Axel Bamba

Axel Bamba (born 6 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Paris FC. Born in Switzerland, Bamba opted to represent the Ivory Coast internationally.

Axel Bamba
Personal information
Full name Axel Bamba
Date of birth (1999-07-06) 6 July 1999
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Paris FC
Number 15
Youth career
2007–2008 Paris ES 16e
2008–2009 ACBB
2009–2018 Paris
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Paris FC II 44 (4)
2018– Paris FC 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 October 2018

Professional career

Bamba joined the youth academy of Paris FC in 2010, and worked his way up to the senior team. He made his professional debut with Paris FC in a 0–0 (4–3) Coupe de la Ligue penalty shootout win over AC Ajaccio on 14 August 2018.[1]

International

Bamba was born in Switzerland, where his Ivorian father Yacouba Bamba was playing football for FC Zürich, and moved to France at the a young age. Despite interest from the French youth teams, Bamba declared he would represent the Ivory Coast national football team like his father.[2]

gollark: TNT *isn't* as far as I know, *plus* you can fire it at anyone trying to 1337 h4xx you.
gollark: No, TNT is much cooler.
gollark: Sure?
gollark: You would have to very precisely aim it and/or set up arrow relays.
gollark: Arrows would work maybe but low-bandwidth.

References
  1. "Paris vs. Ajaccio - 14 août 2018 - Soccerway". fr.soccerway.com.
  2. "Axel Bamba (Paris FC) : " Je veux jouer avec la Côte d'Ivoire comme mon papa " - Levuvuzela.net". levuvuzela.net.
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