Axel Bamba (born 6 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 2 club Ajaccio. Born in Switzerland, he has declared his desire to represent Ivory Coast at international level.
Club career
Bamba joined the youth academy of Paris FC in 2010, and worked his way up to the senior team. He made his professional debut with Paris FC in a 0–0 (4–3) Coupe de la Ligue penalty shootout win over Ajaccio on 14 August 2018.[1]
On 30 August 2022, Bamba signed a three-year contract with Sporting de Gijón in the Spanish Segunda División.[2]
On 13 August 2024, Bamba signed a two-year contract with Ligue 2 club Ajaccio.[3]
International career
Bamba was born in Switzerland, where his Ivorian father Yacouba Bamba was playing football for FC Zürich, and moved to France at the a young age. Despite interest from the French youth teams, Bamba declared he would represent the Ivory Coast national team like his father.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 26 January 2021[5]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Paris FC II | 2016–17 | National 3 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 18 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||||||
| 2018–19 | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4 | ||
| Paris FC | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 3 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 85 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 7 | ||
References
- ^ "Paris vs. Ajaccio - 14 août 2018". Soccerway.
- ^ "Axel Bamba, nuevo jugador del Real Sporting de Gijón" [Axel Bamba, new player of Real Sporting de Gijón] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ Lorenzi, Patrice Paquier. "Mercato: L'AC Ajaccio fait signed Axel Bamba". Corse Net Infos (in French). Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "Axel Bamba (Paris FC): "Je veux jouer avec la Côte d'Ivoire comme mon papa"". levuvuzela.net. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ "Axel Bamba". SofaScore.
External links
- Axel Bamba at Soccerway
- Paris FC Profile
- Axel Bamba – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
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