Darnell Bile

Darnell Bile
Personal information
Full name Darnell Eric Bile
Date of birth (2005-10-28) 28 October 2005 (age 19)[1]
Place of birth Colombes, France
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Asteras Tripolis
Number 28
Youth career
2011–2015 ES Colombienne
2015–2020 Boulogne-Billancourt
2020–2023 Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 Saint-Étienne B 13 (1)
2022 Saint-Étienne 2 (0)
2024– Asteras Tripolis 6 (0)
International career‡
2022– France U18 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 May 2023

Darnell Eric Bile (born 28 October 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League club Asteras Tripolis.

Club career

Born in Colombes, Darnell Eric Bile joined the Saint-Étienne academy in 2020 from Boulogne-Billancourt.[2]

Having impressed in an under-21 tournament in the pre-season,[3] Bile made his professional debut for Saint-Étienne on the 27 August 2022, coming on as a substitute for Jean-Philippe Krasso, in a 2–2 away Ligue 2 draw against Valenciennes.[2][4]

He also went on to play the following game, a 5-0 league win against Bastia,[2][5] but after his trouble with the French Federation, he also was sidelined by his club for an undetermined period.[6][7]

On 30 September 2024, Bile signed for Super League Greece club Asteras Tripolis.[8]

International career

Born in France, Bile holds French and Ivorian nationalities.[9][10] He is a youth international for France, first receiving a call with the under-18 in September 2022 for the Tournoi de Limoges, with a 2005 generation that had just won the under-17 Euro.[11][12]

He scored his first goal with France on 23 September against Scotland.[13] However he made headlines for unfortunate reasons in the next encounter against Poland, as he was the fourth red-carded Frenchman in the second half, forcing the end of the game, and a win for the Polish side, that also won the tournament.[14][15][16][17][18] Following the incident, Bile was suspended by the French Football Federation for 8 months.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ "Darnell Bile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Hess, Laurent (9 September 2022). "ASSE : qui es-tu Darnell Bile ?". But ! [fr] (in French). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Guingamp remporte le Tournoi Européen U21". L'Équipe (in French). 31 July 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  4. ^ Fédida, Matthieu (27 August 2022). "Valenciennes - ASSE : les Verts ont craqué dans les arrêts de jeu". Le Progrès (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  5. ^ Federici, Thomas (30 August 2022). "ASSE 5-0 Bastia, Ligue 2 : résumé du match". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Darnell Bile présente ses excuses après son coup de tête avec l'équipe de France U18". L'Équipe (in French). 27 September 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  7. ^ Corboz, Alexandre (16 May 2023). "ASSE - Mercato : les Verts pourraient perdre le prometteur Darnell Bile". But! (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  8. ^ "L'ancien grand espoir de l'ASSE Darnell Eric Bile file à l'Asteras Tripolis" (in French). Footmercato.net. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  9. ^ https://www.unfp.org/joueur/darnell-bile-25803/
  10. ^ Rakotoaritiana, Tahiry (17 May 2023). "Saint-Étienne est sur le point de perdre un jeune prodige".
  11. ^ Canivenc, Clovis (16 September 2022). "Equipe de France U18 - Saël Kumbedi et Mamadou Sarr convoqués avec la France U18". MadeinGONES (in French). Ouest-France. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  12. ^ Sermaise, Florian (16 September 2022). "Équipe de France U18 : la liste de Diomède pour le Tournoi international de Limoges". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  13. ^ Mayen, Philippe (23 September 2022). "La France douche l'Écosse (5-1)". FFF. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  14. ^ Clark, Gill (26 September 2022). "Complete chaos as France U18 match abandoned after headbutt, FOUR red cards & touchline brawl". Goal. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  15. ^ Detout, Arnaud (26 September 2022). "Équipe de France : quatre expulsés, match arrêté... pourquoi les Bleuets ont dégoupillé". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Équipe de France: quatre cartons rouges et match arrêté... Le craquage des U18 face à la Pologne". RMC Sport (in French). 25 September 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  17. ^ Gabilondo, Aritz (26 September 2022). "Escándalo en la Sub-18 de Francia: "Algunos no vestirán más nuestra camiseta..."". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  18. ^ "Final de torneio sub-18 acaba após agressão e quatro expulsões; veja". UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). São Paulo. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  19. ^ "Équipe de France U18 : un joueur de l'ASSE suspendu huit mois". . Le Progrès (in French). 4 November 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  20. ^ "Huit mois de suspension de sélection pour Darnell Bile (ASSE)". Foot Amateur (in French). Ouest-France. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023.