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Bamo Meïté
Personal information
Full name Bamo Abdoul Koudouss Meïté
Date of birth (2001-12-03) 3 December 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Kani, Ivory Coast
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, right-back
Team information
Current team
Marseille
Number 18
Youth career
0000 TU Verrières-le-Buisson
0000 ASF Le Perreux 94
0000 CO Vincennes
0000–2018 Créteil
2018–2019 Montfermeil
2019–2020 Laval
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Laval B 13 (0)
2020–2021 Laval 10 (0)
2021–2022 Lorient B 23 (0)
2023–2024 Lorient 19 (1)
2023–2024Marseille (loan) 16 (0)
2024– Marseille 3 (0)
International career
2023– Ivory Coast U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Bamo Abdoul Koudouss Meïté[1] (born 3 December 2001) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Ligue 1 club Marseille.

Career

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Born in Kani, Ivory Coast, Meïté arrived in France at the age of seven moving to Paris. He played in the regional youth championships for FC Bry and Le Perreux, then for Vincennes, Créteil and FC Montfermeil in U18s.[2] In October 2019, after playing a few matches at senior level with Montfermeil, he joined Laval after a conclusive three-week trial.[3] Initially recruited with a view to strengthening the U19 team, he impressed with his physical density and maturity and quickly established himself at senior level, where his coach moved him from a midfield position to a centre-back role.[4]

Meïté played his first match in the first team on 1 September 2020 against Stade Briochin in the Championnat National.[5] Meïté joined FC Lorient in the summer of 2021, joining the club's reserve team.[6] He stood out during the 2021–22 season, contributing to the team's second place in Championnat National 2. He trained regularly with the first team and coach Christophe Pélissier summoned him several times to the professional group, where he made five appearances on the substitutes' bench during the 2021–2022 season, without coming into play. On 1 June 2022, Meïté signed his first professional contract with FC Lorient, for a period of three years.[7]

It was finally Régis Le Bris who gave him his chance in the first team on 8 January 2023, during a French Cup match against AS La Châtaigneraie. Lorient won that day by six goals to zero.[8] He played his first match in Ligue 1 in a 1–1 tie against Monaco on 11 January 2023.[9]

Personal life

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Bamo Meïté holds both Ivorian and French nationalities.[10][11] He is the cousin of Yakou Meïté, who is also a professional footballer.[12]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 14 September 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stade Lavallois II 2019–20 CFA 2 8 0 8 0
2020–21 CFA 2 5 0 5 0
Total 13 0 13 0
Stade Lavallois 2020–21 CFA 10 0 1 0 10 0
Lorient II 2021–22 CFA 21 0 21 0
2022–23 CFA 2 0 2 0
Total 23 0 23 0
Lorient 2022–23 Ligue 1 17 1 3 0 20 1
2023–24 Ligue 1 2 0 2 0
Total 19 1 3 0 22 1
Marseille (loan) 2023–24 Ligue 1 16 0 2 0 7[a] 0 25 0
Marseille 2024–25 Ligue 1 3 0 3 0
Career total 84 1 6 0 7 0 97 1
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

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  1. ^ "Bamo Abdoul Koudouss MEITE". unfp.org. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. ^ "RENCONTRE. Bamo Meïté, le footballeur du FC Lorient au cœur tourné vers les plus démunis". Ouest-France.fr. 5 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Laval. Stade lavallois : Sabri Toufiqui est officiellement un Tango, Bamo Meïté signe aussi". lecourrierdelamayenne.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  4. ^ "L'ascension de Bamo Meïté, nouveau roc défensif du FC Lorient". L'Équipe.
  5. ^ "Stade lavallois. Bamo Meïté, une première qui en appelle d'autres". Ouest-France.fr. 24 February 2021.
  6. ^ "FC Lorient. Trois recrues intègrent le groupe de National 2". Ouest-France.fr. 15 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Le jeune Bamo Meïté signe pro à Lorient". L'Équipe.
  8. ^ "FC Lorient. Coupe de France. Bamo Meïté : " Une première avec les pros, c'est emblématique "". Ouest-France.fr. 9 January 2023.
  9. ^ "FC Lorient. Qui est Bamo Méïté, le jeune défenseur central qui devrait avoir du temps de jeu en Coupe de France". Le Telegramme. 8 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Bamo MEITE". unfp.org. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Bamo Meite". Ligue1 (in French). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  12. ^ "FC Lorient : l'interview selfie de Bamo Meïté". Le Télégramme (in French). 12 March 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  13. ^ Bamo Meïté at Soccerway
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