- Ibrahima Bakayoko
Football player infobox
playername = Ibrahima Bakayoko
fullname = Ibrahima Bakayoko
nickname = Yoko, Baka
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|12|31
cityofbirth =Seguela
countryofbirth =Côte d'Ivoire
height = height|ft=5|in=11
currentclub =PAOK F.C.
clubnumber = 10
position =Striker
youthyears = 1991-1993 1993-1994
youthclubs =Yani Sports Alliance Renaissance
years = 1994-1995 1995-1998 1998-1999 1999-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2007 2007 2007-2008 2008-
clubs =Stade d'Abidjan Montpellier Everton Marseille OsasunaFC Istres Livorno Messina Larissa PAOK
caps(goals) = ? (?) 76 (24) 23 (4) 135 (34) 26 (4) 15 (3) 37 (4) 6 (0)
23 (2) 3 (0)
nationalyears = 1996-2002
nationalteam = Côte d'Ivoire
nationalcaps(goals) = 11 (14)
pcupdate =10 October 2008
ntupdate =Ibrahima Bakayoko (born
December 31 ,1976 inSeguela ) is astriker for the Côte d'Ivoire. He Plays for PAOK.Playing inFrance with Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, Bakayoko was rated highly enough by then Everton managerWalter Smith that Smith was willing to pay £4.5m for Bakayoko's services in October 1998. However, he failed to impress in the 23 games he played, only finding the net 4 times. He was sold for £4m in June 1999 toOlympique de Marseille .A spell in
Spain with Osasuna followed, before Bakayoko returned for a third spell in France, this time representingFC Istres , before he moved over theAlps toItaly , first with Livorno and then with Messina.On
January 28 , 2007 he played his firstSerie A match for Messina against Ascoli [ cite web|title=Tactical Formation|work=Football-Lineups.com
url=http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3615.php | accessdate=February 1 | accessyear=2007]In the summer of 2007 he joined Greek Superleague outfit
AE Larissa . On 20th September 2007 he scored from 30 yards for his new side in theUEFA Cup first round first leg against English Premiership side Blackburn.On June 19, 2008 he joined PAOK for a year.
International career
Bakayoko is a former international for
Côte d'Ivoire . He made his first appearance for The Elephants in 1996.References
External links
* [http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/fo/profiles/2542.html Yahoo! Sport profile]
* [http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/serie_a_2007/giocatori/bakayoko_ibr.shtml Gazzetta dello Sport profile]
* [http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,2483_2743179,00.html Bakayoko scores against Blackburn]
* [http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=449 Bakayoko career stats]
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