Plaisir Bahamboula
Personal information
Full name Plaisir Moyo Bahamboula
Date of birth (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991
Place of birth Corbeil, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2001–2004 US Grigny
2004–2005 Linas-Montlhéry
2005–2010 Sochaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Sochaux B 34 (3)
2011 Antwerp 0 (0)
2012–2013 Viry-Châtillon 3 (0)
2013 MyPa 7 (0)
2013–2014 Slavia Sofia 1 (0)
2015 Viry-Châtillon 9 (0)
2016 Sénart-Moissy 3 (0)
Total 57 (3)
International career
2010 France U19 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Plaisir Moyo Bahamboula (born 8 January 1991) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is now a musical artist and social media influencer, and his stage name is OhPlai.[1][2]

Club career

Bahamboula played for US Grigny, Linas-Montlhéry, and Sochaux in his youth career. He would go on to play 34 games and score 3 goals for the B team of Sochaux from 2008 to 2011.[3] He would then successively play for Royal Antwerp, Viry-Châtillon, MyPa, Slavia Sofia, and Viry-Châtillon again from 2011 to 2015, making sporadic appearances along the way.

In January 2016, Bahamboula signed for Sénart-Moissy. In the second half of the 2015–16 season, he would make a total of 3 appearances.[3] He would decide to retire at the end of the season.[4]

International career

Born in France, Bahamboula was of Congolese descent.[5] He was a youth player for France at U19 level. He was part of the same generation of footballers as Alexandre Lacazette and Clément Grenier.[6] Bahamboula made only 3 appearances and scored 1 goal for the team.[7]

Post-playing career

After retiring from football, Bahamboula pursued a career in making humorous videos on social media. He would gain over 1 million followers across several platforms.[4] He would also become a musical artist, and made several music videos.[4]

Personal life

Plaisir’s younger brothers Dylan, Dolan, and his cousin Jason Bahamboula are footballers.[8] His cousin Yven Moyo is a professional footballer as well.[6]

Bahamboula is muslim.[6]

Honours

Sochaux U19

References

  1. ↑ Pruneta, Laurent (18 April 2018). "Une cagnotte pour sauver le club de football". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "OHPLAI : " MON MANQUE DE SÉRIEUX ME PERMETTAIT DE RÉALISER CERTAINS DRIBBLES FOUS "". actufoot (in French). 27 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Plaisir Bahamboula". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Laurent, Pruneta (15 May 2018). ""OhPlai", cet ancien footballeur qui cartonne sur les réseaux sociaux". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Football, les résultats des Diables rouges et des Congolais de la diaspora en Europe (Albanie, France, Portugal et Ukraine) | adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo". www.adiac-congo.com.
  6. 1 2 3 "Plaisir Bahamboula au nom du frère". Le Parisien (in French). 30 January 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Plaisir Bahamboula". FFF (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Portrait de Dylan Bahamboula - Paris FC". 26 December 2015.
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