Lass Bangoura

Alhassane "Lass" Bangoura (born 30 March 1992) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Ecuadorian Serie A club CS Emelec, on loan from Spanish Segunda División club Rayo Vallecano, and the Guinea national team.

Lass Bangoura
Bangoura playing for Rayo Vallecano in 2013
Personal information
Full name Alhassane Bangoura
Date of birth (1992-03-30) 30 March 1992[1]
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Emelec (on loan from Rayo Vallecano)
Number TBA
Youth career
Étoile de Guinée
2010–2011 Rayo Vallecano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Rayo Vallecano 140 (7)
2015 → Granada (loan) 14 (0)
2016 → Reims (loan) 10 (1)
2018 → Almería (loan) 10 (0)
2019 → Vancouver Whitecaps (loan) 17 (1)
2020 → Lugo (loan) 3 (0)
2020– → Emelec (loan) 7 (0)
National team‡
2009 Guinea U17
2011– Guinea 37 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2019

Club career

Born in Conakry, Bangoura began his career with local Étoile de Guinée. In 2010, aged 18, he joined the youth ranks of Spanish club Rayo Vallecano, scoring 23 goals in 25 games in his last year as a junior.[2]

Bangoura appeared in four Segunda División matches with the first team during the 2010–11 season, as the Madrid side returned to La Liga after an eight-year absence. In June 2011 he attracted the interest of neighbours Real Madrid, who made an offer to purchase him.[3]

Bangoura made his debut in Spain's top division on 28 August 2011, playing 31 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against Athletic Bilbao.[4] On 23 October he scored in a 2–0 win at Real Betis, who had also been promoted the previous campaign.[5] On 19 February 2012 he scored twice in a 5–3 away victory over Levante UD.[6]

In the early days of the 2015 January transfer window, Bangoura was loaned to Granada CF until June.[7] He scored on his debut, a 1–2 home loss to Sevilla FC in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.[8]

On 31 January 2016, Bangoura was loaned to Ligue 1 club Stade de Reims until the end of the season.[9] He scored in his fifth appearance, a 4–1 defeat of FC Girondins de Bordeaux,[10] in an eventual relegation.

On 1 February 2018, Bangoura was loaned to Spanish second division team UD Almería for six months.[11] He made his debut two days later, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Mandi away against Lorca FC, in a 2–1 comeback win.[12]

On 23 January 2019, Bangoura joined Major League Soccer side Vancouver Whitecaps FC on a one-year loan deal.[13][14] He played 18 total matches, and scored in a 3–2 loss at the Houston Dynamo on 16 March.[15]

Still owned by Rayo, on 1 February 2020 Bangoura was loaned to CD Lugo until 30 June.[16]

International career

Bangoura represented Guinea during the 2009 African Under-17 Championship.[17] He made his debut for the senior team in 2011 at only 19, and was selected for the 2012[18] and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[19]

Career statistics

International
As of matches played on 14 July 2019[20]
Guinea
YearAppsGoals
201120
2012111
201340
201430
201552
201661
201700
201820
201930
Total364

References
  1. "Lass Bangoura". Eurosport. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. "Lass Bangoura deja el Rayo y se va cedido al Granada" [Lass Bangoura leaves Rayo and goes to Granada on loan] (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  3. Lass: "Mi ilusión desde niño es jugar en el Real Madrid" (Lass: "Ever since I was a kid I've dreamt of playing for Real Madrid"); Diario AS, 6 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. Solid return for Vallecano; ESPN Soccernet, 28 August 2011
  5. Rayo see off Betis at the death; ESPN Soccernet, 23 October 2011
  6. Bangoura and Costa inspire Rayo; ESPN Soccernet, 19 February 2012
  7. Jémez confirma la marcha de Lass al Granada (Jémez confirms Lass departure to Granada); Marca, 7 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  8. Mano al cuello del Sevilla a Caparrós (Sevilla put hand on Caparrós' neck); Marca, 8 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  9. OFICIAL | Lass jugará cedido en el @StadeDeReims hasta final de temporada (OFFICIAL | Lass will play on loan at @StadeDeReims until end of the season); Twitter, 1 February 2016 (in Spanish)
  10. LIGUE 1 (28e journée): Rennes coule Toulouse (1–2), Reims corrige Bordeaux (4–1) (LIGUE 1 (28th matchday): Rennes run over Toulouse (1–2), Reims punish Bordeaux (4–1)); Eurosport, 27 February 2016 (in French)
  11. "El Almería cierra el fichaje de Lass, un extremo derecho rápido y desequilibrante" [Almería complete the signing of Lass, a quick and destabilising right winger] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  12. Ruiz, Antonio (3 February 2018). "El Almería tira de efectividad en Lorca" [Almería resort to effectiveness in Lorca] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  13. "Whitecaps FC acquire winger Lass Bangoura on loan from Spanish La Liga club Rayo Vallecano". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  14. Fajah Barrie, Mohamed (24 January 2019). "Guinea forward Alhassane 'Lass' Bangoura goes on loan to MLS". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  15. Timko, Brandon (16 March 2019). "Montero and Bangoura score, but 'Caps fall in wild match against Houston". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  16. "Rayo Vallecano y Lugo acuerdan la cesión del Lass Bangoura" [Rayo Vallecano and Lugo agree to loan of Lass Bangoura] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  17. Algeria 2009: Squad list; CAF Online, 19 March 2009
  18. "France U21 star Abdoul Razzagui Camara named by Guinea". BBC Sport. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  19. Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (12 June 2019). "Africa Cup of Nations: Liverpool's Keita named in Guinea squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  20. Lass Bangoura at National-Football-Teams.com
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