Dylan_Bahamboula
Dylan Bahamboula
Association football player
Dylan Ozan Moyo Bahamboula (born 22 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Born in France, he represents the Republic of the Congo at international level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dylan Ozan Moyo Bahamboula[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-05-22) 22 May 1995 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Corbeil-Essonnes, France | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2010 | Linas-Montlhéry | ||
| 2010–2014 | Monaco | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | Monaco B | 46 | (7) |
| 2015–2016 | → Paris FC (loan) | 29 | (4) |
| 2016–2018 | Dijon | 15 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | Dijon B | 12 | (1) |
| 2018 | → Gazélec Ajaccio (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2018 | Astra Giurgiu | 5 | (1) |
| 2019 | CS Constantine | 13 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Tsarsko Selo | 17 | (2) |
| 2020–2022 | Oldham Athletic | 68 | (9) |
| 2022–2024 | Livingston | 20 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | France U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017– | Congo | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:04, 23 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:52, 11 December 2021 (UTC) | |||
Bahamboula began his career in the Monaco academy, making 46 appearances for the B-Team. In July 2016, Bahamboula moved from Monaco to Dijon.[2]
In January 2019 he signed for Algerian club CS Constantine .[3]
He joined Bulgarian side Tsarsko Selo in October 2019,[4] scoring two league goals for the club in 17 appearances, one of them coming in the prestigious 2:1 win over CSKA Sofia, before leaving the team in August 2020.[5]
In October 2020 he signed for English club Oldham Athletic.[6] Following the club's relegation to the National League, Bahamboula was released at the end of the 2021–22 season.[7]
On 9 July 2022, Bahamboula signed a two-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Livingston.[8] Bahamboula was released during the 2024 January transfer window after making 27 appearances in all competitions, scoring once.[9]
Bahamboula was born in France to parents of Congolese descent. Bahamboula was a youth international for France.[10] He was called up to the Republic of the Congo national football team in 2015.[11]
Bahamboula made his senior debut for the Republic of the Congo in a 3–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification loss to the DR Congo on 10 June 2017.[12]
Dylan is the younger brother of the French former footballer and current rapper Plaisir Bahamboula, known by his stage name as OhPlai.[13]
- "EFL – Squad List 2021/22: Oldham Athletic – In Squad Players" (PDF). English Football League. p. 91. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- "Official Dijon sign Dylan Bahamboula". getfootballnewsfrance.com. Get Football News France. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- "Царско село с трансферна офанзива, подписа с четирима нови футболисти!" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- "Dylan Bahamboula match log". soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- "Oldham sign Congo striker Bahamboula" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "2022 Retained & Released List". www.oldhamathletic.co.uk. 23 May 2022.
- Black, Dave (9 July 2022). "Dylan Bahamboula joins the Lions!". Livingston FC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- "Bahamboula leaves Livingston". BBC Sport. 25 January 2024.
- "Paris FC : Bahamboula décline la sélection du Congo". 6 October 2015.
- "Portrait de Dylan Bahamboula - Paris FC". 26 December 2015. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- Dylan Bahamboula at Soccerway