Axel Bamba

Axel Bamba
Bamba with Paris FC in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-07-06) 6 July 1999 (age 25)
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 Apps (Gls)
2016–2021 Paris FC II 45 (4)
2018–2022 Paris FC 79 (4)
2022–2024 Sporting Gijón 7 (0)
2024– Ajaccio 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:45, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

  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. ^ Lorenzi, Patrice Paquier. "Mercato: L'AC Ajaccio fait signed Axel Bamba". Corse Net Infos (in French). Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Axel Bamba". SofaScore.