Yacouba Bamba (born 16 December 1975) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a forward for nine teams during his career, spanning four countries.

Yacouba Bamba
Personal information
Full name Yacouba Bamba
Date of birth (1975-12-16) 16 December 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Marcory,[1] Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Rio Sports
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Africa Sports 127 (79)
1998 JFC Cocodi 0 (0)
1998–1999 FC Zürich 2 (1)
1999–2000 YF Juventus Zürich 49 (41)
2000–2002 Yverdon-Sport FC 32 (13)
2002–2003 FC Wil 32 (11)
2003–2004 YF Juventus Zürich 27 (34)
2004–2005 Diyarbakırspor 3 (0)
2005–2007 FK Karvan 39 (26)
2007–2009 Khazar Lenkoran 16 (5)
2009–2010 FK Karvan 13 (0)
International career
1996–1997 Ivory Coast 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played for the Ivory Coast national team four times, each time as a substitute.[2]

Personal life

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Bamba was born in Marcory, a commune of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Bamba's son, Axel, is also a footballer who currently plays for Real Sporting de Gijón.[3]

Honours

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Africa Sports

Yverdon-Sport

FK Karvan

Khazar Lankaran

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Yacouba Bamba". footballdatabase.eu. Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Bamba, Yacouba". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Axel Bamba (Paris FC) : " Je veux jouer avec la Côte d'Ivoire comme mon papa " - Levuvuzela.net". levuvuzela.net. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
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