Eric Bertrand Bailly

Eric Bailly

Personal information
Full name Eric Bertrand Bailly
Date of birth (1994-04-12) 12 April 1994
Place of birth Bingerville, Ivory Coast
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Villarreal
Number 24
Youth career
2011–2013 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2013–2014 Espanyol B 21 (0)
2014–2015 Espanyol 5 (0)
2015– Villarreal 29 (0)
National team‡
2015– Ivory Coast 12 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 March 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016

Eric Bertrand Bailly (born 12 April 1994) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Villarreal CF mainly as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Bingerville, Bailly joined RCD Espanyol's youth system in December 2011, aged 17.[1] He only received a work permit in October of the following year,[2] and made his senior debuts in the 2013–14 campaign with the reserves, in Segunda División B.

On 5 October 2014 Bailly made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 home win against Real Sociedad.[3] He was definitely promoted to the main squad shortly after.[4]

On 29 January 2015 Bailly signed a five-and-a-half-year contract with fellow league team Villarreal CF for a €5.7 million fee, mainly as a replacement to Arsenal F.C.-bound Gabriel Paulista.[5][6] He made his debut for the Yellow Submarine on 22 February, starting in a 1–0 home win against SD Eibar.[7]

On 19 March Bailly made his UEFA Europa League debut, starting and being sent off in a 1–2 away loss against Sevilla FC.[8]

International career

On 29 December 2014, Bailly was included in Hervé Renard's 23-men squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[9] He made his debut on 11 January 2015 in a friendly against Nigeria,[10] and appeared in all six matches during the competition, as his side were crowned champions.

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 March 2016[11]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Espanyol B 2013–14 Segunda División B 200—200
2014–15 Segunda División B 10—10
Total 210—210
Espanyol 2014–15 La Liga 5000—50
Villarreal 2014–15 La Liga 1000010110
Villarreal 2015–16 La Liga 1903041261
Career total 5503051631

International

As of 29 March 2016[12]
Ivory Coast
YearAppsGoals
2015100
201620
Total120

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Dos nous fitxatges per al futbol base (Two new signings for the youth setup); Espanyol's official website, 1 December 2011 (Catalan)
  2. ↑ Eric Bertrand ya tiene los papeles y puede debutar (Eric Bertrand already has the paperwork and can debut); Diario La Grada, 6 October 2012 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ El Espanyol pone a Arrasate contra las cuerdas (Espanyol puts Arraste against the wall); Marca, 5 October 2014 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Eric, la perla de 20 millones (Eric, the pearl of 20 million); Sport, 13 December 2014 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ El Villarreal CF ficha a Eric Bailly (Villarreal signs Eric Bailly); Villarreal's official website, 29 January 2015 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ El Espanyol traspasa a Eric Bailly al Villarreal por 5,7 millones de euros (Espanyol transfers Eric Bailly to Villarreal for 5.7 million euros); El Mundo Deportivo, 29 January 2015 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Vietto, con licencia para marcar (Vietto, with a scoring license); Marca, 22 February 2015 (Spanish)
  8. ↑ Slick Sevilla finish off ten-man Villarreal; UEFA.com, 19 March 2015
  9. ↑ 2015 Nations Cup: Kolo Toure in squad for last time; BBC Sport, 29 December 2014
  10. ↑ Kalou Hands Cote D'Ivoire Late Win Over Nigeria; SL10, 11 January 2015
  11. ↑ Eric Bailly profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Eric Bailly". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

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