Vakoun Issouf Bayo

Vakoun Issouf Bayo (born 10 January 1997) is a Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 2 club Toulouse, on loan from Celtic, and the Ivory Coast national team. He is nicknamed The Crow[1].

Vakoun Issouf Bayo
Personal information
Full name Vakoun Issouf Bayo
Date of birth (1997-01-10) 10 January 1997
Place of birth Daloa, Ivory Coast
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Toulouse
(on loan from Celtic)
Youth career
Stade d'Abidjan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Étoile du Sahel 11 (0)
2018–2019 Dunajská Streda 25 (14)
2019– Celtic 8 (2)
2020– → Toulouse (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2015 Ivory Coast U23 4 (1)
2018– Ivory Coast 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:37, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 January 2019

Club career

Dunajská Streda

Bayo joined Dunajská Streda in March 2018.[2] He made his Slovak league debut against ŠK Slovan Bratislava on 18 March 2018.[3]

Celtic

Bayo moved to Scottish Premiership club Celtic in January 2019.[4] He was left out of the Celtic squad for the later stages of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, with the club only able to register three of their four January window signings.[5] He made his debut for Celtic against Kilmarnock on 17 February 2019, coming on as a late substitute shortly before Scott Brown scored a late winner.[6][7]

Toulouse

On 12 August 2020, Bayo signed for French club Toulouse, on a one-year loan, with an additional option to buy.[8]

Career statistics
As of 21 July 2020[9][10][11]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Étoile du Sahel 2015-16 CLP-1 2000–4060
2016–17 CLP-1 9000––90
Total 110000040150
Dunajská Streda 2017–18 Slovak Super Liga 9400––94
2018–19 Slovak Super Liga 161035–432318
Total 25143500433222
Celtic 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 1000000010
2019–20 72211150154
Total 82211150164
Career total 441656111336326

Honours
Celtic
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References
  1. "Europe W2W4: Galatasaray's loss of Dagne to be Club Brugge's gain?". ESPN. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. Vakoun Issouf Bayo posilou DAC-u 13.03.2018, fcdac.sk
  3. SLOVAN BRATISLAVA VS. DAC 2 - 0 18.03.2018, soccerway.com
  4. "Celtic: club sign Ivory Coast striker Vakoun Issouf Bayo on four-year deal". BBC Sport. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  5. "Celtic: No place for Vakoun Issouf Bayo in Europa League squad". BBC Sport. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  6. "Kilmarnock 0-1 Celtic". BBC. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  7. "Scottish Premiership: Reaction after late Brown goal gives Celtic win at Kilmarnock". BBC. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  8. https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/18645653.celtics-vakoun-bayo-completes-toulouse-loan-deal-hoops-continue-striker-hunt/
  9. Vakoun Issouf Bayo at Soccerbase
  10. Vakoun Issouf Bayo at Soccerway
  11. "Bayo, Vakoun Issouf". FitbaStats. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  12. "Celtic champions & Hearts relegated after SPFL ends season". BBC Sport. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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