Kevin Bua (born 11 August 1993) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a winger for

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Club career

Servette and Zürich

Bua began to play youth football with

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. He signed his first professional contract 2013. In summer 2015 he moved to

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Basel

On 8 July 2016,

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announced that they had signed Bua on a four-year deal dated up unto 30 June 2020. He joined Basel's first team for their 2016–17 season under head coach

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. After playing in two test games Bua played his first team debut for the club in the

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away game in the

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on 18 September 2016 as Basel won 1–0 against

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. He played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the

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on 1 October as Basel played a 1–1 draw with

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. Under trainer

Bua won the

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championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total. They also won the

for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history. In their following 2017–18 season under new head coach Raphaël Wicky Bua received more playing time. He scored his first goal for his club in the home game on 30 July 2017 as Basel won 3–1 against

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. Under trainer

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Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16

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1–0. In the quarter finals

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were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi finals

were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on the 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against

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scored the first goal,

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the second for Basel, then

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netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel. Bua played in five cup games and scored two goals in the match against Echallens. During his stay with the club Bua netted one hat-trick, this was in the

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first round match, on 17 August 2019, away from home against amateur club Pully Football FC. Bua stayed with the club for four season and during this time he played a total of 135 games for Basel scoring a total of 28 goals. 70 of these games were in the

, 14 in the

, 18 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 33 were friendly games. He scored 14 goal in the domestic league, five in the cup, three in the

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and the other six were scored during the test games.

Leganés

On 19 September 2020, Bua moved abroad and signed a one-year contract with

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of the Spanish

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Sion

On 11 July 2021, he signed a three-year contract with

International career

Bua was born in Switzerland, he is Spanish descent through his father and mother. He is a former youth international for Switzerland.

Honours

Basel *

: 2016–17 *

: 2016–17, 2018–19

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bua, Kevin 1993 births Footballers from Geneva Swiss people of Spanish descent Living people Swiss men's footballers Association football midfielders Switzerland youth international footballers Servette FC players FC Zürich players FC Basel players CD Leganés players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss Super League players FC Sion players Segunda División players Swiss expatriate footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain