Amadou Bakayoko

Amadou Bakayoko (born 1 January 1996) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championship side Coventry City.

Not to be confused with Amadou Bagayoko.

Amadou Bakayoko
Personal information
Full name Amadou Bakayoko[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996[2]
Place of birth Kenema, Sierra Leone
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Coventry City
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2013 Walsall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Walsall 93 (9)
2014–2015 → Southport (loan) 11 (2)
2015 → AFC Telford United (loan) 6 (0)
2016 → Worcester City 9 (3)
2018– Coventry City 64 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:21, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Playing career

After beginning his youth career in Dutch football, where Bakayoko had moved to from Sierra Leone as a youngster, he moved to England in his mid-teens and soon won a scholarship at Walsall. After prolific goalscoring at youth and reserve team level, Bakayoko was offered a one-year professional contract at Walsall in December 2013.[3] He made his debut for the "Saddlers" on 5 April, replacing Michael Ngoo 68 minutes into a 1–0 defeat to Port Vale at Vale Park.[4]

On 9 October 2014, Bakayoko joined Conference Premier side Southport on a month's loan.[5] He made a scoring debut as a substitute in Southport's 2–0 victory over Braintree Town.[6] Bakayoko scored his second goal for Southport in a 3–2 victory over Nuneaton Town on 22 November 2014.[7]

Bakayoko joined Worcester City on a one–month loan deal on 15 January 2016[8] and scored three league goals in the National League North for the club.

He scored his first goals for Walsall when he scored a hat-trick in an EFL Trophy tie against Grimsby Town on 30 August 2016.[9] He scored his first league goal in a 3–2 win over Shrewsbury Town on 15 October 2016, though he was later sent off in the same match.[10]

His contact was extended by Walsall at the end of the 2017–18 season after the club exercised an option.[11]

On 7 August 2018, Bakayoko joined League One side Coventry City for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year deal.[12]

Career statistics
As of match played 2 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Walsall 2013–14[13] League One 6000000060
2014–15[14] 7000000070
2015–16[15] 0010000010
2016–17[16] 39410104[lower-alpha 1]64510
2017–18[17] 41511114[lower-alpha 1]1478
Total 93931218710618
Southport (loan) 2014–15[14] Conference Premier 112100000122
AFC Telford United (loan) 2015–16[15] National League North 6000000060
Worcester City (loan) 2015–16[15] National League North 9300000093
Coventry City 2018–19[18] League One 31700103[lower-alpha 1]0357
2019–20[19] 23451213[lower-alpha 1]0336
2020–21[20] Championship 1001020—130
Total 64116151608113
Career total 183251027214721436
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Professional Retain List & Free Transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. "Amadou Bakayoko". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. "Amadou Bakayoko 'proud' to be given professional contract". BBC Sport. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  4. "Port Vale 1–0 Walsall". BBC Sport. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  5. "Walsall's Amadou Bakayoko joins Southport". Express & Star. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  6. "Braintree 0–2 Southport". BBC Sport. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  7. "Nuneaton Town 2–3 Southport". BBC Sport. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  8. Briggs, Daniel (15 January 2016). "Bakayoko joins Worcester on loan". Walsall Football Club. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  9. "Walsall 5 Grimsby 2". expressandstar.com. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  10. "Walsall 3–2 Shrewsbury". BBC. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  11. "Erhun Oztumer: Walsall midfielder says he would like to leave Saddlers". BBC Sport. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  12. "Amadou Bakayoko: Coventry City sign striker from Walsall". BBC Sport. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  13. "Games played by Amadou Bakayoko in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  14. "Games played by Amadou Bakayoko in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  15. "Games played by Amadou Bakayoko in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  16. "Games played by Amadou Bakayoko in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  17. "Games played by Amadou Bakayoko in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  18. "Games played by Amadou Bakayoko in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  19. "Games played by Amadou Bakayoko in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  20. "Games played by Amadou Bakayoko in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
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