Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya (born 26 March 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Chelsea and the France national team.
_23_(cropped).jpg) Badiashile playing for Monaco in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya | ||
| Date of birth | 26 March 2001 | ||
| 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 | 29 | (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 18:40, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:56, 28 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
Early life
Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya[2] was born on 26 March 2001 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne.[3] He is of Congolese descent.[4]
Club career
Monaco
On 5 February 2018, Badiashile signed his first professional contract with Monaco.[5] On 11 November, he made his professional debut in a 4–0 Ligue 1 loss to Paris Saint-Germain.[6]
Chelsea
On 5 January 2023, Badiashile signed for 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 of a number of 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 19 May 2024
| 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 | |||
| Total | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 147 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 8 | ||
International
- As of match played 25 September 2022[15]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
Honours
Individual
References
External links
- Profile at the Chelsea F.C. website
- Benoît Badiashile at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Benoît Badiashile – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
- Benoît Badiashile – UEFA competition record (archive)
