Eric Bertrand Bailly ( French: Eric Bertrand Bailly , French pronunciation: [ eʁik bɛʁ.tʁɑ̃ baji] ; born April 12, 1994 , Bingerville , Côte d'Ivoire ) - Ivorian footballer , defender of the Manchester United club and the national team Cote d'Ivoire .
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| Full name | Eric Bertrand Bailly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 12, 1994 (25 years old) Bingerville , Ivory Coast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Cote d'Ivoire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 187 [1] cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 [1] kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club |  Manchester United | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Espanyol
Born in Bingerville , in December 2011, at the age of 17, Eric Bailly joined the Hispaniola youth system [2] . He received permission to work only in October next year [3] , and in the 2013/2014 season he made his professional debut for Espanyol B in Segund B.
October 5, 2014 Bayi made his debut for the main team in the championship of Spain , having replaced at the end of the match against the club Real Sociedad (2-0) [4] . After that, he finally moved to the main team of Hispaniola [5] .
Villarreal
January 29, 2015 Bayi signed a contract for five and a half years with another team of the championship of Spain “ Villarreal ” for 5.7 million euros [6] [7] . Eric was acquired to replace Gabriel Paulista, who had gone to Arsenal . His debut for the new club took place on February 22 in a match against Eibar (1-0) [8] . On March 19, Bayi made his debut in the UEFA Europa League in a match against Sevilla [9] . Since the next season, Bayi has been the main defender of the team and helped her qualify for the Champions League for the next season.
Manchester United
On June 8, 2016, Eric Baillie was announced to be transferred to the English club Manchester United . Eric signed a four-year contract with United [10] . On August 7, 2016, Bayi made his debut for Manchester United in the match for the English Super Cup against Leicester City . The game ended in victory for United with a score of 2: 1 [11] , and Eric was recognized as a “player of the match" [12] . On August 14, Eric made his Premier League debut away game against Bournemouth . The game ended with the score 3: 1 in favor of United, and Eric Bayi in the second meeting in a row was recognized as the best player of the match [13] [14] . Bayi was voted Manchester United's best player in August 2016. On October 23, 2016, Bayi was replaced in the 52nd minute after a severe knee injury during a match with Chelsea [15] .
In 2017, the Ivorian defender was included in the symbolic “team of the season” of the Europa League 2016/17 [16] , in which Manchester United won.
In the 2017/18 season, the player missed a lot of time due to a knee injury and the consequences of her relapse, having played only 22 matches in all tournaments, including 13 matches in the Premier League . On August 19, 2017, Bayi scored his first goal with Manchester United in a match against Swansea City [17] .
Team Career
On December 29, 2014, Bayeux was included by Herve Renard in the final application of the Côte d'Ivoire national team for the 2015 African Cup of Nations [18] . On January 11, 2015, Eric made his debut for the national team in a friendly match against the Nigeria national team [19] . At the tournament itself, he played in all six matches in the starting lineup, and his team won the tournament.
Bayi was called up to the 2017 African Cup of Nations in Gabon [20] and played all three matches of the group stage, in which the “ elephants ” could not reach the playoffs.
Performance Statistics
Club career
- As of April 28, 2019 [21]
| Club | Season | League | Cup countries [22] | Cup leagues [23] | Eurocups [24] | Others [25] | Total | ||||||
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| Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||
| Espanyol B | 2013/14 | 20 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | one | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | one | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 0 | |
| Espanyol | 2014/15 | five | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | five | 0 |
| Total | eight | 0 | 3 | one | - | - | 6 | 0 | - | - | 17 | one | |
| Villarreal | 2014/15 | ten | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | - | - | - | - | eleven | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 7 | one | - | - | 35 | one | |
| Total | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | eight | one | - | - | 46 | one | |
| Manchester United | 2016/17 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | eleven | 0 | one | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 2017/18 | 13 | one | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | one | |
| 2018/19 | 12 | 0 | one | 0 | one | 0 | four | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | one | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | one | 0 | 74 | one | |
| Total career | 114 | one | 9 | one | 2 | 0 | 32 | one | one | 0 | 158 | 3 | |
Team appearances
| Matches and goals of Eric Bailly for the Ivory Coast national team | ||||||
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| No. | date | Rival | Score | Baia Goals | Competition | |
| one | January 11, 2015 | Nigeria | 1-0 | Friendly match | ||
| 2 | January 15, 2015 | Sweden | 0: 2 | Friendly match | ||
| 3 | January 20, 2015 | Guinea | 1: 1 | CAF-2015. Group stage | ||
| four | January 24, 2015 | Mali | 1: 1 | CAF-2015. Group stage | ||
| five | January 28, 2015 | Cameroon | 1-0 | CAF-2015. Group stage | ||
| 6 | February 1, 2015 | Algeria | 3: 1 | CAF-2015. Playoffs | ||
| 7 | February 4, 2015 | Republic of the Congo | 3: 1 | CAF-2015. Playoffs | ||
| eight | February 8, 2015 | Ghana | 0: 0 ( p. 9: 8) | CAF-2015. The final | ||
| 9 | March 26, 2015 | Angola | 2-0 | Friendly match | ||
| ten | March 29, 2015 | Equatorial Guinea | 1: 1 | Friendly match | ||
| eleven | September 6, 2015 | Sierra leone | 0: 0 | CAF-2017. Qualifying matches | ||
| 12 | October 9, 2015 | Morocco | 0: 1 | Friendly match | ||
| 13 | March 25, 2016 | Sudan | 1-0 | CAF-2017. Qualifying matches | ||
| 14 | March 29, 2016 | Sudan | 1: 1 | CAF-2017. Qualifying matches | ||
| 15 | May 20, 2016 | Hungary | 0: 0 | Friendly match | ||
| sixteen | September 3, 2016 | Sierra leone | 1: 1 | CAF-2017. Qualifying matches | ||
| 17 | October 8, 2016 | Mali | 3: 1 | 2018 World Cup. Qualifying matches | ||
| 18 | January 11, 2017 | Uganda | 3-0 | Friendly match | ||
| nineteen | January 16, 2017 | Togo | 0: 0 | CAF-2017. Group stage | ||
| 20 | January 20, 2017 | Republic of the Congo | 2: 2 | CAF-2017. Group stage | ||
| 21 | January 24, 2017 | Morocco | 0: 1 | CAF-2017. Group stage | ||
| 22 | March 24, 2017 | Russia | 2-0 | Friendly match | ||
| 23 | March 27, 2017 | Senegal | 1: 1 | Friendly match | ||
| 24 | June 4, 2017 | Netherlands | 0: 5 | Friendly match | ||
| 25 | June 10, 2017 | Guinea | 2: 3 | CAF-2019. Qualification | ||
| 26 | September 2, 2017 | Gabon | 3-0 | 2018 World Cup. Qualification | ||
| 27 | September 5, 2017 | Gabon | 1: 2 | 2018 World Cup. Qualification | ||
| 28 | October 6, 2017 | Mali | 0: 0 | 2018 World Cup. Qualification | ||
| 29th | March 24, 2018 | Togo | 2: 2 | Friendly match | ||
| thirty | March 27, 2018 | Moldova | 2: 1 | Friendly match | ||
Total: 30 matches / 0 goals; 13 wins, 12 draws, 5 losses [26] .
Achievements
Team
- Manchester United
- Football League Cup Winner : 2017
- Super Bowl England : 2016
- UEFA Europa League Winner: 2017
- Total: 3 trophies
- Ivory Coast National Team
- African Nations Cup Winner: 2015
- Total: 1 trophy
Personal
- Member of the team of the year CAF 2016 [27] , 2017 [28]
- Member of the UEFA Europa League season: 2016/2017 [29]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Eric Bailly profile . PremierLeague.com.
- ↑ Dos nous fitxatges per al futbol base (Two new signings for the youth setup) ; Hispaniola official website, December 1, 2011
- ↑ Eric Bertrand ya tiene los papeles y puede debutar (Eric Bertrand already has the paperwork and can debut) ; Diario La Grada, October 6, 2012
- ↑ El Espanyol pone a Arrasate contra las cuerdas (Espanyol puts Arraste against the wall) ; Marca , October 5, 2014
- ↑ Eric, la perla de 20 millones (Eric, the pearl of 20 million) ; Sport, December 13, 2014
- ↑ El Villarreal CF ficha a Eric Bailly (Villarreal signs Eric Bailly) Archived on January 31, 2015. ; The official site of Villarreal, January 29, 2015
- ↑ El Espanyol traspasa a Eric Bailly al Villarreal por 5.7 millones de euros (Espanyol transfers Eric Bailly to Villarreal for 5.7 million euros) ; El Mundo Deportivo, January 29, 2015
- ↑ Vietto, con licencia para marcar (Vietto, with a scoring license) ; Marca, February 22, 2015
- ↑ Slick Sevilla finish off ten-man Villarreal ; UEFA.com, March 19, 2015
- ↑ Manchester United sign Eric Bailly . ManUtd.com (June 8, 2016).
- ↑ Community Shield: Leicester City 1-2 Manchester United . BBC Sport (August 7, 2016).
- ↑ Video: Analysis of Bailly's United debut . ManUtd.com (August 8, 2016).
- ↑ Report: Bournemouth 1 United 3 . ManUtd.com (August 14, 2016).
- ↑ Bournemouth 1-3 Manchester United . BBC Sport (October 23, 2017).
- ↑ Manchester United - Chelsea 0-4 . BBC Sport (August 14, 2017).
- ↑ UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2016/17 season . UEFA (May 25, 2017).
- ↑ Swansea City 0-4 Manchester United . BBC Sport (August 19, 2017).
- ↑ 2015 Nations Cup: Kolo Toure in squad for last time . BBC Sport (December 29, 2014).
- ↑ Kalou Hands Cote D'Ivoire Late Win Over Nigeria . SL10.ng (January 11, 2015).
- ↑ Afcon 2017: Bailly in Ivory Coast's final squad . BBC Sport (January 4, 2017).
- ↑ Eric Bailly . Soccerway.com.
- ↑ Spanish Cup , FA Cup .
- ↑ Football League Cup .
- ↑ UEFA Europa League , UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Other official matches
- ↑ Eric Bailly Ivory Coast Stats . National-Football-Teams.com.
- ↑ CAF Team of the Year 2016 (English) . cafonline.com.
- ↑ 2017 CAF Team of the Year . cafonline.com.
- ↑ Team of the Year of the Europa League 2017 (English) . uefa.com.
Links
- Football player profile on Manchester United official website
- Player profile on soccerbase.com
- Profile at BDFutbol.com
- Soccerway Profile
- Bayi, Eric on Twitter
- Bayi, Eric on Instagram