Personal information | |||
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Full name | Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya | ||
Date of birth | 26 March 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Limoges, France | ||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back [1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Chelsea | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2008 | Limoges | ||
2008–2016 | Malesherbes | ||
2016–2018 | Monaco | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2018–2019 | Monaco II | 12 | (0) |
2018–2023 | Monaco | 106 | (6) |
2023– | Chelsea | 29 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | France U16 | 5 | (0) |
2017–2018 | France U17 | 6 | (0) |
2018 | France U18 | 2 | (0) |
2018–2019 | France U19 | 18 | (0) |
2020–2023 | France U21 | 19 | (0) |
2022– | France | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:40, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:56, 28 March 2023 (UTC) |
Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya (born 26 March 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Chelsea and the France national team.
Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya [2] was born on 26 March 2001 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne. [3] He is of Congolese descent. [4]
On 5 February 2018, Badiashile signed his first professional contract with Monaco. [5] On 11 November, he made his professional debut in a 4–0 Ligue 1 loss to Paris Saint-Germain. [6]
On 5 January 2023, Badiashile signed for Premier League club Chelsea on a seven-and-a-half-year contract [7] for a transfer fee reported by The Guardian to be £32.7 million (€37 million). [8] On 15 January 2023, Badiashile made his debut for Chelsea, starting against Crystal Palace in the Premier League. The French defender played the entire game and earned his new club a clean sheet as Chelsea won 1–0. [9]
Badiashile is a senior international for France, having been a part of a number of under-16 to under-21 teams since 2016. [10]
Badiashile received his first call-up to the France national team for two UEFA Nations League matches against Austria and Denmark in September 2022. [11]
Badiashile is the younger brother of Loïc Badiashile, who is also a professional footballer. [12]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Monaco II | 2017–18 [2] | Championnat National 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
2018–19 [2] | Championnat National 2 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
Total | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||||
Monaco | 2018–19 [2] | Ligue 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 [c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
2019–20 [2] | Ligue 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
2020–21 [2] | Ligue 1 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 39 | 2 | ||||
2021–22 [2] | Ligue 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 [d] | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |||
2022–23 [2] | Ligue 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 [e] | 0 | — | 16 | 2 | |||
Total | 106 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | — | 135 | 6 | |||
Chelsea | 2022–23 [13] | Premier League | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
2023–24 [14] | Premier League | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 1 | |||
Total | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 2 | ||||
Career total | 147 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 8 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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France | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 |
Individual