Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya (born 26 March 2001) is a French professional
footballer
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who plays as a
centre-back
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Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...
for both club
Chelsea and the
France national team.
Early life
Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya
was born on 26 March 2001 in
Limoges
Limoges ( , , ; , locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region. Situated o ...
, Haute-Vienne and is of Congolese descent.
Club career
Monaco
On 5 February 2018, Badiashile signed his first professional contract with
Monaco
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. He made his professional debut on 11 November, in a 4–0
Ligue 1
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loss to
Paris Saint-Germain
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.
Chelsea
On 5 January 2023, Badiashile signed with
Premier League
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club
Chelsea on a seven-and-a-half-year contract for a
transfer fee
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reported by ''
The Guardian
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'' to be £32.7 million (€37 million). On 15 January 2023, Badiashile made his debut for Chelsea, starting against
Crystal Palace in the Premier League. The French defender played the entire game and earned his new club a clean sheet as Chelsea won 1–0.
International career
Badiashile is a senior international for France, having been a part various
under-16 to
under-21 teams since 2016.
Badiashile received his first call-up to the
France national team for two
UEFA Nations League
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matches against
Austria
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and
Denmark
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in September 2022.
Personal life
Badiashile is the younger brother of
Loïc Badiashile, who is also a professional footballer.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Chelsea
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UEFA Conference League
The UEFA Conference League (UECL), usually known simply as the Conference League, is an annual football competition organised since 2021 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It is the thir ...
:
2024–25
Individual
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IFFHS
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Men's Youth (U20) World Team: 2021
References
External links
Profileat the Chelsea F.C. website
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2001 births
Living people
Footballers from Limoges
French men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Limoges Football players
SC Malesherbes players
AS Monaco FC players
Chelsea F.C. players
UEFA Conference League–winning players
Championnat National 2 players
Ligue 1 players
Premier League players
France men's youth international footballers
France men's under-21 international footballers
France men's international footballers
French expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco
French expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
Expatriate men's footballers in England
French expatriate sportspeople in England
Black French sportspeople
French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
21st-century French sportsmen