Cyrille Bayala
Bayala training with Lens in 2018
Personal information
Full name Cyrille Barros Bayala
Date of birth (1996-05-24) 24 May 1996
Place of birth Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Ajaccio
Number 14
Youth career
ASFA Yennenga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 ASFA Yennenga
2014–2016 El Dakhleya 45 (6)
2016–2017 Sheriff Tiraspol 29 (7)
2017–2021 Lens 35 (3)
2019 → Sochaux (loan) 14 (2)
2019–2020 → Ajaccio (loan) 27 (4)
2021– Ajaccio 73 (6)
International career‡
2013– Burkina Faso 39 (4)
Medal record
Representing  Burkina Faso
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place2017 Gabon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:57, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Cyrille Bayala (born 24 May 1996) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 2 club Ajaccio and the Burkina Faso national team.

Club career

On 31 August 2016, Bayala signed for Moldovan club Sheriff Tiraspol.[2][3]

A year later, on 31 August 2017, Bayala signed for Lens on a four-year contract.[4] He moved on loan to Sochaux in January until the end of the season.[5]

On 15 January 2021, Bayala signed for French club Ajaccio.[6]

International career

In January 2014, coach Brama Traore, invited him to be a part of the Burkina Faso squad for the 2014 African Nations Championship.[7] The team was eliminated in the group stages after losing to Uganda and Zimbabwe and then drawing with Morocco.[8][9]

Cyrille Bayala featured in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations third place against Cameroon.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 April 2022[1][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
El Dakhleya 2014–15 Egyptian Premier League 152—152
2015–16 Egyptian Premier League 304—304
Total 456—456
Sheriff Tiraspol 2016–17 Divizia Națională 2363200268
2017 Divizia Națională 61006[lower-alpha 1]2123
Total 29732623811
Lens 2017–18 Ligue 2 283500 0333
2018–19 Ligue 2 70100 080
Total 353600 0413
Sochaux (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 2 142000 0142
Ajaccio (loan) 2019–20 Ligue 2 274002[lower-alpha 2] 0294
Ajaccio 2020–21 Ligue 2 14220—162
2021–22 Ligue 2 21 2 0 0 — 21 2
Total 35 4 2 0 — 37 4
Career total 185261128220430
  1. ↑ Four appearances and one goal in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in the Coupe de la Ligue

International

As of match played 17 January 2022[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Burkina Faso 201320
201411
201500
201620
201780
201861
201951
202030
202140
202231
Total344
Scores and results list Burkina Faso's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bayala goal.[11]
List of international goals scored by Cyrille Bayala
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
112 January 2014Athlone Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa Uganda1–21–22014 African Nations Championship
222 March 2018Stade Didier Pironi, Paris, France Guinea-Bissau1–02–0Friendly
36 September 2019Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco Morocco1–01–1Friendly
417 January 2022Kouekong Stadium, Bafoussam, Cameroon Ethiopia1–01–12021 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Sheriff Tiraspol

References

  1. 1 2 "C. Bayala". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Cyrille Bayala joins Sheriff Tiraspol from El Dakhleya". KingFut. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cyrille Bayala signed with FC Sheriff". fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Officiel : Fin du mercato avec C. Bayala et M. Maazou". rclens.fr (in French). RC Lens. 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Cyrille Bayala est officiellement sochalien". fcsochaux.fr. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  6. ↑ Lallemand, Grégory (15 January 2021). "Mercato : libéré par le RC Lens, Cyrille Bayala de retour à Ajaccio" [Mercato: released by RC Lens, Cyrille Bayala back in Ajaccio]. La Voix Du Nord (in French). Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "CHAN 2014: the 23-man squad of Burkina Faso". modernghana.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Burkina Faso/Morocco: Chan 2014 - Burkina Faso Vs Morocco, the Big Shock of the Day". allafrica.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "CHAN 2014: Final Result: Burkina Faso 0 - 1 Zimbabwe". cafonline.com/. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Africa Cup of Nations (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  11. 1 2 3 "Cyrille Bayala". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
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