Vénuste Baboula

Vénuste Baboula
Personal information
Full name Ghislain Vénuste Baboula
Date of birth (1998-08-23) 23 August 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Bangui, Central African Republic
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Quevilly-Rouen
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Maccabi Paris
2020–2023 Racing Club de France 48 (13)
2023– Quevilly-Rouen 7 (0)
2023– Quevilly-Rouen B 5 (0)
2024 → Versailles (loan) 5 (0)
International career‡
2023– Central African Republic 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:09, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2024

Ghislain Vénuste Baboula (born 23 August 1998), known as Vénuste Baboula, is a Central African professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder for Championnat National club Quevilly-Rouen and the Central African Republic national team.[1]

Club career

In the 2022–23 Championnat National 2 season with Racing Club de France, Baboula scored nine goals in twenty-five matches.[2][1] On 6 June 2023, he signed for Ligue 2 club Quevilly-Rouen on a three-year contract.[3]

International career

Baboula made his debut for the Central African Republic national team in a 3–0 Africa Cup of Nations qualification victory over Madagascar on 23 March 2023.[4][5][6]

Career statistics

Scores and results list the Central African Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Baboula goal.
List of international goals scored by Vénuste Baboula
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 22 March 2024 Colombo Racecourse, Colombo, Sri lanka  Bhutan 3–0 6–0 2024 FIFA Series
2 6–0
3 5 June 2024 Stade Municipal d'Oujda, Oujda, Morocco  Chad 1–0 1–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Racing Club de France

References

  1. ^ a b Vénuste Baboula at Soccerway
  2. ^ LENUD, Victorien (24 May 2023). "Football – Ligue 2: un joueur du Racing sur les tablettes de QRM?". Paris-Normandie (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  3. ^ Dolo, Alexandre (6 June 2023). "Vénuste Baboula, première recrue de QRM !". QRM (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  4. ^ Vénuste Baboula at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ^ "Racing: Vénuste Baboula sélectionné avec la République Centrafricaine!". Foot National (in French). 18 March 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  6. ^ SANE, Maïmouna (21 March 2023). "Convoqué pour la première fois avec les Fauves, Venuste Baboula exprime sa joie: "C'est un rêve d'enfant qui se réalise"". Africa Top Sports (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2023.