Cédric Bakambu
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Bakambu in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Cédric Bakambu | ||
| Date of birth | 11 April 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitry-sur-Seine, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Villarreal | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2006 | Ivry | ||
| 2006–2010 | Sochaux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2014 | Sochaux | 94 | (18) |
| 2014–2015 | Bursaspor | 27 | (13) |
| 2015– | Villarreal | 37 | (14) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | France U18 | 5 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | France U19 | 16 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | France U20 | 17 | (3) |
| 2015– | DR Congo | 9 | (3) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2016. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2016.
Cédric Bakambu (born 11 April 1991) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Villarreal CF.
He 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, he represented that country up to under-20 level, totalling 8 goals in 38 games and winning the 2010 UEFA European Championship for the under-19s. In 2015, he made his senior debut for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Born in Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Bakambu began his career at local US Ivry at the age of 10 before transferring to FC Sochaux-Montbéliard four years later.
On 1 May 2010, Bakambu played in the 2010 Coupe Gambardella Final and scored a goal for his team at the Stade de France. Sochaux, however, lost the match 4–3 on penalties. He had previously scored a double in the team's 4–3 aggregate semi-final victory over FC Metz.
Bakambu made his professional debut on 7 August 2010 in Souchaux's opening match of the Ligue 1 season against Arles-Avignon, appearing as an 83rd-minute substitute for Modibo Maïga in a 2–1 win at the Stade Auguste Bonal. The following month, he signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal with the club until June 2013.
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