Benoît Badiashile

In this Congolese name, the surname is Badiashile and the post-surname is Mukinayi Baya.
Benoît Badiashile
Badiashile playing for Monaco in 2021
Personal information
Full name Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya
Date of birth (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Limoges, France
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 5
Youth career
2007–2008 Limoges
2008–2016 Malesherbes
2016–2018 Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Monaco II 12 (0)
2018–2023 Monaco 106 (6)
2023– Chelsea 33 (1)
International career‡
2016 France U16 5 (0)
2017–2018 France U17 6 (0)
2018 France U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 France U19 18 (0)
2020–2023 France U21 19 (0)
2022– France 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:56, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya (born 26 March 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for both Premier League club Chelsea and the France national team.

Early life

Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya[2] was born on 26 March 2001 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne[3] and is of Congolese descent.[4]

Club career

Monaco

On 5 February 2018, Badiashile signed his first professional contract with Monaco.[5] He made his professional debut on 11 November, in a 4–0 Ligue 1 loss to Paris Saint-Germain.[6]

Chelsea

On 5 January 2023, Badiashile signed with Premier League club Chelsea on a seven-and-a-half-year contract[7] for a transfer fee reported by The Guardian to be £32.7 million (€37 million).[8] 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.[9]

International career

Badiashile is a senior international for France, having been a part various under-16 to under-21 teams since 2016.[10]

Badiashile received his first call-up to the France national team for two UEFA Nations League matches against Austria and Denmark in September 2022.[11]

Personal life

Badiashile is the younger brother of Loïc Badiashile, who is also a professional footballer.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Monaco II 2017–18[2] Championnat National 2 3 0 — — — — 3 0
2018–19[2] Championnat National 2 9 0 — — — — 9 0
Total 12 0 — — — — 12 0
Monaco 2018–19[2] Ligue 1 20 1 1 0 3 0 2[c] 0 0 0 26 1
2019–20[2] Ligue 1 16 0 2 0 2 0 — — 20 0
2020–21[2] Ligue 1 35 2 4 0 — — — 39 2
2021–22[2] Ligue 1 24 1 0 0 — 10[d] 0 — 34 1
2022–23[2] Ligue 1 11 2 0 0 — 5[e] 0 — 16 2
Total 106 6 7 0 5 0 17 0 — 135 6
Chelsea 2022–23[13] Premier League 11 1 0 0 — — — 11 1
2023–24[14] Premier League 18 0 2 0 2 1 — — 22 1
2024–25[15] Premier League 4 0 0 0 2 0 6[f] 0 0 0 12 0
Total 33 1 2 0 4 1 6 0 0 0 45 2
Career total 151 7 10 0 9 1 23 0 0 0 192 8
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 25 September 2022[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2022 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Benoit Badiashile". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "B. Badiashile: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Benoît Badiashile". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ^ "FOOT-LDC: AS MONACO, LOIC BADIASHILE EN ¼ DE FINALE – VOILA NIGHT". 17 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Benoit BADIASHILE". AS Monaco FC.
  6. ^ "LFP.fr – Ligue de Football Professionnel – Ligue 1 Conforama – Saison 2018/2019 – 13ème journée – AS Monaco / Paris Saint-Germain". Ligue de Football Professionnel.
  7. ^ "Chelsea sign Badiashile". Chelsea F.C. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  8. ^ Steinberg, Jacob (1 January 2023). "Chelsea agree £32.7m fee for Monaco centre-back Benoît Badiashile". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Potter on spirited win, debutant's impact and Mudryk signing". www.chelseafc.com. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  10. ^ "UEFA Youth League - Benoît Badiashile Mukinayi". UEFA.
  11. ^ "France Nations League squad: Badiashile, Fofana and Kolo Muani receive first-ever call-up, Dembele and Giroud return". Football Today. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Le très convoité Benoît Badiashile signe pro à Monaco – Ligue 1 – France". SO FOOT.com. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Games played by Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Games played by Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Games played by Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Benoît Badiashile: Internationals". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  17. ^ "IFFHS MEN'S YOUTH (U20) WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR 2021". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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