Eric Bertrand Bailly
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Bailly at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
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| Full name | Eric Bertrand Bailly | ||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Bingerville, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
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Current team
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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) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015– | Ivory Coast | 15 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 March 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 May 2016 |
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Eric Bertrand Bailly (born 12 April 1994) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Villarreal CF mainly as a central defender.
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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 | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Espanyol B | 2013–14 | Segunda División B | 20 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | Segunda División B | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |||||
| Espanyol | 2014–15 | La Liga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| Villarreal | 2014–15 | La Liga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Villarreal | 2015–16 | La Liga | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| Career total | 55 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 63 | 1 | ||
International
- As of 29 March 2016[12]
| Ivory Coast | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2015 | 10 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 12 | 0 |
Honours
References
- ↑ Dos nous fitxatges per al futbol base (Two new signings for the youth setup); Espanyol's official website, 1 December 2011 (Catalan)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ El Espanyol pone a Arrasate contra las cuerdas (Espanyol puts Arraste against the wall); Marca, 5 October 2014 (Spanish)
- ↑ Eric, la perla de 20 millones (Eric, the pearl of 20 million); Sport, 13 December 2014 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Villarreal CF ficha a Eric Bailly (Villarreal signs Eric Bailly); Villarreal's official website, 29 January 2015 (Spanish)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Vietto, con licencia para marcar (Vietto, with a scoring license); Marca, 22 February 2015 (Spanish)
- ↑ Slick Sevilla finish off ten-man Villarreal; UEFA.com, 19 March 2015
- ↑ 2015 Nations Cup: Kolo Toure in squad for last time; BBC Sport, 29 December 2014
- ↑ Kalou Hands Cote D'Ivoire Late Win Over Nigeria; SL10, 11 January 2015
- ↑ Eric Bailly at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
External links
- Villarreal official profile (Spanish)
- Eric Bailly profile at BDFutbol
- Eric Bailly at Soccerway
- Bailly.html Eric Bertrand Bailly at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Articles with Catalan-language external links
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
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- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- 1994 births
- Living people
- People from Bingerville
- Ivorian footballers
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División B players
- RCD Espanyol B footballers
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Villarreal CF players
- Ivory Coast international footballers
- 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Ivorian expatriate footballers
- Ivorian expatriates in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
