Axel Bamba

Axel Bamba
	Bamba in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth	6 July 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth	Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Sporting Gijón
Number	14
Youth career
2007–2008	Paris ES 16e
2008–2009	ACBB
2009–2018	Paris
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2021	Paris FC II
2018–2022	Paris FC
2022–	Sporting Gijón
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 December 2022

Axel Bamba (born 6 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish club Sporting Gijón. Born in Switzerland, he represents Ivory Coast at international level.

Club career[edit]

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 AC 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]

International career[edit]

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.^[3]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 26 January 2021^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	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[edit]

^ "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.
^ "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[edit]

Axel Bamba at Soccerway
Paris FC Profile
Axel Bamba – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)

[1] "Paris vs. Ajaccio - 14 août 2018". Soccerway.

[2] "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.

[3] "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.

[4] "Axel Bamba". SofaScore.

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