Mamadou_Bagayoko_(Ivorian_footballer)
Mamadou Bagayoko (footballer, born 1989)
Ivorian footballer
Mamadou Bagayoko (born 31 December 1989) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defender. He is currently playing for Hibernians in the Maltese Premier League.
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 Bagayoko with Petržalka in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mamadou Bagayoko | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-12-31) 31 December 1989 (age 34) | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hibernians | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Africa Sports | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008 | Africa Sports | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2015 | Slovan Bratislava | 124 | (3) |
| 2009 | → Petržalka (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Sint-Truiden | 51 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | OH Leuven | 13 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Mechelen (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Mechelen | 15 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Red Star (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | FC U Craiova | 1 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Rebecq | 23 | (0) |
| 2024– | Hibernians | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Ivory Coast U21 | ||
| 2008 | Ivory Coast U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2015– | Ivory Coast | 16 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2020 | |||
Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Bagayoko began his career at Ivorian club Africa Sports. In the summer of 2008, he moved to Europe signing for ŠK Slovan Bratislava. In January 2009, he was loaned to Artmedia Petržalka, where he played 7 matches in the Slovak First League.
In June 2009, Bagayoko returned to Slovan Bratislava. He played his first match for the club on 2 August 2009, against MFK Košice,[1] coming on as a substitute for Martin Dobrotka late in the second half. On 24 July 2010, he scored his first goal against MŠK Žilina in a 2–2 draw.[2]
In January 2019, he was loaned to Red Star from Mechelen until the end of the season.[3] During the 2019-20 season, back at Mechelen, Bagayoko was not part of the first-team squad and only played for the reserves throughout the whole season. At the end of the season, his contract was terminated despite running until 2021.[4]
Bagayoko represented his country at the 2008 Olympic Games and played from Toulon Tournament 2007 until 2008 for the under-21 team. He made his debut for the Ivory Coast senior team in a 0–0 tie with Sierra Leone in 2015.[5]
International
- As of matches played on 14 July 2019[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 0 | |
- SLOVAN BRATISLAVA VS. KOŠICE 3 – 0 2 August 2009, soccerway.com
- ŽILINA VS. SLOVAN BRATISLAVA 2 – 2 24 July 2010, soccerway.com
- "MAMADOU BAGAYOKO SIGNE AU RED STAR". Red Star F.C. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- "KV Mechelen gaat met borstel door kern: 6 spelers moeten vertrekken" [KV Mechelen thins out squad: 6 players asked to leave] (in Dutch). sporza.be. 3 June 2020.
- Football, CAF – Confederation of African. "CAF – Competitions – Q CAN 2017 – Match Details". www.cafonline.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- Mamadou Bagayoko at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mamadou Bagayoko – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Mamadou Bagayoko – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Mamadou Bagayoko at Soccerway
- Mamadou Bagayoko at WorldFootball.net
- Mamadou Bagayoko at Olympedia
- Mamadou Bagayoko at Olympics.com
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