Abdoulaye Bamba (born 25 April 1990) is an Ivorian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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cub

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and the Ivory Coast national team.

Club career

Youth

Bamba began his career in Italy after moving to the country at a young age. He joined Legnago Salus at the age of ten and, after one season, joined

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

. While in the club's youth academy, he played on youth teams that won the

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in 2007 and the

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in 2009.

Dijon

In July 2010, after spending nearly a decade with Juventus, Bamba signed his first professional contract after agreeing to a two-year deal with French club

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. He made his professional debut on 17 September 2010 in a league match against

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playing the entire match in 5–1 victory. On 26 November, he assisted on the final goal in a 3–0 win over

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Angers

In January 2017, Bamba joined

on a contract until June 2018.

International career

Bamba was born and raised in Ivory Coast. He made his debut for the

Ivory Coast national football team The Ivory Coast national football team ( French: ''Équipe de football de Côte d'Ivoire'', recognized as the Côte d'Ivoire by FIFA) represents Ivory Coast in men's international football. Nicknamed ''the Elephants'', the team is managed by ...

in a friendly 0–0 tie with

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