Denis Bouanga
_57.jpg) Bouanga with Saint-Étienne in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Denis Athanase Bouanga | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Le Mans, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Los Angeles FC | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | SO Maine | ||
| 2011–2013 | Le Mans | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Mulsanne-Téloché | ||
| 2014–2018 | Lorient | 38 | (10) |
| 2016 | → Strasbourg (loan) | 18 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | → Tours (loan) | 36 | (16) |
| 2018–2019 | Nîmes | 35 | (8) |
| 2019–2022 | Saint-Étienne | 97 | (26) |
| 2022– | Los Angeles FC | 7 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Gabon | 32 | (7) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:35, 22 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:07, 21 June 2022 (UTC) | |||
Denis Athanase Bouanga (born 11 November 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC and the Gabon national team.[2]
Club career
In July 2018, Bouanga joined Nîmes from Lorient on a three-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Lorient was reported as €3 million.[3][4]
On 9 July 2019, Bouanga signed for Ligue 1 side Saint-Étienne.[5]
On August 5, 2022, Bouanga was acquired by Los Angeles FC of Major League Soccer for a $5 million fee.[6] On 2 October, he scored the match-winning goal in the 95th minute against Portland Timbers to win, 2–1, clinching LAFC's second Supporters' Shield and his first trophy with the club.
International career
Bouanga first received a call-up to the Gabon national team for a match against Mauritania on 28 May 2016.[7] He made the final squad for Gabon for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[8]
Career statistics
International goals
- Scores and results list Gabon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bouanga goal.[9]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 March 2017 | Stade Océane, Le Havre, France |  Guinea |
1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 10 June 2017 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali |  Mali |
1–0 | 1–2 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 3 | 12 October 2018 | Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon |  South Sudan |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 4 | 15 October 2019 | Stade Ibn Batouta, Tangier, Morocco |  Morocco |
2–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 5 | 17 November 2019 | Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon |  Angola |
2–0 | 2–1 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 6 | 12 November 2020 | Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon |  Gambia |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 7 | 25 March 2021 | Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon |  DR Congo |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours
Saint-Étienne
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2019–20[10]
Los Angeles FC
Gabon
- King's Cup third place: 2018[11][12]
References
- ^ "Denis Bouanga". Los Angeles FC. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ Denis Bouanga – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- ^ "Denis Bouanga arrive à Nîmes". L'Équipe (in French). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "FC Lorient. Bouanga à Nîmes pour trois ans". Le Télégramme (in French). 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "Denis Bouanga à l'ASSE jusqu'en 2023 !". AS Saint-Étienne (in French). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "LAFC adds Denis Bouanga at the MLS deadline, creating a possible logjam in attack". Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Gabon: Denis Bouanga convoqué avec les Panthères". 20 May 2016.
- ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (27 December 2016). "Aubameyang leads cast as hosts Gabon name final Nations Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Bouanga, Denis". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Mbappé suffers ankle injury as PSG beat 10-man Saint-Étienne to lift French Cup". The Guardian. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Limited, Bangkok Post Public Company. "Slovakia beat Thailand 3–2, win King's Cup". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Thailand face fearsome EPL threesome in King's Cup".
External links
- Denis Bouanga at Soccerway
- Denis Bouanga – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Denis Bouanga – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
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