On 16 May 2019, it was confirmed, that Bebou would join TSG Hoffenheim from the upcoming season. [7] He penned a four-year contract. [7]

International career

Bebou debuted for the Togo national team in a 5–0 win over Djibouti on 4 September 2016. [8] [9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague DFB-Pokal EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fortuna Düsseldorf II 2012–13 Regionalliga West 7171
2013–14 Regionalliga West5454
2014–15 Regionalliga West2020
2015–16 Regionalliga West4141
Total186186
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2013–14 2. Bundesliga 1010
2014–15 2. Bundesliga102102
2015–16 2. Bundesliga23210242
2016–17 2. Bundesliga32521346
2017–18 2. Bundesliga420042
Total7011317312
Hannover 2017–18 Bundesliga 30510315
2018–19 Bundesliga12421145
Total429314510
TSG Hoffenheim 2019–20 Bundesliga32631357
2020–21 Bundesliga329206 [a] 0409
2021–22 Bundesliga28710297
2022–23 Bundesliga19710207
2023–24 Bundesliga32720347
2024–25 Bundesliga100010
Total14436916015937
Career total274621536029565
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 21 November 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Togo 201630
201790
201830
201941
202030
202160
202360
Total341
Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first. [9]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 October 2019 Stade Parsemain, Fos-sur-Mer, FranceFlag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 1–01–2 Friendly

References

  1. "Ihlas Bebou". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. "Bebou, Ihlas". worldfootball.net. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  3. Jolitz, Bernd (12 March 2015). "Fortuna Düsseldorf: Ihlas Bebou kann endlich wieder angreifen". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Düsseldorf: Keine Einigung mit Bebou". kicker Online (in German). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. "Bebou lehnt neues Vertragsangebot ab". kicker Online (in German). 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  6. "Bebou bei 96 gelandet: "Ein großer Schritt für mich"". kicker Online (in German). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Amtlich: Bebou wechselt zur TSG 1899 Hoffenheim" [Official: Bebou moves to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim]. Kicker (in German). 16 May 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  8. Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  9. 1 2 Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ihlas Bebou". www.national-football-teams.com.