Amadou Bakayoko

Not to be confused with Amadou Bagayoko.
Amadou Bakayoko
Personal information
Full name Amadou Bakayoko[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996[2]
Place of birth Sierra Leone
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Walsall
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2013 Walsall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Walsall 14 (0)
2014–2015Southport (loan) 11 (2)
2015AFC Telford United (loan) 6 (0)
2016Worcester City 9 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:14, 1 May 2016 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Amadou Bakayoko (born 1 January 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Football League One side Walsall.

Playing career

After beginning his youth career in Dutch football, where Bakayoko had moved from Sierra Leone as a youngster, he moved to England in his mid-teens and soon won a scholarship at Walsall. After prolific goalscoring at youth and reserve team level, Bakayoko was offered a one-year professional contract at Walsall in December 2013.[3] He made his debut for the "Saddlers" on 5 April, replacing Michael Ngoo 68 minutes into a 1–0 defeat to Port Vale at Vale Park.[4]

On 9 October 2014, Bakayoko joined Conference Premier side Southport on a month's loan.[5] He made a scoring debut as a substitute in Southport's 2–0 victory over Braintree Town.[6] Bakayoko scored his second goal for Southport in a 3–2 victory over Nuneaton Town on 22 November 2014.[7]

Bakayoko joined Worcester City on a one–month loan deal on 15 January 2016.[8]

Career statistics

As of 3 March 2015.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Walsall 2013–14[9] League One 6000000060
2014–15[10] League One 4000000040
Walsall total 100000000100
Southport (loan) 2014–15[10] Conference Premier 112100000122
Career total 212100000222

References

  1. "Professional Retain List & Free Transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Amadou Bakayoko". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. "Amadou Bakayoko 'proud' to be given professional contract". BBC Sport. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  4. "Port Vale 1–0 Walsall". BBC Sport. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  5. "Walsall's Amadou Bakayoko joins Southport". Express & Star. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  6. "Braintree 0–2 Southport". BBC Sport. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  7. "Nuneaton Town 2-3 Southport". BBC Sport. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  8. Briggs, Daniel (15 January 2016). "Bakayoko joins Worcester on loan". Walsall Football Club. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  9. "Games played by Amadou Bakayoko in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  10. 1 2 "Games played by Amadou Bakayoko in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

External links

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