Lass Bangoura

Alhassane "Lass" Bangoura (born 30 March 1992) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Super League Greece 2 club Chania FC.

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
Team information
Current team
 Chania
Number 19
Youth career
Étoile de Guinée
2010–2011 Rayo Vallecano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2022 Rayo Vallecano 140 (7)
2015 → Granada (loan) 14 (0)
2016 → Reims (loan) 10 (1)
2018 → Almería (loan) 10 (0)
2019 → Vancouver Whitecaps FC (loan) 17 (1)
2020 → Lugo (loan) 3 (0)
2020–2021 → Emelec (loan) 17 (0)
2022 → Lamia (loan) 14 (1)
2022– Chania 4 (1)
International career
2009 Guinea U17
2011–2019 Guinea 37 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:01, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Rayo Vallecano

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 in 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 netted 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] He continued to be loaned the following seasons, to C.S. Emelec (Ecuadorian Serie A)[17] and PAS Lamia 1964 (Super League Greece).[18]

Later career

Bangoura remained in Greece in September 2022, signing for Chania FC of the Super League 2.[19]

International career

Bangoura represented Guinea at the 2009 African U-17 Championship.[20]

He made his senior international debut for Guinea in 2011 at the age of 19, and was selected for the 2012[21] and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[22]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 July 2022[23][24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rayo Vallecano 2010–11 Segunda División 4000——40
2011–12 La Liga 28310——293
2012–13 La Liga 32320——343
2013–14 La Liga 28030——310
2014–15 La Liga 1000——10
2015–16 La Liga 16032——192
2016–17 Segunda División 22110——231
2017–18 Segunda División 9010——100
2018–19 La Liga 0010——10
2020–21 Segunda División 0000——00
Total 140712200001529
Granada (loan) 2014–15 La Liga 14011——151
Reims (loan) 2015–16 Ligue 1 10100——101
Almería (loan) 2017–18 Segunda División 10000——100
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (loan) 2019 MLS 17110——181
Lugo (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División 3000——30
Emelec (loan) 2020 Ecuadorian Serie A 9000—1[lower-alpha 1]0100
2021 Ecuadorian Serie A 80003[lower-alpha 2]0—110
Total 170003010210
Lamia (loan) 2021–22 Super League Greece 14130—1[lower-alpha 3]030
Career total 22510173302024713
  1. Appearance(s) in Supercopa Ecuador
  2. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. Appearance in league play-offs

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[25]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Guinea 201120
2012111
201340
201430
201552
201661
201700
201820
201940
Total374

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]. El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 7 January 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  3. Forjanes, Carlos (6 June 2011). "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 (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  4. "Solid return for Vallecano". ESPN Soccernet. 28 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  5. "Rayo see off Betis at the death". ESPN Soccernet. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  6. "Bangoura and Costa inspire Rayo". ESPN Soccernet. 19 February 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  7. "Jémez confirma la marcha de Lass al Granada" [Jémez confirms Lass departure to Granada]. Marca (in Spanish). 7 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  8. Campos, Tomás (8 January 2015). "Mano al cuello del Sevilla a Caparrós" [Sevilla put hand on Caparrós' neck]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  9. @RayoVallecano (1 February 2016). "OFICIAL | Lass jugará cedido en el @StadeDeReims hasta final de temporada" [OFFICIAL | Lass will play on loan to @StadeDeReims until the end of the season] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2021 – via Twitter.
  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)] (in French). Eurosport. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  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]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 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]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 1 February 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  17. De Vicente, Marcos (10 March 2021). "Lass renueva su cesión por el Emelec hasta finales de año" [Lass renews his loan at Emelec until the end of the year]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  18. "Piti se lleva a Lass Bangoura al Lamia FC" [Piti takes Lass Bangoura to Lamia FC] (in Spanish). Unión Rayo. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  19. "Τα Χανιά ανακοίνωσαν την απόκτηση του Λας Μπανγκουρά" [Chania announced acquisition of Lass Bangoura] (in Greek). Gazzetta. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  20. "Algeria 2009: Squad list". CAF Online. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  21. "France U21 star Abdoul Razzagui Camara named by Guinea". BBC Sport. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  22. Fajah Barrie, Mohamed (12 June 2019). "Africa Cup of Nations: Liverpool's Keita named in Guinea squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  23. Lass Bangoura at Soccerway
  24. Lass Bangoura at FootballDatabase.eu
  25. Lass Bangoura at National-Football-Teams.com
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