Kamal Bafounta Ortega (born 8 January 2002) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National club Cholet, on loan from Lorient B.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kamal Bafounta Ortega[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 January 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Vénissieux, France[1] | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cholet | ||
| Number | 37 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008 | Vénissieux | ||
| 2008–2012 | Saint-Priest | ||
| 2012–2013 | Lyon | ||
| 2013–2017 | FC Lyon | ||
| 2017–2018 | Nantes | ||
| 2018–2021 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Borussia Dortmund II | 3 | (0) |
| 2022– | Lorient B | 22 | (1) |
| 2023– | → Cholet (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | France U16 | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:25, 24 July 2021 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
International career edit
Bafounta was born in France to a Congolese father and Spanish mother.[3] He holds both French and Spanish nationalities.[4] He has represented France at under-16 level.[5]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of 24 July 2021[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Borussia Dortmund II | 2021–22 | 3. Liga | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
- Notes
References edit
- ^ a b c Kamal Bafounta at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "KAMAL BAFOUNTA EST ROUGE ET NOIR !" [KAMAL BAFOUNTA IS RED AND BLACK!] (in French). Cholet. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Vénissieux - RENCONTRE. La future pépite du foot français sera-t-elle vénissiane ?". www.leprogres.fr.
- ^ "Kamal Bafounta -". unfp.org. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Kamal Bafounta at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- ^ Kamal Bafounta at Soccerway