Richard Bakary

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Richard Bakary
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Bakary (right) in action in 2025
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Richard Bakary [1]
Date of birth (1997-10-17) 17 October 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Porto-Novo, Benin
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Blackfield & Langley
Youth career
–2012 Welling United
2012–2014 Chelsea
2014–2018 Southampton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 AFC Totton 16 (2)
2022 Blackfield & Langley 9 (5)
2023 Alresford Town 8 (2)
2023–2024 Lymington Town 29 (4)
2024–2025 Bournemouth FC 20 (6)
2025– Blackfield & Langley 13 (3)
International career‡
2017 Benin 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:07, 15 October 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:56, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Mohamed Richard Bakary (born 17 October 1997) is a footballer who plays as a winger for Blackfield & Langley. He has represented Benin at senior international level.

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Club career

Having started his career as an attacking player he signed for Chelsea before Southampton swooped and converted him to a defensive player during his 4 years with club. But at the end of the 2017–18 season, his contract with Southampton was not renewed. He made no first team appearances for the club but made many appearances for the U23's before his release. [2]

On 5 September 2019, Bakary joined A.F.C. Totton. [3]

Bakary featured for Blackfield & Langley in 2022. [4] The following year, he was featuring for Alresford Town having dual-registered with the club from Winchester City. [5] Bakary was playing for Wessex League side Lymington Town in March 2024. [6]

On 20 July 2024, Bakary signed for Bournemouth FC. [7] He finished the season with Blackfield & Langley and resigned for them ahead of the new season. [8]

International career

He represented Benin in a friendly match against Mauritania on 24 March 2017. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Saints announce 2018 retained list". Southampton F.C. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. ↑ More info on Stags new signing Richard Bakary, afctotton.com, 5 September 2019
  4. ↑ "26/11/22 Blackfield & Langley 1 – 3 Shaftesbury". shaftesburyfc.co.uk. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Winchester City Chesham Draw". winchestertoday.co.uk. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Velocity Wessex Premier football: Richard Bakary fires home to level but Lymington Town still lose to third-placed Shaftesbury". advertiserandtimes.co.uk. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  7. ↑ @O_BournemouthFC (20 July 2024). "POPPIES GET BAKARY" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 September 2024– via Twitter.
  8. ↑ @bandlfc (20 June 2025). "✍️ • 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 🟢" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 August 2025– via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "Bakary suffers defeat with Benin". Southampton F.C. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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