Cédric Bakambu

Cédric Bakambu

Bakambu playing for Bursaspor in 2015
Personal information
Full name Cédric Bakambu
Date of birth (1991-04-11) 11 April 1991
Place of birth Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Villarreal
Number 17
Youth career
2000–2006 Ivry
2006–2010 Sochaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Sochaux 94 (18)
2014–2015 Bursaspor 27 (13)
2015– Villarreal 16 (8)
National team
2009 France U18 5 (1)
2009–2010 France U19 16 (4)
2010–2011 France U20 17 (3)
2015– DR Congo 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 January 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 November 2014

Cédric Bakambu (born 11 April 1991) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Villarreal CF.

Club career

On 1 May 2010, Bakambu played in the 2010 Coupe Gambardella Final and scored a goal for his team at the Stade de France. Sochaux, however, lost the match 4–3 on penalties.[1] Bakambu had previously scored a double in the team's semi-final victory.[2]

Bakambu made his professional debut on 7 August 2010 in the Souchaux's opening league match against Arles-Avignon appearing as a substitute in a 2–1 win.[3] The following month, he signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal with the club until June 2013.[4]

On 19 August 2015, Spanish side Villarreal CF announced the signing of Bakambu on a five-year contract.[5] Nine days later, he scored two goals in the closing minutes of La Liga fixture against RCD Espanyol, to secure a 3–1 victory for the Yellow Submarine.[6]

International career

Bakambu was a French youth international and has represented the country at both under-18 and under-19 level. He was a part of the team that won the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship on home soil.

In March 2015, he opted to represent DR Congo at senior level, receiving his first call that month.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 January 2016[8]
Club Season League Cup[nb 1] Europe[nb 2] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sochaux 2009–10 000000
2010–11 9020110
2011–12 21320233
2012–13 338533811
2013–14 31740357
Bursaspor 2014-15 27131283921
2015-16 001010
Villarreal 2015-16 16831532412
Career total 1313729165317052

Honours

International

France

References

  1. "Sochaux v. Metz Match Report". French Football Federation (in French). 1 May 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  2. "Rencontre avec... Cédric Bakambu : "mon objectif, la Ligue 1"". Top Mercato (in French). 13 July 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  3. "Sochaux v. Arles-Avignon Match Report". French Football Federation (in French). 7 August 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  4. "Trois signatures professionnelles". FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (in French). 2 September 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  5. "El Villarreal CF ficha a Cédric Bakambu (Villareal CF signs Cédric Bakambu". villarealcf.es (in Spanish). Villareal CF. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  6. "Cedric Bakambu scores twice to lift Villarreal over Espanyol". Sports Illustrated. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  7. "Bakambu Cédric on Twitter". The time has come to answer «Present» to my first call with my Leopards of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  8. "Congo DR - C. Bakambu". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

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