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Mohamed Bayo
Guinean footballer (born 1998)
Mohamed Bayo (born 4 June 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Le Havre, on loan from Lille.[1] Born in France, he plays for the Guinea national team.
Quick Facts Personal information, Date of birth ...
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Bayo playing for Guinea in 2023 | |||
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| Date of birth | (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Clermont-Ferrand, France | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Le Havre (on loan from Lille) | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2018 | Clermont | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | Clermont B | 28 | (15) |
| 2018–2022 | Clermont | 75 | (36) |
| 2019–2020 | → Dunkerque (loan) | 34 | (14) |
| 2022– | Lille | 27 | (4) |
| 2023– | → Le Havre (loan) | 12 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Guinea | 24 | (7) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:07, 20 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:51, 2 February 2024 (UTC) | |||
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Bayo was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France, to Guinean parents.
Early career
In January 2019, Bayo was loaned from Clermont, where he became professional, to Dunkerque until the end of the season.[2] On 25 June 2019, Dunkerque extended the loan for the duration of the 2019–20 season.[3]
Clermont
In the 2020–21 season, Bayo helped his hometown club Clermont achieve promotion to Ligue 1 for the first time by finishing as Ligue 2 top scorer with 22 goals.[4]
Lille
On 13 July 2022, Bayo joined Ligue 1 side Lille on a five-year deal.[5]
Bayo holds French and Guinean nationalities.[6] He debuted with the Guinea national team in a 1–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Mali on 24 March 2021.[7]
In October 2021, Bayo was taken into police custody in France after a hit-and-run following a traffic accident.[8]
Club
- As of match played 20 December 2023[9]
More information Club, Season ...
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Clermont | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 38 | 22 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 22 | |||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 14 | |||
| Total | 75 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 80 | 37 | |||
| Dunkerque (loan) | 2018–19 | Championnat National | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Championnat National | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 26 | 14 | ||
| Total | 34 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 36 | 16 | |||
| Lille | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 5 | ||
| Le Havre (loan) | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 148 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 62 | ||
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International
- As of match played 2 February 2024[10]
More information National team, Year ...
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Guinea | 2021 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | |
| Total | 24 | 7 | |
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- As of match played 2 February 2024[10]
- Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bayo goal.
More information No., Date ...
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 6 October 2021 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco | 3 |  Sudan | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 9 October 2021 | Stade Adrar, Agadir, Morocco | 4 | Sudan | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 6 January 2022 | Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda | 7 |  Rwanda | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 4 | 24 March 2023 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco | 14 |  Ethiopia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 5 | 15 January 2024 | Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast | 20 |  Cameroon | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 6 | 28 January 2024 | Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 23 |  Equatorial Guinea | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 7 | 2 February 2024 | Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 24 |  DR Congo | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations |
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Individual
- Ligue 2 top scorer: 2020–21: 22 goals[citation needed]
- UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Year: 2020–21[citation needed]
- UNFP Ligue 2 Player of the Month: February 2020[citation needed]
- "Ligue de Football Professionnel - Mohamed BAYO". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- "Le jeune attaquant Mohamed Bayo vient renforcer l'attaque maritime. Il est prêté par le club de Clermont jusqu'à la fin de saison !". USL Dunkerque. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- "Foot – National Dunkerque prolonge le prêt de Mohamed Bayo" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 25 June 2019.
- Canivenc, Clovis (24 December 2021). "Portrait : Mohamed Bayo, la machine à marquer du Clermont Foot" [Portrait: Mohamed Bayo, the goal machine of Clermont Foot]. Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- "Transferts : le LOSC officialise l'arrivée de Mohamed Bayo (Clermont)" [Transfers: LOSC formalizes the arrival of Mohamed Bayo (Clermont)] (in French). L'Équipe. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- France, Centre (24 March 2021). "Football – Clermont Foot : Mohamed Bayo qualifié avec la Guinée à la CAN 2022". www.lamontagne.fr (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- "Le Guinéen Mohamed Bayo en garde à vue en France". Radio France International (in French). 24 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- Mohamed Bayo at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- "Bayo, Mohamed". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- Mohamed Bayo at Soccerway
- Mohamed Bayo – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French