Axel Bakayoko
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Axel Mohamed Bakayoko | ||
Date of birth | 6 January 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
St. Gallen (on loan from Internazionale) | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2008 | OFC Pantin | ||
2008–2014 | Red Star | ||
2014–2017 | Internazionale | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | Internazionale | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Sochaux (loan) | 17 | (1) |
2017–2018 | → Sochaux II (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2018– | → St. Gallen (loan) | 31 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2018– | France U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2018 |
Axel Mohamed Bakayoko (born 6 January 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club St. Gallen, on loan from Serie A club Internazionale.[1]
Club career
Internazionale
Bakayoko made his UEFA Europa League debut for the club on 8 December 2016 against Sparta Prague. He replaced Andrea Pinamonti after 80 minutes.[2][3]
Loan to Sochaux
He joined French club Sochaux on July 10, 2017 for a season long loan. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 28 July as a substitute replacing Aldo Kalulu in the 65th minute of a 2–0 home win over Bourg-Péronnas .[4] On 8 August he played in the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue in a 3–1 away defeat against Valenciennes, he was replaced by Florin Berenguer after 70 minute. .[5] On 19 September, Bakayoko played his first match as a starter in Ligue 2, a 1–0 away defeat against Le Havre, he was replaced by Thomas Robinet in the 74th minute.[6] On 6 February 2018, Bakayoko played his first match in Coupe de France as a substitute replacing Florian Martin in the 34th minute of a 4–1 home defeat against Paris Saint-Germain.[7] On 6 April he scored his first professional goal, as a substitute, in the 89th minute of a 3–2 home win over Orléans.[8] Bakayoko ended his loan to Sochaux with 19 appearances, 1 goal and 1 assist, he also played 4 matches in the reserve team in Championnat National 3.[9]
Loan to St. Gallen
On 17 July 2018, Internazionale announced that they had loaned out Bakayoko to Swiss club FC St. Gallen for the whole 2018/19 season.[10] Bakayoko had a good season with the Swiss side, playing 34 games for the club in that season, many of them on the right back although his normal position was on the wing.[11] At the end of the season it was confirmed, that Bakayoko would stay one more season at the club, still on loan from Inter.[12]
Personal life
Bakayoko is born in France and is of Ivorian descent.[13]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 28 June 2018
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Inter | 2016–17 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Sochaux (loan) | 2017-18 | Ligue 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||
Career total | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 |
Honours
Club
- Coppa Italia Primavera: 2015–16
- Campionato Primavera: 2016–17
References
- ^ "France - A. Bakayoko - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
- ^ "Internazionale vs. Sparta Prague - 8 December 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
- ^ Stefano Scacchi (December 9, 2016). "Eder per l'inutile successo Inter passa la sorpresa Hapoel Be'er Sheva". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 44.
- ^ "Sochaux vs. Bourg-en-Bresse - 28 July 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
- ^ "Valenciennes vs. Sochaux - 8 August 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ "Le Havre vs. Sochaux - 19 September 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
- ^ "Sochaux vs. PSG - 6 February 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- ^ "Sochaux vs. Orléans - 6 April 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- ^ "France - A. Bakayoko - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
- ^ AXEL BAKAYOKO JOINS FC ST. GALLEN ON LOAN, inter.it, 17 July 2018
- ^ Inter Owned Axel Bakayoko Will Remain At St. Gallen At Least Until June, sempreinter.com, 28 November 2018
- ^ Bakayoko bleibt beim FCSG, dieostschweiz.ch, 2 July 2019
- ^ http://www.fcsochaux.fr/fr/index.php/article/10076
External links
- Axel Bakayoko at Soccerway
- Axel Bakayoko at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Paris
- French footballers
- France youth international footballers
- French people of Ivorian descent
- Inter Milan players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- FC St. Gallen players
- Serie A players
- Ligue 2 players
- Swiss Super League players
- Association football wingers
- French expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- French expatriate sportspeople in Italy