Kevin Bua

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Kevin Bua
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-08-11) 11 August 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Geneva, Switzerland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Sion
Number 33
Youth career
0000–2013 Servette
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2015 Servette 51 (6)
2015–2016 Zürich 30 (6)
2016–2020 Basel 70 (14)
2020–2021 Leganés 22 (4)
2021– Sion 64 (3)
International career
2013–2014 Switzerland U20 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023

Kevin Bua (born 11 August 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for FC Sion.

Contents

Club career

Servette and Zürich

Bua began to play youth football with Servette. He signed his first professional contract 2013. In summer 2015 he moved to Zürich.

Basel

On 8 July 2016, Basel announced that they had signed Bua on a four-year deal dated up unto 30 June 2020. [1] He joined Basel's first team for their 2016–17 season under head coach Urs Fischer. After playing in two test games Bua played his first team debut for the club in the Swiss Cup away game in the Herti Allmend Stadion on 18 September 2016 as Basel won 1–0 against Zug 94. [2] He played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 1 October as Basel played a 1–1 draw with Thun. [3] Under trainer Urs Fischer Bua won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total. [4] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history. [5]

In their following 2017–18 season under new head coach Raphaël Wicky Bua received more playing time. He scored his first goal for his club in the home game on 30 July 2017 as Basel won 3–1 against Luzern. [6]

Under trainer Marcel Koller Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter-finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi-finals Zürich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on the 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel. [7] Bua played in five cup games and scored two goals in the match against Echallens.

During his stay with the club Bua netted one hat-trick, this was in the 2019–20 Swiss Cup first round match, on 17 August 2019, away from home against amateur club Pully Football FC. [8] Bua stayed with the club for four season and during this time he played a total of 135 games for Basel scoring a total of 28 goals. 70 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, 14 in the Swiss Cup, 18 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 33 were friendly games. He scored 14 goal in the domestic league, five in the cup, three in the Europa League and the other six were scored during the test games. [9]

Leganés

On 19 September 2020, Bua moved abroad and signed a one-year contract with CD Leganés of the Spanish Segunda División. [10]

Sion

On 11 July 2021, he signed a three-year contract with Sion. [11]

International career

Bua was born in Switzerland, he is Spanish descent through his father and mother. He is a former youth international for Switzerland. [12]

Honours

Basel

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References

  1. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Kevin Bua" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
  2. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (18 September 2016). "Zug 94 - FC Basel 0:1 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  3. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (1 October 2016). "FC Basel - FC Thun 1:1 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  4. ↑ Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  5. ↑ "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (30 July 2017). "FC Basel - FC Luzern 3:1 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  7. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  8. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (17 August 2019). "Pully Football - FC Basel 1:4 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  9. ↑ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2022). "Kevin Bua - FCB statistics". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  10. ↑ "C.D Leganés signs Swiss Kevin Bua to strengthen its midfield". CD Leganés. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Kevin Bua pour trois ans au FC Sion !" (in French). Sion. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  12. ↑ Steffen, Christine (April 18, 2016). ""Très foot" | NZZ" – via NZZ.
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