Jonathan Bamba

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Jonathan Bamba
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Bamba with the Chicago Fire in 2025
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Fousseni Bamba
Date of birth (1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Alfortville, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Chicago Fire
Number 19
Youth career
2002–2005 CA Paris
2005–2011 UJA Alfortville
2011–2015 Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Saint-Étienne B 51 (12)
2015–2018 Saint-Étienne 42 (8)
2016 → Paris FC (loan) 14 (0)
2016 → Sint-Truiden (loan) 8 (2)
2017 → Angers (loan) 16 (3)
2018–2023 Lille 167 (27)
2023–2025 Celta Vigo 39 (3)
2025– Chicago Fire 34 (5)
International career‡
2011 France U16 2 (0)
2013 France U18 3 (0)
2015–2016 France U20 7 (2)
2017–2019 France U21 21 (5)
2023– Ivory Coast 10 (1)
Medal record
Representing File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2023 Ivory Coast
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2024

Jonathan Fousseni Bamba (born 26 March 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.[3] Born in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team.

Club career

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Saint-Étienne

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Bamba playing for Paris FC in 2016.

Jonathan Fousseni Bamba is a graduate of Saint-Étienne youth academy, which he joined in 2011.

Bamba made his Ligue 1 debut on 25 January 2015 against Paris Saint-Germain replacing Yohan Mollo after 82 minutes in a 0–1 home defeat. During the summer of 2015 he scored against Ajax Amsterdam in a pre-season friendly. On 20 September 2015, he started in the Ligue 1 match against Nantes and scored in the 26th minute to register his first competitive goal for Saint-Étienne's first team in a 2–0 home win.[4]

On 18 January 2016, Bamba joined Ligue 2 club Paris FC on loan until the end of the 2015-16 season, with Paris FC not given an option to buy him when the loan expired.[5][6] Bamba was loaned to Belgian First Division A club Sint-Truiden in the summer of 2016. However Sint-Truiden sent him back early to Saint-Etienne during the winter break of the 2016–17 season. On 4 January 2017, Bamba was loaned to Ligue 1 club Angers until the end of the 2016-17 season.[7]

On 24 September 2017, Bamba scored Saint-Étienne's second equalizing goal from the penalty spot in a 2–2 Ligue 1 home draw against Rennes to register his fourth Ligue 1 goal (three of which were penalties) of the 2017–18 season.[8]

Lille

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Bamba (black) with Lille against Salzburg in 2021

On 2 July 2018, Bamba signed a five-year deal with Lille OSC.[9] On 11 August 2018, Bamba made his competitive debut for Lille and scored the final goal of the match in the 3–1 Ligue 1 home win over Stade Rennais. Two weeks later, he played his third Ligue 1 match for Lille and took his 2018–19 Ligue 1 goal tally to three when he scored two goals in the 3–0 Ligue 1 home win over Guingamp.[10] On 30 September, Bamba scored two goals (including a penalty) in the final six minutes of the match in the 3–0 Ligue 1 home win over Marseille.[11] On 6 October, he took his 2018–19 Ligue 1 goal tally to seven (he had scored only seven Ligue 1 goals during the entire 2017–18 season) when he scored two goals again and assisted Nicolas Pépé's goal in a 3–1 Ligue 1 home win over Saint-Étienne.[12]

After a cancelled 2019–20 Ligue 1 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bamba became confirmed as a regular starter, as Lille won their fourth league title during the 2020–21 season, being in the field in all league games.[13]

During the 2021–22 Lille OSC season, he participated in the 1–0 win against PSG in the Trophée des Champions, with the club winning that trophy for the first time ever.[14] Later, he helped the team to get out of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage and played against Chelsea in round of 16.[15]

Celta

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On 18 July 2023, Bamba signed with La Liga club Celta.[16]

Chicago Fire

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On 21 January 2025, Bamba moved to Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire on a three-year deal.[17][18]

International career

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Bamba was born in France and is of Ivorian descent.[19] He is a dual-national, and was able to choose to represent either France or Ivory Coast internationally.[19]

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Bamba (right) with Ivory Coast in 2024

After representing France at various youth levels, he switched his allegiance to the latter in March 2023, as he accepted a call-up to the Ivorian senior national team for two Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Comoros.[20]

In December 2023, Bamba was named in the Ivory Coast's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[21][22][23] He was in the starting XI for Ivory Coast's 2–0 win over Guinea-Bissau in the tournament's opening match.[24]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 1 November 2025[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Saint-Étienne 2014–15 Ligue 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
2015–16 5 1 1 0 1 0 4[c] 0 — 11 1
2017–18 34 7 2 1 1 0 — — 37 8
Total 42 8 4 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 52 9
Paris FC (loan) 2015–16 Ligue 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 — — 14 0
Sint-Truiden (loan) 2016–17 Belgian Pro League 8 2 3 1 — — — 11 3
Angers (loan) 2016–17 Ligue 1 16 3 4 0 0 0 — — 20 3
Lille 2018–19 Ligue 1 38 13 3 1 0 0 — — 41 14
2019–20 26 1 3 0 2 0 6[d] 0 — 37 1
2020–21 38 6 2 0 — 8[c] 1 — 48 7
2021–22 31 1 1 0 — 6[d] 0 1[e] 0 39 1
2022–23 34 6 1 0 — — — 35 6
Total 167 27 10 1 2 0 20 1 1 0 200 29
Celta 2023–24 La Liga 27 3 1 2 — — — 28 5
2024–25 12 0 2 1 — — — 14 1
Total 39 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 6
Chicago Fire 2025 Major League Soccer 34 5 3 0 — — 3[f] 1 40 6
Career total 320 48 27 6 4 0 24 1 4 1 379 56
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, Belgian Cup, Copa del Rey, U.S. Open Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Appearance in Trophée des Champions
  6. ^ Appearances in MLS Cup playoffs

Honours

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Lille

Ivory Coast

Individual

References

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