Richard Bakary
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohamed Richard Bakary[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 October 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto-Novo, Benin | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bournemouth | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2012 | Welling United | ||
| 2012–2014 | Chelsea | ||
| 2014–2018 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | AFC Totton | 16 | (2) |
| 2022 | Blackfield & Langley | 9 | (5) |
| 2023 | Alresford Town | 8 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | Lymington Town | 29 | (4) |
| 2024– | Bournemouth | 7 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Benin | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:43, 17 July 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:56, 24 March 2017 (UTC) | |||
Mohamed Richard Bakary (born 17 October 1997) is a footballer who plays as a winger for Bournemouth. He has represented Benin at senior international level.
Club career
[edit]Having started his career as an attacking player he signed for Chelsea before Southampton swooped and converted him to a defensive player during his 4 years with club. But at the end of the 2017–18 season, his contract with Southampton was not renewed. He made no first team appearances for the club but made many appearances for the U23's before his release.[2]
On 5 September 2019, Bakary joined A.F.C. Totton.[3]
Bakary featured for Blackfield & Langley in 2022.[4] The following year, he was featuring for Alresford Town having dual-registered with the club from Winchester City.[5] Bakary was playing for Wessex League side Lymington Town in March 2024.[6]
On 20 July 2024, Bakary signed for Bournemouth.[7]
International career
[edit]He represented Benin in a friendly match against Mauritania on 24 March 2017.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Saints announce 2018 retained list". Southampton F.C. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ More info on Stags new signing Richard Bakary, afctotton.com, 5 September 2019
- ^ "26/11/22 Blackfield & Langley 1 – 3 Shaftesbury". shaftesburyfc.co.uk. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Winchester City Chesham Draw". winchestertoday.co.uk. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Velocity Wessex Premier football: Richard Bakary fires home to level but Lymington Town still lose to third-placed Shaftesbury". advertiserandtimes.co.uk. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ @O_BournemouthFC (20 July 2024). "POPPIES GET BAKARY" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Bakary suffers defeat with Benin". Southampton F.C. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
External links
[edit]- Richard Bakary at National-Football-Teams.com
- Richard Bakary at Soccerway
- Richard Bakary - Southampton FC
- Wessex League stats
- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Porto-Novo
- Beninese men's footballers
- Benin men's international footballers
- Beninese expatriate men's footballers
- Beninese expatriate sportspeople in England
- Men's association football defenders
- A.F.C. Totton players
- Alresford Town F.C. players
- Blackfield & Langley F.C. players
- Bournemouth F.C. players
- Lymington Town F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- Wessex Football League players