Dylan Bahamboula
Personal information
Full name Dylan Ozan Moyo Bahamboula[1]
Date of birth (1995-05-22) 22 May 1995
Place of birth Corbeil-Essonnes, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Livingston
Number 7
Youth career
2005–2010 Linas-Montlhéry
2010–2014 Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Monaco B 46 (7)
2015–2016Paris FC (loan) 29 (4)
2016–2018 Dijon 15 (1)
2016–2018 Dijon B 12 (1)
2018Gazélec Ajaccio (loan) 13 (1)
2018 Astra Giurgiu 5 (1)
2019 CS Constantine 13 (2)
2019–2020 Tsarsko Selo 17 (2)
2020–2022 Oldham Athletic 68 (9)
2022– Livingston 0 (0)
International career
2015 France U20 2 (0)
2017– Congo 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:04, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:52, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Dylan Ozan Moyo Bahamboula (born 22 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Livingston. Born in France, he represents the Republic of the Congo at international level.

Club career

Bahamboula began his career in the Monaco academy, making 46 appearances for the B-Team. In July 2016, Bahamboula moved from Monaco to Dijon.[2]

In January 2019 he signed for Algerian club CS Constantine .[3]

He joined Bulgarian side Tsarsko Selo in October 2019,[4] scoring two league goals for the club in 17 appearances, one of them coming in the prestigious 2:1 win over CSKA Sofia, before leaving the team in August 2020.[5]

In October 2020 he signed for English club Oldham Athletic.[6] Following the club's relegation to the National League, Bahamboula was released at the end of the 2021–22 season.[7]

On 9 July 2022, Bahamboula signed a two-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Livingston.[8]

International career

Bahamboula was born in France to parents of Congolese descent. Bahamboula was a youth international for France.[9] He was called up to the Republic of the Congo national football team in 2015.[10]

Bahamboula made his senior debut for the Republic of the Congo in a 3–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification loss to the DR Congo on 10 June 2017.[11]

Personal life

Dylan is the younger brother of the French former footballer and current rapper Plaisir Bahamboula, known by his stage name as OhPlai.[12]

References

  1. "EFL – Squad List 2021/22: Oldham Athletic – In Squad Players" (PDF). English Football League. p. 91. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. "Official Dijon sign Dylan Bahamboula". getfootballnewsfrance.com. Get Football News France. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  3. "Mercato : Le CSC signe Dylan Bahamboula".
  4. "Царско село с трансферна офанзива, подписа с четирима нови футболисти!" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. "Dylan Bahamboula match log". soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. "Oldham sign Congo striker Bahamboula" via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. "2022 Retained & Released List". www.oldhamathletic.co.uk. 23 May 2022.
  8. Black, Dave (9 July 2022). "Dylan Bahamboula joins the Lions!". Livingston FC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  9. "Joueur – Dylan BAHAMBOULA – FFF".
  10. "Paris FC : Bahamboula décline la sélection du Congo". 6 October 2015.
  11. "CAN 2019 : les Diables Rouges mordent la poussière à Kinshasa. – DRCPF". drcpf.net.
  12. "Portrait de Dylan Bahamboula - Paris FC". 26 December 2015.
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