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Benoît Badiashile

In this Congolese name, the surname is Badiashile and the post-surname is Mukinayi Baya.

Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya (born 26 March 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Chelsea and the France national team.

Benoît Badiashile
Badiashile playing for Monaco in 2021
Personal information
Full name Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya
Date of birth (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Limoges, France
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 5
Youth career
2007–2008 Limoges
2008–2016 Malesherbes
2016–2018 Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Monaco II 12 (0)
2018–2023 Monaco 106 (6)
2023– Chelsea 25 (1)
International career‡
2016 France U16 5 (0)
2017–2018 France U17 6 (0)
2018 France U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 France U19 18 (0)
2020–2023 France U21 19 (0)
2022– France 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:17, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:56, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Early life edit

Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya[2] was born on 26 March 2001 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne.[3] He is of Congolese descent.[4]

Club career edit

Monaco edit

On 5 February 2018, Badiashile signed his first professional contract with Monaco.[5] On 11 November, he made his professional debut in a 4–0 Ligue 1 loss to Paris Saint-Germain.[6]

Chelsea edit

On 5 January 2023, Badiashile signed for Premier League club Chelsea on a seven-and-a-half-year contract[7] for a transfer fee reported by The Guardian to be £32.7 million (€37 million).[8] On 15 January 2023, Badiashile made his debut for Chelsea, starting against Crystal Palace in the Premier League. The French defender played the entire game and earned his new club a clean sheet as Chelsea won 1–0.[9]

International career edit

Badiashile is a senior international for France, having been a part of a number of under-16 to under-21 teams since 2016.[10]

Badiashile received his first call-up to the France national team for two UEFA Nations League matches against Austria and Denmark in September 2022.[11]

Personal life edit

Badiashile is the younger brother of Loïc Badiashile, who is also a professional footballer.[12]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of match played 27 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Monaco II 2017–18[2] Championnat National 2 3 0 — — — — 3 0
2018–19[2] Championnat National 2 9 0 — — — — 9 0
Total 12 0 — — — — 12 0
Monaco 2018–19[2] Ligue 1 20 1 1 0 3 0 2[c] 0 0 0 26 1
2019–20[2] Ligue 1 16 0 2 0 2 0 — — 20 0
2020–21[2] Ligue 1 35 2 4 0 — — — 39 2
2021–22[2] Ligue 1 24 1 0 0 — 10[d] 0 — 34 1
2022–23[2] Ligue 1 11 2 0 0 — 5[e] 0 — 16 2
Total 106 6 7 0 5 0 17 0 — 135 6
Chelsea 2022–23[13] Premier League 11 1 0 0 — — — 11 1
2023–24[14] Premier League 13 0 2 0 2 1 — — 17 1
Total 24 1 2 0 2 1 — — 28 2
Career total 142 7 10 0 7 1 17 0 0 0 175 8
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International edit

As of match played 25 September 2022[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2022 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours edit

Individual

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Benoit Badiashile". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "B. Badiashile: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Benoît Badiashile". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ^ "FOOT-LDC: AS MONACO, LOIC BADIASHILE EN ¼ DE FINALE – VOILA NIGHT". 17 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Benoit BADIASHILE". AS Monaco FC.
  6. ^ "LFP.fr – Ligue de Football Professionnel – Ligue 1 Conforama – Saison 2018/2019 – 13ème journée – AS Monaco / Paris Saint-Germain". Ligue de Football Professionnel.
  7. ^ "Chelsea sign Badiashile". Chelsea F.C. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  8. ^ Steinberg, Jacob (1 January 2023). "Chelsea agree £32.7m fee for Monaco centre-back Benoît Badiashile". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Potter on spirited win, debutant's impact and Mudryk signing". www.chelseafc.com. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  10. ^ "UEFA Youth League - Benoît Badiashile Mukinayi". UEFA.
  11. ^ "France Nations League squad: Badiashile, Fofana and Kolo Muani receive first-ever call-up, Dembele and Giroud return". Football Today. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Le très convoité Benoît Badiashile signe pro à Monaco – Ligue 1 – France". SO FOOT.com. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Games played by Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Games played by Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Benoît Badiashile: Internationals". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  16. ^ "IFFHS MEN'S YOUTH (U20) WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR 2021". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

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