Botti Boulenin Biabi (born 8 March 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a

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for Brechin City. He has previously played for

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ho ...

, Hamilton Academical, Macclesfield Town, Ebbsfleet United,

Stenhousemuir Stenhousemuir (; gd, Featha Thaigh nan Clach) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies within the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in ...

and Kelty Hearts.

Career

Falkirk

Biabi was born in London, however moved to Scotland aged 12 and grew up in the

Scotstoun Scotstoun ( gd, Baile an Sgotaich) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, west of Glasgow City Centre. It is bounded by Garscadden and Yoker to the west, Victoria Park, Jordanhill and Whiteinch to the east, Jordanhill to the north and the River Clyde ...

area of Glasgow, where he attended Knightswood Secondary School and was involved in a training programme for youths in the city's housing estates organised by former Scotland player Andy McLaren. He signed for

as a 16-year-old from Junior side

Clydebank Clydebank ( gd, Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Bowling and Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Mil ...

. He made his first team debut in a promotion play-off game against Queen of the South on 6 May 2014. In all he made 32 appearances for Falkirk, in all competitions.

Swansea City

Biabi moved to Premier League club

on 17 August 2015 for a "six-figure fee", where he joined up with their Under-21 squad. On 31 August 2017, Biabi signed for Scottish Premiership club Hamilton Academical on a four-month loan. On 31 January 2019, Biabi signed a one-year extension with

and joined Macclesfield Town on loan for the remainder of the 2018–19 season. He was released by the club in July 2019.

International career

Because of parentage and birthplace, Biabi had a three-way choice to make between Ivory Coast, England and Scotland but elected to represent Scotland, the country of his upbringing. He was called up to the Scotland under-19 side for matches in September 2014.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Biabi, Botti 1996 births Living people Footballers from Camberwell Association football forwards Scottish footballers Scotland youth international footballers Swansea City A.F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Black British sportspeople English people of Ivorian descent Scottish people of Ivorian descent People educated at Knightswood Secondary School Stenhousemuir F.C. players Kelty Hearts F.C. players Sportspeople of Ivorian descent Clydebank F.C. players