Josaphat Arthur Bada

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Josaphat Arthur Bada
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 24)
Place of birth Akakro, Bongouanou, Ivory Coast
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 JS Kabylie
Number 8
Youth career
2014–2021 Deportivo Football Academy
2019–2020 → Stade d'Abidjan (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 ASEC Mimosas ? (?)
2024–2025 Singida Black Stars FC 28 (4)
2025– JS Kabylie 31 (0)
International career‡
2022 Ivory Coast U23 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:08, 24 October 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 October 2022

Josaphat Arthur Bada (born 7 August 2002) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or attacking midfielder [1] for JS Kabylie.

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Club career

In October 2021, Josaphat Arthur Bada signed his first professional contract with ASEC Mimosas. [2]

In July 2024, he joined Singida Black Stars FC. [3] [4]

On 27 July 2025, Bada joined JS Kabylie, signing a three-year contract with the Kabyle club. [5] [6] [7]

International career

In October 2022, Bada was called up to the Ivory Coast U23 football team by manager Emerse Faé to face Niger in the second round of the 2023 U23 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. [8] He remained on the bench as an unused substitute during both matches and did not make his official debut, as the Ivorian team was eliminated by Niger. [9]

Honours

ASEC Mimosas

Singida Black Stars FC

References

  1. ↑ "Bada : «Je peux jouer en 10 aussi»". competition.dz (in French). Retrieved 2026-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Interview de Josaphat Arthur Bada (milieu de terrain)". asec.ci. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  3. ↑ "TFF's body to rule on statuses of three Singida BS players today". The Citizen. 2025-01-30. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Tanzania grants citizenship to Singida Black Stars trio". Daily News. 2025-01-24. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
  5. ↑ "Arthur Bada Completes Transfer from Singida Black Stars to JS Kabylie". xtra90pages.com. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
  6. ↑ "JS Kabylie : Et une nouvelle recrue officialisée !". DZFOOT (in French). 2025-07-28. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
  7. ↑ "L'ivoirien Bada Josaphat Arthur signe à la JS Kabylie". competition.dz (in French). Retrieved 2026-09-24.
  8. ↑ "Elim. CAN U23 : Emerse Faé convoque 25 joueurs". sport-ivoire.ci. 13 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Arthur Bada naturalisé tanzanien". Sport-ivoire.ci (in French). 2025-01-24. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
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