Clément Bayiha
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Clément Bayiha | ||
| Date of birth | March 8, 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Montreal Impact | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AS Blainville | |||
| 2016–2018 | Montreal Impact | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Ottawa Fury | 2 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Montreal Impact (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2019– | Montreal Impact | 11 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | Canada U20 | 5 | (1) |
| 2018– | Canada U23 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 29, 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 10, 2018 | |||
Clément Bayiha (born March 8, 1999) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer.
Career
Club
Bayiha signed with the Ottawa Fury on July 24, 2018, and was immediately loaned to the Montreal Impact on a short-term deal lasting a few days.[1] He made his professional debut with the Fury a month later on August 22 against Bethlehem Steel.[2] After the 2018 season, the Fury would announce that Bayiha would not return to the squad for the 2019 season.[3]
On November 16, 2018, Bayiha signed a homegrown contract with the Montreal Impact.[4] Bayiha would have his option for the 2020 season exercised by the Impact, keeping him with the club for 2020.[5]
International
Bayiha was called up to the Canadian U23 team for the 2018 Toulon Tournament in May 2018,[6] and the U20 team for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in October 2018.[7] Bayiha was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on February 26, 2020.[8]
Bayiha is also eligible for Cameroon, which is where he was born.
Honours
Club
- Montreal Impact
References
- ^ "Clément Bayiha signs with Ottawa Fury FC and joins the Impact on loan". July 24, 2018.
- ^ "FURY FC YIELD HARD FOUGHT 2-0 RESULT IN BETHLEHEM". August 22, 2018.
- ^ "Fury FC roster moves: five core players to return, 15 players released". Ottawa Fury FC. October 23, 2018. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
- ^ "Daniel Kinumbe and Clément Bayiha sign with the Impact". montrealimpact.com. November 16, 2018.
- ^ "Impact exercises options for 11 players". Montreal Impact. November 21, 2019.
- ^ Tierney, Mitchell (May 17, 2018). "Canada's next generation will be on display at the Toulon Tournament".
- ^ "Canada announces squad for the Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship". October 24, 2018.
- ^ "Canada Soccer announces Provisional List for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". Canada Soccer. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "L'Impact de Montréal remporte le Championnat canadien". Retrieved September 28, 2019.
External links
- Canada Soccer profile
- Clément Bayiha at Soccerway
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Yaoundé
- People from Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec
- Canadian soccer players
- Canada men's youth international soccer players
- Cameroonian footballers
- Cameroonian emigrants to Canada
- Association football defenders
- Soccer people from Quebec
- Ottawa Fury FC players
- Montreal Impact players
- USL Championship players
- Major League Soccer players
- Homegrown Players (MLS)
- Canadian soccer biography stubs