Having impressed in an under-21 tournament in the pre-season,[3] Bile made his professional debut for
Saint-Étienne on the 27 August 2022, coming on as a substitute for
Jean-Philippe Krasso, in a 2–2 away
Ligue 2 draw against
Valenciennes.[2][4]
He also went on to play the following game, a 5-0 league win against
Bastia,[2][5] but after his trouble with the
French Federation, he also was sidelined by his club for an undetermined period.[6][7]
International career
Born in France, Bile holds French and Ivorian nationalities.[8][9] He is a youth international for France, first receiving a call with the
under-18 in September 2022 for the
Tournoi de Limoges, with a 2005 generation that had just won the
under-17 Euro.[10][11]
He scored his first goal with France on the 23 September against
Scotland.[12] However he made headlines for unfortunate reasons in the next encounter against
Poland, as he was the fourth red-carded Frenchman in the second half, forcing the end of the game, and a win for the Polish side, that also won the tournament.[13][14][15][16][17] Following the incident, Bile was suspended by the
French Football Federation for 8 months.[18][19]
References
^"Darnell Bile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 15 January 2024.