Cédric Bakambu
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Bakambu in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Cédric Bakambu | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Vitry-sur-Seine, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward, winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Betis | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2006 | Ivry | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Sochaux | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Sochaux | 94 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Sochaux II | 28 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Bursaspor | 27 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Villarreal | 75 | (32) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Beijing Guoan | 71 | (48) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Marseille | 15 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Olympiacos | 32 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Al-Nasr | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Galatasaray | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Betis | 29 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | France U18 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | France U19 | 16 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | France U20 | 17 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015– | DR Congo | 57 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:10, 23 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:20, 5 June 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Cédric Bakambu (born 11 April 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for La Liga club Real Betis and the DR Congo national team.
Bakambu made his professional debut for Sochaux in 2010, and played 107 official games for them over five seasons, scoring 21 goals. He then moved to Bursaspor for €1.8 million, finishing as top scorer as his team came runners-up in the Turkish Cup, before signing for Villarreal a year later.
Born in France, Bakambu represented them internationally at youth level up to the under-20s, scoring eight goals in 38 games and winning the 2010 UEFA European Championship for the under-19s.
In 2015, Bakambu made his senior debut for the DR Congo national team.