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Bekanty Victorien Angban (born 29 September 1996) is an Ivorian 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 ...
who plays as a
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for Russian club Sochi.


Club career


Chelsea

In 2012, Angban joined
Chelsea Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to: Places Australia * Chelsea, Victoria Canada * Chelsea, Nova Scotia * Chelsea, Quebec United Kingdom * Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames ** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
from
Stade d'Abidjan Stade d'Abidjan is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. History It was founded in 1936 as ASFI Abidjan after fusion with PIC and OC Abidjan and called U.S.F. Abidjan, before was renamed in Olympique Club Abidjan, since 1959 played as Stade ...
as a trialist. He only officially signed for Chelsea in 2015, after he was able to obtain a work permit after spending three years in the country.


Loan to Sint-Truiden

On 14 July 2015, it was announced that Angban would spend the season on loan at Belgian club
Sint-Truiden Sint-Truiden (; french: link=no, Saint-Trond ; li, Sintruin ) is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, and has over 41,500 inhabitants, which makes it one of the largest cities in Limburg. The mun ...
. On 24 July 2015, he made his professional debut as a 64th-minute substitute in a 2–1 victory over Club Brugge in their first game of the season. Angban made his first start for the team on 8 August, against K.V. Oostende which ended in a 1–1 draw. On 27 September 2015, Angban was sent off in the 79th minute, in a 1–0 loss against Anderlecht. On 29 January 2016, he was again sent off in a match against Anderlecht in the closing minutes of a 2–1 loss. On 5 March 2016, Angban was sent off for the third time, then in a match against Club Brugge after picking up two yellows; the match ended in a 3–0 loss for Sint-Truiden. At the end of the season, Angban picked up a total of 8 yellow cards and was sent off a total of 3 times.


Loan to Granada

On 22 July 2016, it was announced that Angban would be joining Spanish side Granada on loan for the season. He is the second Chelsea player to join Granada on loan, with the first being
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. On 16 September 2016, he made his debut in a 2–2 draw against
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.


Loan to Waasland-Beveren

On 28 July 2017, it was announced that Angban would be joining Belgian side
Waasland-Beveren Sportkring Beveren is a professional Belgian association football club located in the municipality of Beveren, East Flanders. They play in the Belgian First Division B. History The club was founded in 1936 as Red Star and registered to an amat ...
on loan for the season.


Loan to Metz

In July 2018, it was announced that Angban would be joining
FC Metz Football Club de Metz, commonly referred to as FC Metz or simply Metz (), is a French association football club based in Metz, Lorraine. The club was formed in 1932 and plays in Ligue 2, the second division in the French football league sys ...
in French Ligue 2 on loan for the season.


Metz

In April 2019, it was revealed that Metz had exercised the promotion clause in Angban's contract, and he joined the club in a €6 million deal.


Sochi

On 3 July 2021, he joined
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club Sochi.


International career

Angban has represented Ivory Coast at U17 level and scored at the 2015 African Under-20 Championship finals. On 2 October 2015, he received his first senior Ivory Coast call up by manager Michel Dussuyer as they took on
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in a friendly. He was named in the senior Ivory Coast squad for the
2019 Africa Cup of Nations The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2019 or CAN 2019), known as the Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championshi ...
.


Personal life

Angban's older brother,
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, is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.


Career statistics


Honours

Metz * Ligue 2: 2018–19


References


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Angban, Victorien 1996 births Living people Footballers from Abidjan Ivorian footballers Ivorian expatriate footballers Ivory Coast international footballers Ivory Coast under-20 international footballers Association football midfielders Chelsea F.C. players Sint-Truidense V.V. players Granada CF footballers S.K. Beveren players FC Metz players PFC Sochi players Belgian Pro League players La Liga players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Russian Premier League players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Russia Ivory Coast youth international footballers