Jonathan Zino Bamba (born 26 March 1996) is a French professional

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who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club

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Club career

Saint Étienne

Bamba is a graduate of the Saint Étienne youth academy, which he joined in 2011. Bamba made his Ligue 1 debut on 25 January 2015 against

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replacing

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after 82 minutes in a 0–1 home defeat. During the summer of 2015 he scored against Ajax Amsterdam in a pre-season friendly. On 20 September 2015, he started in the Ligue 1 match against Nantes and scored in the 26th minute to register his first competitive goal for Saint-Étienne's first team in a 2–0 home win. On 18 January 2016, Bamba joined Ligue 2 club

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on loan until the end of the 2015-16 season, with Paris FC not given an option to buy him when the loan expired. Bamba was loaned to Belgian First Division A club

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in the summer of 2016. However Sint-Truiden sent him back early to Saint-Etienne during the winter break of the 2016–17 season. On 4 January 2017, Bamba was loaned to Ligue 1 club

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until the end of the 2016-17 season. On 24 September 2017, Bamba scored Saint-Étienne's second equalizing goal from the penalty spot in a 2–2 Ligue 1 home draw against Rennes to register his fourth Ligue 1 goal (three of which were penalties) of the 2017–18 season.

Lille

On 2 July 2018, Bamba signed a five year deal with Lille OSC. On 11 August 2018, Bamba made his competitive debut for Lille and scored the final goal of the match in the 3–1 Ligue 1 home win over Stade Rennais. Two weeks later, he played his third Ligue 1 match for Lille and took his 2018–19 Ligue 1 goal tally to three when he scored two goals in the 3–0 Ligue 1 home win over

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. On 30 September, Bamba scored two goals (including a

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) in the final six minutes of the match in the 3–0 Ligue 1 home win over

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. On 6 October, he took his 2018–19 Ligue 1 goal tally to seven (he had scored only seven Ligue 1 goals during the entire 2017–18 season) when he scored two goals again and assisted

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's goal in a 3–1 Ligue 1 home win over Saint-Étienne. After a cancelled

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season because of the

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, Bamba became confirmed as a regular starter, as Lille won their fourth league title during the 2020–21 season, being in the field in all league games. During the

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, he participated in the 1–0 win against PSG in the

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, with the club winning that trophy for the first time ever. Later, he helped the team to get out of the

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group stage and played against

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Personal life

Bamba is of Ivorian descent.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Lille * Ligue 1: 2020–21 *

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Individual

* UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: April 2019, October 2020

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bamba, Jonathan 1996 births Living people Association football midfielders French footballers France under-21 international footballers France youth international footballers French sportspeople of Ivorian descent Black French sportspeople French expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium AS Saint-Étienne players Paris FC players Sint-Truidense V.V. players Angers SCO players Lille OSC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Belgian First Division A players People from Alfortville Footballers from Val-de-Marne