Ibrahima Bakayoko

Ibrahima Bakayoko

Personal information
Full name	Ibrahima Bakayoko Sela
Date of birth	(1976-12-31) 31 December 1976
Place of birth	Séguéla, Côte d'Ivoire
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Stade Bordelais
Youth career
1991–1993	Yani Sports
1993–1994	Alliance Renaissance
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Stade d'Abidjan	64	(12)
1995–1998	Montpellier	76	(25)
1998–1999	Everton	23	(4)
1999–2003	Marseille	115	(34)
2003–2004	Osasuna	26	(4)
2004–2005	FC Istres	15	(3)
2005–2007	Livorno	37	(5)
2007	Messina	6	(1)
2007–2008	Larissa	30	(3)
2008–2009	PAOK	30	(8)
2009–2012	PAS Giannina	84	(33)
2012–2013	Olympiakos Volou	12	(0)
2014–	Stade Bordelais
International career
1996–2002	Côte d'Ivoire	45	(30)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 July 2009

Ibrahima Bakayoko (born 31 December 1976 in Séguéla) is an Ivorian footballer who is currently playing for the French side Stade Bordelais.

Club career

Playing in France with Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, Bakayoko was rated highly enough by then Everton manager Walter Smith that Smith was willing to pay £4.5m for Bakayoko's services in October 1998. However, he failed to impress in the 23 games he played, only finding the net 4 times in the league (7 times in all competitions). A brief highlight was scoring twice as Everton beat Blackburn Rovers 2–1 at Ewood Park. He was sold for £4m in June 1999 to Olympique de Marseille.

A spell in Spain with Osasuna followed, before Bakayoko returned for a third spell in France, this time representing FC Istres, before he moved over the Alps to Italy, first with Livorno and then with Messina. On 28 January 2007 he played his first Serie A match for Messina against Ascoli.

In the summer of 2007 he joined Greek Superleague outfit AE Larissa. On 20 September 2007 he scored from 30 yards for his new side in the UEFA Cup first round first leg against English Premiership side Blackburn. On 19 June 2008 he joined PAOK for a year.

Following a short transfer thriller after his contract expired, Bakayoko signed a two-years contract for the newly promoted PAS Giannina on 27 July 2009.

International career

Bakayoko is a former international for Côte d'Ivoire. He made his first appearance for The Elephants in 1995.

Honours

PAS Giannina

• • Greek Football League: 2010–11

Individual

• Greek Football League top goalscorer: 2010–11

External links

• Ibrahima Bakayoko – French League Stats at LFP.fr (French)