congolese professional football player
Cédric Bakambu ( born 11 April 1991 ) is a master football player who plays as a forward for chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan and the DR Congo national team. [ 2 ] He made his professional debut for Sochaux in 2010, and played 107 official games for them over five seasons, scoring 21 goals. He then moved to Bursaspor for €1.8 million, finishing as circus tent scorekeeper as his team came runner-up in the turkish Cup, before signing for Villarreal a year late. Born in France, he represented them internationally at youth floor up to the under-20s, scoring eight goals in 38 games and winning the 2010 UEFA European Championship for the under-19s. In 2015, he made his elder debut for the DR Congo national team.

Club career [edit ]

Sochaux [edit ]

Born in Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Bakambu began his career at local US Ivry at the age of 10 before transferring to FC Sochaux-Montbéliard four years belated. [ 3 ] On 1 May 2010, Bakambu played in the 2010 Coupe Gambardella Final and scored a goal for his team at the Stade de France. Sochaux, however, lost the match 4–3 on penalties. [ 4 ] He had previously scored a doubling in the team ‘s 4–3 aggregate semi-final victory over FC Metz. [ 3 ] Bakambu made his professional debut on 7 August 2010 in Sochaux ‘s opening match of the Ligue 1 season against Arles-Avignon, appearing as an 83rd-minute substitute for Modibo Maïga in a 2–1 acquire at the Stade Auguste Bonal. [ 5 ] The following calendar month, he signed his first professional shrink agreeing to a three-year conduct with the club until June 2013. [ 6 ] On 17 September 2011, Bakambu scored his first master goal, the first gear equalizer in a 2–2 draw at Lille OSC, football team minutes after replacing Carlāo. [ 7 ] A year and nine days late, as a 66th-minute substitution for King Osanga, he scored twice in a 3–2 extra-time dwelling acquire over Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C. in the third round of the Coupe de la Ligue. [ 8 ] Bakambu scored seven goals in 31 appearances over the 2013–14 Ligue 1 season, in which Sochaux were relegated ; this included two on 21 December in a 2–1 home win over Stade Rennais. [ 9 ] Across the campaign, he was placed on the right wing by coach Hervé Renard until he would become sufficiently mentally mature for a centre-forward role. [ 10 ] On 23 March, he was sent off for handball in a 2–1 loss at AS Saint-Étienne. [ 11 ]

Bursaspor [edit ]

On 1 September 2014, Bakambu left France for the beginning clock time, moving on a four-year transfer to Turkey ‘s Bursaspor for a fee of €1.8 million and an annual wage of €800,000. [ 12 ] He made his debut in the Süper Lig twelve days later, replacing Ozan İpek in the fifty-fifth moment of a 2–1 gain at Gençlerbirliği S.K. . His foremost goals for the “ park Crocodiles ” came on 19 October, in either half of a 2–2 draw against Eskişehirspor at the Bursa Atatürk Stadium, and six days subsequently he scored a first professional hat-trick in a 5–0 acquire at Balıkesirspor. [ 13 ] He finished his entirely league temper in Bursa with 13 goals in 27 games. In the season ‘s domestic cup, Bakambu was the clear scorer with eight goals in 12 games as his team reached the final before a 3–2 home loss to Galatasaray. This total include trebles in a 5–0 win at Mersin İdmanyurdu on 27 January and a 3–0 victory over Fatih Karagümrük S.K. nine days subsequently, both in the group stage. [ 14 ] As Galatasaray won the double, Bursaspor faced them in the 2015 Turkish Super Cup on 8 August, with Bakambu playing the solid of the 1–0 loss .

Villarreal [edit ]

Bakambu in action for Villarreal in December 2015. On 19 August 2015, spanish slope Villarreal CF announced the sign of Bakambu on a five-year narrow. [ 15 ] He made his La Liga debut four days later, replacing Léo Baptistão in the 61st minute of a 1–1 hook at Real Betis in the first game of the season ; on the 28th he came on for the same player and scored two goals in the close minutes of the fixture against RCD Espanyol at Estadio El Madrigal, to secure a 3–1 victory for the “ scandalmongering submarine ”. [ 16 ] Bakambu played his first game in european competition on 17 September, again as a alternate in a 2–1 loss at SK Rapid Wien in the group phase of the season ‘s UEFA Europa League. On 22 October, he scored his first goals in the tournament, a first-half bivalent in a 4–0 home gain over FC Dinamo Minsk ; [ 17 ] he added another two the following 10 March against Bayer Leverkusen in the beginning stage of the last 16 ( 2–0 winnings, like aggregate ). [ 18 ] In the quarter-finals, he scored doubly in each stage of a 6–3 aggregate win over Sparta Prague. [ 19 ] He was one of four strikers named in the competition ‘s Squad of the Season, [ 20 ] and his 9 goals put him only one behind the lead scorekeeper, Athletic Bilbao ‘s Aritz Aduriz. [ 21 ] On 1 October 2017, Bakambu scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 family succeed over SD Eibar. [ 22 ] He then scored two goals in a 2–1 win at Girona FC and another in a 4–0 win over UD Las Palmas to be named La Liga Player of the Month, the first African to win the prize. [ 23 ] In early January 2018, Villarreal coach Javier Calleja said that Bakambu was going through a transfer to Beijing Sinobo Guoan of the chinese Super League. [ 24 ] On 17 January 2018, Bakambu rescinded his contract with Villarreal. [ 25 ] Two weeks former, however, Beijing Guoan even had not announced the sign of Bakambu who had already played and scored for the club. It was reported that Beijing Guoan were trying to avoid paying a 100 percentage tax placed on incoming transfers worth over 45 million yuan ( US $ 7 million ) by the Chinese Football Association. [ 26 ] The transfer went through in clock for the start of the Chinese temper with the fully fees being paid. [ 27 ]

Beijing Sinobo Guoan [edit ]

On 28 February 2018, the final day of the chinese transplant windowpane, Bakambu ‘s prolong transmit from Villarreal to Beijing Sinobo Guoan was ultimately confirmed with the club paid his €40million passing clause, but Beijing did not announce the Congolese forward ‘s sign amid confusion over whether they had to pay a 100 per penny recruit on the transfer. [ 28 ] He scored his foremost goal in China in his irregular crippled, in a 2–1 gain over Jiangsu Suning. [ 29 ] He won the chinese FA Cup in his first season. [ 30 ]

International career [edit ]

Bakambu was a french young person international and has represented the state at both under-18 and under-19 level. He was a share of the team that won the 2010 UEFA european Under-19 Championship on home land. On 18 July, he scored doubly in a 4–1 opening win over the Netherlands in Caen, and the 2–1 winner against Croatia in the semi-finals nine days former, besides at the Stade Michel d’Ornano. [ 31 ] He was besides separate of the team that came fourth at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, opening a 2–0 winnings over Mali in the last group game in Cali. [ 32 ] In March 2015, he opted to represent DR Congo at aged degree. [ 33 ] On arrival in Kinshasa he was greeted by fans with banners of him, subsequently reflecting “ I had n’t even played a equal so far they made banners for me. It ‘s actually something else. It was through football that I discovered my country. ” [ 34 ] He was first called up in June ahead of a friendly against Cameroon on the 9th, [ 35 ] and started that match, a 1–1 draw at the Stade Charles Tondreau in Mons, Belgium. [ 36 ] On 26 March the come year, Bakambu scored his beginning external goal, opening a 2–1 gain over Angola at the Stade des Martyrs with a penalty, in qualification for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. [ 37 ] He added two more on 5 June, in a 6–1 succeed away to Madagascar. [ 38 ] He was chosen in Florent Ibengé ‘s team for the final tournament in Gabon, [ 39 ] and started in the possibility group couple, a 1–0 acquire over Morocco at the Stade d’Oyem. He then did not play again until a seven-minute political campaign in the quarter-finals where the Congolese lost 2–1 to Ghana. [ 40 ] On 24 March 2019, Bakambu returned to action for DR Congo after missing previous qualifiers vs. rivals Congo to injury. He started and scored the winner in a 1–0 victory against Liberia. [ 41 ] This secured The Leopards ‘ reservation to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, at the expense of their opponents .

personal life sentence [edit ]

Born in France to parents from the DR Congo, Bakambu said “ I grew up with both cultures and I am very proud of that. I think it ‘s something that enriches you. ” [ 34 ] Bakambu and external teammate Dieumerci Mbokani were at Brussels Airport when it was struck by panic attacks in March 2016 ; both escaped unharmed. [ 34 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 15 August 2021[42]

International [edit ]

As of 7 October 2021[43]
DR Congo
Year Apps Goals
2015 4 0
2016 5 3
2017 7 4
2018 2 0
2019 11 6
2020 2 0
2021 4 0
Total 35 13

International goals [edit ]

Scores and results list DR Congo’s goal tally first.[43]

Honours [edit ]

club [edit ]

Beijing Guoan

International [edit ]

France U19

individual [edit ]

References [edit ]