Ihlas Bebou

Ihlas Bebou (born 23 April 1994) is a Togolese footballer who plays as a winger for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga.[1]

Ihlas Bebou
Bebou with Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2015
Personal information
Full name Ihlas Bebou
Date of birth (1994-04-23) 23 April 1994
Place of birth Sokodé, Togo
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Hoffenheim
Number 9
Youth career
2004–2009 Garather SV
2009–2011 VfB 03 Hilden
2011–2015 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 18 (6)
2015–2017 Fortuna Düsseldorf 70 (11)
2017–2019 Hannover 42 (8)
2019– Hoffenheim 40 (8)
National team‡
2016– Togo 19 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:29, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2019

Club career

Bebou started playing football at Garather SV and VfB Hilden before joining Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2011.[2][3] In December 2016 and June 2017, he rejected contract extensions with his current contract running out in 2018.[3][4]

On 31 August 2017, the last day of the German summer transfer window, Bebou joined Bundesliga side Hannover.[5]

On 16 May 2019 it was confirmed, that Bebou would join Hoffenheim from the upcoming season.[6] Bebou penned a 3-year contract.

International career

Bebou debuted for the Togo national football team in a 5–0 win over Djibouti on 4 September 2016.[7][8]

International goals
Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first.[8]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 October 2019Stade Parsemain, Fos-sur-Mer, France Cape Verde1–01–2Friendly

References
  1. "Bebou, Ihlas". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  2. Jolitz, Bernd (12 March 2015). "Fortuna Düsseldorf: Ihlas Bebou kann endlich wieder angreifen". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. "Düsseldorf: Keine Einigung mit Bebou". kicker Online (in German). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. "Bebou lehnt neues Vertragsangebot ab". kicker Online (in German). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. "Bebou bei 96 gelandet: "Ein großer Schritt für mich"". kicker Online (in German). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  6. Amtlich: Bebou wechselt zur TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, kicker.de, 16 May 2019
  7. Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  8. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ihlas Bebou". www.national-football-teams.com.
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