Yacouba Bamba (born 16 December 1975) is an Ivorian former professional

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who played as a

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for nine teams during his career, spanning four countries. He played for the Ivory Coast national team four times, each time as a substitute.

Personal life

Bamba was born in

Marcory Marcory is a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is one of the 10 urban communes of the city. Marcory is one of four communes of Abidjan that are entirely south of Ébrié Lagoon, the others being Treichville, Koumassi Koumassi is a suburb of Abi ...

, a commune of

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, ...

, Ivory Coast. Bamba's son, Axel, is also a footballer who currently plays for

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Honours

Africa Sports *

Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division The Ivory Coast MTN Ligue 1 is the top division of the Ivorian Football Federation. It was created in 1960. 2021−22 Ligue 1 clubs * AF Amadou Diallo * AS Indenié Abengourou * ASEC Mimosas * Bouaké FC * CO Korhogo * ES Bafing * FC San Pedro * ...

: 1996 *

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runner-up: 1996, 1997 Yverdon-Sport *

Swiss Cup The Swiss Cup (; ; ; ) is a football cup tournament that has been organised annually since 1925–26 by the Swiss Football Association. Since 1999 the winner earns the chance to qualify for the UEFA Europa League or the UEFA Europa Conference L ...

runner-up: 2000–01 FK Karvan *

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is conteste ...

runner-up: 2005–06 *

Azerbaijan Cup The Azerbaijan Cup is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when Azerbaijan was a republic of the Soviet Union and it was not disputed by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid. ...

runner-up: 2005–06 Khazar Lankaran *

: 2007–08 *

CIS Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

Individual *

top scorer: 2005–06

References

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Player profile
Living people 1975 births Footballers from Abidjan Ivorian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Africa Sports d'Abidjan players FC Zürich players FC Wil players Diyarbakırspor footballers Süper Lig players Khazar Lankaran FK players SC Young Fellows Juventus players Ivory Coast men's international footballers Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey {{Côted'Ivoire-footy-bio-stub