Benoît Badiashile

Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya (born 26 March 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Chelsea and the France national team.

In this Congolese name, the surname is Badiashile and the post-surname is Mukinayi Baya.
Benoît Badiashile
Badiashile playing for Monaco in 2021
Personal information
Full name Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya
Date of birth (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001
Place of birth Limoges, France
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 5
Youth career
2007–2008 Limoges
2008–2016 Malesherbes
2016–2018 Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Monaco II 12 (0)
2018–2023 Monaco 106 (6)
2023– Chelsea 11 (1)
International career‡
2016 France U16 5 (0)
2017–2018 France U17 6 (0)
2018 France U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 France U19 18 (0)
2020–2023 France U21 19 (0)
2022– France 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:25, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:56, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Early life

Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya[2] was born on 26 March 2001 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne.[3] He is of Congolese descent.[4]

Club career

Monaco

On 5 February 2018, Badiashile signed his first professional contract with Monaco.[5] On 11 November, he made his professional debut in a 4–0 Ligue 1 loss to Paris Saint-Germain.[6]

Chelsea

On 5 January 2023, Badiashile signed for Premier League club Chelsea on a seven-and-a-half-year contract[7] for a transfer fee reported by The Guardian to be £32.7 million (€37 million).[8] On 15 January 2023, Badiashile made his debut for Chelsea, as he started against Crystal Palace in the Premier League. The French defender played the entire game and earned his new club a clean sheet as Chelsea won 1–0.[9]

International career

Badiashile is a senior international for France, having been a part of a number of under-16 to under-21 teams since 2016.[10]

Badiashile received his first call-up to the France national team for two UEFA Nations League matches against Austria and Denmark in September 2022.[11]

Style of play

Badiashile often opts to keep play moving and picks out wingers with long balls, switching the play regularly. He is a very good passer of the ball and therefore, plays a key role in starting attacks from the back.[12]

Personal life

Badiashile is the younger brother of Loïc Badiashile, who is also a professional footballer.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 13 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco II 2017–18[2] Championnat National 2 30————30
2018–19[2] Championnat National 2 90————90
Total 120————120
Monaco 2018–19[2] Ligue 1 20110302[lower-alpha 3]000261
2019–20[2] Ligue 1 1602020——200
2020–21[2] Ligue 1 35240———392
2021–22[2] Ligue 1 24100—10[lower-alpha 4]0—341
2022–23[2] Ligue 1 11200—5[lower-alpha 5]0—162
Total 10667050170—1356
Chelsea 2022–23[14] Premier League 11100———111
Career total 12977050170001587
  1. Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 25 September 2022[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 202220
Total20

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Benoit Badiashile". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. "B. Badiashile: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  3. "Benoît Badiashile". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. "FOOT-LDC: AS MONACO, LOIC BADIASHILE EN ¼ DE FINALE – VOILA NIGHT". 17 March 2017.
  5. "Benoit BADIASHILE". AS Monaco FC.
  6. "LFP.fr – Ligue de Football Professionnel – Ligue 1 Conforama – Saison 2018/2019 – 13ème journée – AS Monaco / Paris Saint-Germain". Ligue de Football Professionnel.
  7. "Chelsea sign Badiashile". Chelsea F.C. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  8. Steinberg, Jacob (1 January 2023). "Chelsea agree £32.7m fee for Monaco centre-back Benoît Badiashile". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  9. "Potter on spirited win, debutant's impact and Mudryk signing". www.chelseafc.com. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  10. "UEFA Youth League - Benoît Badiashile Mukinayi". UEFA.
  11. "France Nations League squad: Badiashile, Fofana and Kolo Muani receive first-ever call-up, Dembele and Giroud return". Football Today. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  12. https://theprideoflondon.com/2021/02/16/chelsea-centerback-scouting-four-benoit-badiashile/#:~:text=Style%20of%20play,-Badiashile%20is%20very&text=He%20often%20opts%20to%20keep,club%20as%20a%20left%20centerback. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. "Le très convoité Benoît Badiashile signe pro à Monaco – Ligue 1 – France". SO FOOT.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  14. "Games played by Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  15. "Benoît Badiashile: Internationals". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  16. "IFFHS MEN'S YOUTH (U20) WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR 2021". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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