![]() Bakayoko with PSV Eindhoven in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Saint-Cyr Johan Bakayoko [1] | ||
Date of birth | 20 April 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Overijse, Belgium [1] | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger, forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | PSV Eindhoven | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
OH Leuven | |||
–2016 | Club Brugge | ||
2016–2018 | Mechelen | ||
2018–2019 | Anderlecht | ||
2019–2020 | PSV Eindhoven | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2022 | Jong PSV | 55 | (20) |
2022– | PSV Eindhoven | 61 | (19) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Belgium U15 | 5 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Belgium U16 | 9 | (3) |
2019–2020 | Belgium U17 | 5 | (1) |
2021–2022 | Belgium U19 | 9 | (3) |
2022– | Belgium U20 | 2 | (0) |
2022– | Belgium U21 | 3 | (0) |
2023– | Belgium | 14 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:19, 18 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:26, 26 June 2024 (UTC) |
Saint-Cyr Johan Bakayoko (born 20 April 2003) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven and the Belgium national team.
Bakayoko played for the youth ranks of Belgian clubs including, OH Leuven, Club Brugge, Mechelen and Anderlecht, before joining PSV Eindhoven in 2019. [3] After a few seasons with Jong PSV, he made his senior debut for PSV on 8 February 2022 in a 4–0 victory over NAC Breda during the KNVB Cup quarter-finals. [3] He scored his first Eredivisie goal on the opening matchday of the 2022–23 season in a 4–1 win over FC Emmen. [4] Later that year, he netted his first goal in European competitions in a 2–1 away win over Bodø/Glimt in the Europa League. [5]
In the 2023–24 season, he scored 14 goals in all competitions, [3] including his inaugural goal in the Champions League in a 1–1 away draw against RC Lens. [6]
Born in Belgium to a Rwandan mother and an Ivorian father, he was eligible to play for any of these nations, but decided to represent his country of birth. He made his debut for Belgium in a 3–0 away win against Sweden on 24 March 2023, coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute. [7] Later that year, on 20 June, he scored his first international goal in a 3–0 away win over Estonia during the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying. [3]
Club | Season | League | KNVB Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Jong PSV | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 20 | 1 | – | – | – | 20 | 1 | |||
2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 32 | 17 | – | – | – | 32 | 17 | ||||
2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | ||||
Total | 55 | 20 | – | – | – | 55 | 20 | |||||
PSV Eindhoven | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2022–23 | Eredivisie | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 33 | 7 | |
2023–24 | Eredivisie | 33 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 11 [lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 47 | 14 | |
2024–25 | Eredivisie | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
Total | 61 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 87 | 23 | ||
Career total | 116 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 142 | 43 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Belgium | 2023 | 9 | 1 |
2024 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 14 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 20 June 2023 | Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia | 4 | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
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