Clément Bayiha

Clément Yvan Landry Bayiha (born March 8, 1999) is a soccer player who plays for York United of the Canadian Premier League. Born in Cameroon, he represented Canada at youth international level.

Clément Bayiha
Personal information
Full name Clément Yvan Landry Bayiha
Date of birth (1999-03-08) March 8, 1999
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 York United
Number 12
Youth career
US Bain de Bretagne
AS Blainville
2016–2018 Montreal Impact
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Ottawa Fury FC 2 (0)
2018 → Montreal Impact (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2021 CF Montréal[lower-alpha 1] 25 (0)
2022 HamKam 8 (0)
2023– York United 27 (2)
International career‡
2018 Canada U20 5 (1)
2018 Canada U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 7, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 10, 2018

Early life

Born in Cameroon, he moved to Guipry, France at the age of five with his family.[1] He began playing youth soccer in France at age eight with US Bain de Bretagne.[1] At age 11, he moved to Ste-Thérèse, Quebec in Canada with his family.[1] In Canada, he played youth soccer with AS Blainville, before joining the Montreal Impact Academy in 2016.[2] In 2018, he attended pre-season training camp with the Montreal Impact first team.[3][4]

Club career

In July 2018, he signed a contract with Ottawa Fury FC in the USL for the remainder of the season, immediately being sent on a short-term loan for a few days to the Montreal Impact.[2] He made his professional debut with the Fury a month later on August 22 against the Bethlehem Steel.[5] He made two appearances with the Fury, before departing the club.[6]

In November 2018, Bayiha signed a homegrown player contract with the Montreal Impact (later renamed CF Montréal) of Major League Soccer.[7] After the 2021 season, CF Montreal would announce that they would not exercise the option on Bayiha's contract, ending his time with the club after three seasons.[8]

In January 2022, Bayiha joined HamKam of the Norwegian Eliteserien.[9][10] At the end of the season, he departed the club, choosing to return to Canada following limited playing time.[11][12]

In January 2023, he signed with Canadian Premier League side York United.[13][14] He suffered an injury at the beginning of the season, delaying his debut.[15][16] On May 28, he scored his first goal in a 1-0 victory over Cavalry FC.[17]

International career

In 2017, he was called up to a Quebec-Canada U20 team to play friendlies against Haiti U20, who were preparing for the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie.[18]

In January 2018, he made his debut in the Canadian national program, attending a camp with the Canada U23 team.[1] On June 3, he made his international debut with Canada U21 at the 2018 Toulon Tournament against Japan.[19] He was then subsequently named to the Canada U20 roster for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[20]

Career statistics
As of match played October 11, 2023[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Playoffs National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ottawa Fury 2018 USL 20—00—20
Montreal Impact (loan) 2018 Major League Soccer 00—00—00
CF Montréal 2019 110—50—160
2020 4000—0040
2021 100—20—120
Total 250007000320
HamKam 2022 Eliteserien 80—00—80
York United FC 2023 Canadian Premier League 2721020—302
Career total 622109000722

Honours
Montreal Impact

Notes
  1. Montreal Impact changed its name to CF Montréal in 2021

References
  1. Clément Bayiha at the Canadian Soccer Association
  2. "Clément Bayiha signs with Ottawa Fury FC and joins the Impact on loan". CF Montreal. July 24, 2018.
  3. Lévesque, Dave (March 23, 2018). "Bayiha: un nom à retenir" [Bayiha: a name to remember]. Le Journal de Montréal (in French).
  4. "Daniel Kinumbe and Clément Bayiha sign with the Impact". CF Montreal. November 16, 2018. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018.
  5. "Fury FC yield hard fought 2-0 result in Bethlehem". Ottawa Fury FC. August 22, 2018. Archived from the original on August 23, 2018.
  6. Lévesque, Dave (November 16, 2018). "Impact: Le travail commence" [Impact: The work begins]. TVA Sports (in French).
  7. "Impact sign pair of Quebec prospects to Homegrown Player contracts". Montreal Gazette. November 16, 2018.
  8. "CF Montréal exercises options for 12 players". CF Montreal. November 30, 2021.
  9. "Clément Bayiha har signert" [Clément Bayiha has signed]. HamKam (in Norwegian). January 30, 2022.
  10. Landry, Nicolas (February 5, 2022). "Un nouveau départ en Norvège pour l'ancien du CF Montréal Clément Bayiha" [A new start in Norway for former CF Montreal Clément Bayiha]. RDS (in French).
  11. "HamKam-spiller på veg vekk fra klubben: - Nært forestående" [HamKam player on his way away from the club: - Imminent]. Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). January 5, 2023.
  12. Gangué-Ruzic, Alexandre (May 10, 2023). "Why Clément Bayiha hopes CPL move can re-ignite talented best". OneSoccer.
  13. "York United FC announces signing of Canadian winger Clément Bayiha". York United FC. January 11, 2023.
  14. Jacques, John (January 11, 2023). "Clement Bayiha Joins York United". Northern Tribune.
  15. Parisis, Quentin (June 8, 2023). "À York, Clément Bayiha veut montrer son talent" [At York, Clément Bayiha wants to show his talent]. Canadian Premier League (in French).
  16. Jacques, John (June 20, 2023). "Settling In At York, Bayiha Keen To Show The Real Him Again". Northern Tribune.
  17. Tierney, Mitchell (May 28, 2023). "Match Analysis: York United hold off Cavalry FC to pick up first home win of the season". Canadian Premier League.
  18. "L'Impact U18 Bien Représenté dans la Sélection Canada-Québec" [The Impact U18 Well Represented in the Canada-Quebec Selection]. TVA Sports (in French). July 7, 2017.
  19. "L'Impact met Daniel Kinumbe et Clément Bayiha sous contrat" [Impact signs Daniel Kinumbe and Clément Bayiha]. La Presse (in French). November 16, 2018.
  20. "Clément Bayiha ATG profile". ATG Sports Management.
  21. Clément Bayiha at Soccerway
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