Vakoun Issouf Bayo

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Vakoun Issouf Bayo
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Bayo with Toulouse in 2020
Personal information
Full name Vakoun Issouf Bayo
Date of birth (1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Daloa, Ivory Coast
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Watford
Number 19
Youth career
Stade d'Abidjan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Étoile du Sahel 11 (0)
2018–2019 Dunajská Streda 25 (14)
2019–2021 Celtic 9 (2)
2020–2021 → Toulouse (loan) 31 (10)
2021–2022 Gent 3 (0)
2022 → Charleroi (loan) 16 (11)
2022 Charleroi 0 (0)
2022– Watford 63 (10)
2023 → Charleroi (loan) 10 (3)
International career‡
2015 Ivory Coast U23 4 (1)
2018– Ivory Coast 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 January 2019

Vakoun Issouf Bayo (born 10 January 1997) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Watford and the Ivory Coast national team. He is nicknamed The Crow. [1]

Contents

Club career

Dunajská Streda

Bayo joined Dunajská Streda in March 2018. [2] He made his Slovak league debut against Slovan Bratislava on 18 March 2018. [3]

Celtic

Bayo moved to Scottish Premiership club Celtic in January 2019. [4] He was left out of the Celtic squad for the later stages of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, with the club only able to register three of their four January window signings. [5] He made his debut for Celtic against Kilmarnock on 17 February 2019, coming on as a late substitute shortly before Scott Brown scored a late winner. [6] [7]

Toulouse (loan)

On 12 August 2020, Bayo signed for French club Toulouse, on a one-year loan, with an additional option to buy. [8]

Gent

On 9 July 2021, Bayo signed for Belgian First Division A club Gent on a four-year deal. [9]

Charleroi

On 22 December 2021, Bayo agreed to join Charleroi on loan until the end of the season, with an option to buy. [10] On 16 May 2022, Charleroi confirmed that they had exercised the option to purchase and had signed Bayo on a contract until 2026 after a successful loan spell that saw him score eleven goals in sixteen matches. [11]

Watford

On 2 July 2022, Bayo joined EFL Championship club Watford on a five-year deal. [12]

Charleroi (loan)

On 30 January 2023, Bayo rejoined Charleroi on loan until the end of the season. [13]

Career statistics

As of 4 May 2024 [14] [15] [16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Étoile du Sahel 2015-16 CLP-1 2000–4 [lower-alpha 2] 060
2016–17 CLP-19000––90
Total110000040150
Dunajská Streda 2017–18 Slovak Super Liga 9400––94
2018–19 Slovak Super Liga161035–4 [lower-alpha 3] 32318
Total25143500433222
Celtic 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 1000000010
2019–20 8221115 [lower-alpha 4] 0164
Total92211150174
Toulouse (loan) 2020–21 Ligue 2 311032002 [lower-alpha 5] 13613
Gent 2021–22 Belgian First Division A 3010—3 [lower-alpha 6] 070
Charleroi (loan) 2021–22 Belgian First Division A161100——1611
Watford 2022–23 [15] Championship 2440010—254
2023–24 [15] Championship3962011—427
Total63102021—6711
Charleroi (loan) 2022–23 Belgian First Division A10300——103
Career total166461183118319863
  1. ↑ Includes appearances in Slovak Cup, Scottish Cup, Coupe de France and Belgian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League and four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
  6. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Celtic

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References

  1. ↑ "Europe W2W4: Galatasaray's loss of Dagne to be Club Brugge's gain?". ESPN. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Vakoun Issouf Bayo posilou DAC-u 13 March 2018, fcdac.sk
  3. ↑ SLOVAN BRATISLAVA VS. DAC 2 – 0 18 March 2018, soccerway.com
  4. ↑ "Celtic: club sign Ivory Coast striker Vakoun Issouf Bayo on four-year deal". BBC Sport. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Celtic: No place for Vakoun Issouf Bayo in Europa League squad". BBC Sport. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "Kilmarnock 0–1 Celtic". BBC. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Scottish Premiership: Reaction after late Brown goal gives Celtic win at Kilmarnock". BBC. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Celtic's Vakoun Bayo completes Toulouse loan deal as Hoops continue striker hunt". HeraldScotland.
  9. ↑ "WELCOME VAKOUN BAYO!". kaagent.be/nl (in Dutch). 9 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "BIENVENUE, VAKOUN !" (Press release) (in French). Charleroi. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "VAKOUN BAYO DÉFINITIVEMENT ZÈBRE JUSQU'EN 2026!" [VAKOUN BAYO DEFINITELY ZEBRA UNTIL 2026!]. sporting-charleroi.be (in French). 16 May 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Official: Watford Sign Bayo". watfordfc.com. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022. Also referred to as 'Chippy Bayo' for his clinical chip shot finishes.
  13. ↑ "Official: Bayo Completes Loan Switch". Watford FC. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  14. ↑ Vakoun Issouf Bayo at Soccerbase
  15. 1 2 3 Vakoun Issouf Bayo at Soccerway
  16. ↑ "Bayo, Vakoun Issouf". FitbaStats. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  17. ↑ "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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