Axel Mohamed Bakayoko (born 6 January 1998) is a French professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who last played as a winger for

Cheonan City FC Cheonan City FC (Korean: 천안 시티 FC) is a South Korean football club based in Cheonan that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. They play their home games at the 26,000 capacity Cheonan Stadium. History Che ...

Club career

Inter Milan

Bakayoko made his UEFA Europa League debut for Inter Milan on 8 December 2016 against Sparta Prague. He replaced

Andrea Pinamonti Andrea Pinamonti (born 19 May 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Sassuolo, on loan from Inter Milan, and the Italy national team. Club career Inter Milan Pinamonti made his senior debut for Inter Milan ...

after 80 minutes.

Loan to Sochaux

He joined French club Sochaux on 10 July 2017 for a season long loan. He made his

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

debut on 28 July as a substitute replacing

Aldo Kalulu Aldo-Nsawila Kalulu Kyatengwa (born 21 January 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and striker for club Sochaux. He is a former France youth international. Club career Lyon Kalulu is a youth exponent ...

in the 65th minute of a 2–0 home win over Bourg-Péronnas. On 8 August he played in the first round of the

Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Football in France, French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was est ...

in a 3–1 away defeat against Valenciennes, he was replaced by

Florin Berenguer Florin Berenguer-Bohrer (born 1 April 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Australian club Melbourne City FC. Club career Berenguer trained at the youth academy of Sochaux. He began his senior caree ...

after 70 minute. On 19 September, Bakayoko played his first match as a starter in Ligue 2, a 1–0 away defeat against Le Havre, he was replaced by

Thomas Robinet Thomas Robinet (born 18 August 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for AS Nancy. Career Robinet's youth career started at FCO Chandieu, before spending five years with Lyon and then spending time at Saint-Priest. W ...

in the 74th minute. On 6 February 2018, Bakayoko played his first match in Coupe de France as a substitute replacing

Florian Martin Florian Martin (born 19 March 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Valenciennes. Club career He started his career with Lorient, but did not break into the first team and joined Carquefou in 2011, w ...

in the 34th minute of a 4–1 home defeat against Paris Saint-Germain. On 6 April he scored his first professional goal, as a substitute, in the 89th minute of a 3–2 home win over Orléans. Bakayoko ended his loan to Sochaux with 19 appearances, one goal and one assist, he also played four matches in the reserve team in

Championnat National 3 The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur 2, is a football league competition. The league serves as the fifth division of the French football league system behind ...

Loan to St. Gallen

On 17 July 2018, Inter announced that they had loaned out Bakayoko to Swiss club FC St. Gallen for the whole 2018/19 season. Bakayoko had a good season with the Swiss side, playing 34 games for the club in that season, many of them on the right back although his normal position was on the wing. At the end of the season it was confirmed, that Bakayoko would stay one more season at the club, still on loan from Inter.

Red Star Belgrade

On 22 December 2020, Bakayoko signed a three and a half year contract with Serbian club Red Star Belgrade.

Loan to Novi Pazar

On 7 February 2022 Bakayoko was loaned to Serbian Superliga side Novi Pazar until the end of 2021–22 season.

Cheonan City FC

On 21 March 2023, Bakayoko joined

of South Korean K League 2.

Personal life

Bakayoko is born in France and is of Ivorian descent.

Honours

Club

Inter Milan Primavera *

Coppa Italia Primavera The Coppa Italia Primavera (Italian for Spring Italian Cup) is an Italian football competition played by youth teams from Campionato Primavera. All players are under 20 of age. The first edition was held in the 1972–73 season. Due to sponsorshi ...

: 2015–16 * Campionato Primavera: 2016–17 Red Star Belgrade * Serbian SuperLiga (2):

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

, 2021–22 * Serbian Cup (2):

, 2021–22

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bakayoko, Axel 1998 births Living people Footballers from Paris French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers French sportspeople of Ivorian descent Inter Milan players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players FC St. Gallen players Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Novi Pazar players Cheonan City FC players Serie A players Ligue 2 players Swiss Super League players K League 2 players Men's association football wingers French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea French expatriate sportspeople in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Serbia French expatriate sportspeople in South Korea