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Cyrille Bayala
Cyrille Bayala (born 24 May 1996) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 2 club Ajaccio and the Burkina Faso national team.
| Bayala training with Lens in 2018 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Cyrille Barros Bayala | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1996 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso[1] | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Ajaccio | |||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| ASFA Yennenga | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | ASFA Yennenga | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | El Dakhleya | 45 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 29 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Lens | 35 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | → Sochaux (loan) | 14 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Ajaccio (loan) | 27 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2021– | Ajaccio | 73 | (6) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Burkina Faso | 39 | (4) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:57, 17 January 2022 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Club career edit
On 31 August 2016, Bayala signed for Moldovan club Sheriff Tiraspol.[2][3]
A year later, on 31 August 2017, Bayala signed for Lens on a four-year contract.[4] He moved on loan to Sochaux in January until the end of the season.[5]
On 15 January 2021, Bayala signed for French club Ajaccio.[6]
International career edit
In January 2014, coach Brama Traore, invited him to be a part of the Burkina Faso squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[7] The team was eliminated in the group stages after losing to Uganda and Zimbabwe and then drawing with Morocco.[8][9]
Cyrille Bayala featured in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations third place against Cameroon.[10]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| El Dakhleya | 2014–15 | Egyptian Premier League | 15 | 2 | — | 15 | 2 | |||
| 2015–16 | Egyptian Premier League | 30 | 4 | — | 30 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 6 | — | 45 | 6 | |||||
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2016–17 | Divizia Națională | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8 |
| 2017 | Divizia Națională | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6[a] | 2 | 12 | 3 | |
| Total | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 11 | ||
| Lens | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
| 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 | ||
| Sochaux (loan) | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| Ajaccio (loan) | 2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| Ajaccio | 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 16 | 2 | |
| 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 2 | ||
| Total | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 37 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 185 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 204 | 30 | ||
- ^ Four appearances and one goal in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in the Coupe de la Ligue
International edit
- As of match played 17 January 2022[11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2013 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 34 | 4 | |
- Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bayala goal.[11]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 January 2014 | Athlone Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa | Uganda | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2014 African Nations Championship |
| 2 | 22 March 2018 | Stade Didier Pironi, Paris, France | Guinea-Bissau | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 6 September 2019 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco | Morocco | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 4 | 17 January 2022 | Kouekong Stadium, Bafoussam, Cameroon | Ethiopia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
Honours edit
Sheriff Tiraspol
References edit
- ^ a b "C. Bayala". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "OFFICIAL: Cyrille Bayala joins Sheriff Tiraspol from El Dakhleya". KingFut. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "Cyrille Bayala signed with FC Sheriff". fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ . rclens.fr (in French). RC Lens. 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ "Cyrille Bayala est officiellement sochalien". fcsochaux.fr. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Lallemand, Grégory (15 January 2021). "Mercato : libéré par le RC Lens, Cyrille Bayala de retour à Ajaccio" [Mercato: released by RC Lens, Cyrille Bayala back in Ajaccio]. La Voix Du Nord (in French). from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "CHAN 2014: the 23-man squad of Burkina Faso". modernghana.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Burkina Faso/Morocco: Chan 2014 - Burkina Faso Vs Morocco, the Big Shock of the Day". allafrica.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ . cafonline.com/. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Africa Cup of Nations (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "Cyrille Bayala". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
External links edit
- Cyrille Bayala – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French