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Full name: | Souleymane Bamba | |
Date of birth: | 13 January 1985 | |
Place of birth: | Ivry-sur-Seine, ![]() | |
Date of death: | 31 August 2024 | (aged 39)|
Place of death: | Manisa, ![]() | |
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |
Playing position: | Defender | |
Youth clubs | ||
1996–2004 | ![]() | |
Senior clubs | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls) |
2004–2006 2006–2008 2008–2011 2011–2012 2012–2014 2014–2015 2015 2015–2016 2016–2021 2021–2022 Total |
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39 (0) 75 (4) 52 (3) 27 (0) 1 (0) 19 (1) 32 (4) 112 (10) 24 (0) 382 (22) | 1 (0)
National team | ||
2003–2005 2008 2008–2014 |
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2 (0) 46 (1) |
Teams managed | ||
2024 | ![]() |
Souleymane Bamba (13 January 1985 – 31 August 2024) was an Ivorian professional footballer who played as a defender.
Bamba started his career in his native France with Paris Saint-Germain, but failed to establish himself in their first team. He moved to Scotland to join Dunfermline Athletic in 2006, helping the club reach the final of the Scottish Cup in his first season. Two years later, he was transferred to Hibernian, before joining English side Leicester City in January 2011.
He was sold to Turkish club Trabzonspor in 2012 for £750,000 before joining Palermo. However, he was loaned to Leeds United after making only one appearance in six months. He eventually joined Leeds on a permanent deal and was appointed club captain, spending a further year with the club before being released and subsequently joining Cardiff City. In his first full season with Cardiff, he helped the side win promotion to the Premier League.
Born in France to Ivorian parents, Bamba represented Ivory Coast in the 2008 Olympic Games and became a regular for the senior national side until his most recent cap in 2014. In 2012, he was part of the side that reached the final of the Africa Cup of Nations.
Personal life and death[]
Bamba met his English wife Chloe while playing for Leicester. They had three children together. He also had a son born in 2010 from a previous relationship with a Scottish woman. Bamba was multilingual, being able to speak English, French, Italian, Turkish and "the Ivorian dialect that his father used at home". In 2021, he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and began undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Four months later in May 2021, he announced that he was cancer-free. However, his wife revealed in a statement made shortly after his death that he had cancer for "the last few years".
On 30 August 2024, Bamba fell ill after the Adanaspor match against Manisa F.K. and was rushed into Manisa Celal Bayar University Hospital. He died at the age of 39 the following day.
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Ivory Coast – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Group stage (G) |
1. Barry
2. Angoua
3. Boka
4. Kolo Touré
5. Zokora
6. Gohouri
7. Doumbia
8. Kalou
9. Tioté
10. Gervinho
11. Drogba
12. Gosso
13. Romaric
14. Koné
15. Dindane
16. Zogbo
17. Tiéné
18. Keïta
19. Touré Yaya
20. Demel
21. Eboué
22. Bamba
23. Yeboah
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Template:Ivory Coast squad (2012 Africa Cup of Nations)
Ivory Coast – 2013 Africa Cup of Nations |
Ivory Coast – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Group stage |
1. Barry
2. Viera
3. Boka
4. K. Touré
5. Zokora
6. Bolly
7. Akpa-Akpro
8. Kalou
9. Tioté
10. Gervinho
11. Drogba (c)
12. Bony
13. Ya Konan
14. Diomandé
15. Gradel
16. Gbohouo
17. Aurier
18. Djakpa
19. Y. Touré
20. Die
21. Sio
22. Bamba
23. Mandé
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