Cyrille Bayala (born 24 May 1996) is a Burkinabé professional

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who plays as a winger for club Ajaccio and the Burkina Faso national team.

Club career

On 31 August 2016, Bayala signed for Moldovan club

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. A year later, on 31 August 2017, Bayala signed for

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on a four-year contract. He moved on loan to

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in January until the end of the season. On 15 January 2021, Bayala signed for French club Ajaccio.

International career

In January 2014, coach Brama Traore, invited him to be a part of the

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...

squad for the

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. The team was eliminated in the group stages after losing to

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and

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and then drawing with

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. Cyrille Bayala featured in the

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third place against

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bayala goal''.

Honours

Sheriff Tiraspol *

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: 2016–17 *

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: 2016–17

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bayala, Cyrille Living people 1996 births Sportspeople from Ouagadougou Association football wingers Burkinabé footballers Burkina Faso international footballers 2014 African Nations Championship players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Egyptian Premier League players Moldovan Super Liga players Ligue 2 players Ligue 1 players ASFA Yennenga players FC Sheriff Tiraspol players RC Lens players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players AC Ajaccio players Burkinabé expatriate footballers Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Expatriate footballers in Moldova Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France 21st-century Burkinabé people Burkina Faso A' international footballers