Denis Bouanga

Denis Athanase Bouanga (born 11 November 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC. Born in France, he plays for the Gabon national team.

Denis Bouanga
Bouanga with Saint-Étienne in 2020
Personal information
Full name Denis Athanase Bouanga[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-11) 11 November 1994
Place of birth Le Mans, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Los Angeles FC
Number 99
Youth career
0000–2011 SO Maine
2011–2013 Le Mans
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Mulsanne-Téloché
2014–2018 Lorient 38 (10)
2016 → Strasbourg (loan) 18 (5)
2016–2017 → Tours (loan) 36 (16)
2018–2019 Nîmes 35 (8)
2019–2022 Saint-Étienne 97 (26)
2022– Los Angeles FC 38 (21)
International career‡
2017– Gabon 36 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:12, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:06, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Club career

In July 2018, Bouanga joined Nîmes from Lorient on a three-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Lorient was reported as €3 million.[3][4] On 9 July 2019, Bouanga signed for Ligue 1 side Saint-Étienne.[5]

On 5 August 2022, Bouanga was acquired by Los Angeles FC of Major League Soccer for a $5 million fee.[6] On 2 October, he scored the match-winning goal in the 95th minute against Portland Timbers to win, 2–1, clinching LAFC's second Supporters' Shield and his first trophy with the club. In 2023, after scoring twice and tallying one assist in the club's 4–0 victory over New England Revolution, Bouanga was named to the league's Team of the Matchday for week three.[7]

On 9 March 2023, Bouanga scored his first hat-trick of his career with a 0–3 away victory over L.D. Alajuelense during the first leg in the two club's Round of 16 showdown in the CONCACAF Champions League.[8] Just under a month later on 8 April 2023, Bouanga scored his second hat-trick of his career in a 3–0 win at home over Austin FC.[9]

International career

Bouanga first received a call-up to the Gabon national team for a match against Mauritania on 28 May 2016.[10] He made the final squad for Gabon for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 21 October 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lorient 2014–15 Ligue 1 100010——20
2015–16 Ligue 1 410010——51
2017–18 Ligue 2 3494531——4115
Total 39104551——4816
Strasbourg (loan) 2015–16 Championnat National 185————185
Tours (loan) 2016–17 Ligue 2 36160010——3716
Nîmes 2018–19 Ligue 1 3581021——389
Saint-Étienne 2019–20 Ligue 1 261042105[lower-alpha 3]0—3612
2020–21 Ligue 1 36700———367
2021–22 Ligue 1 34910——2[lower-alpha 4]0379
2022–23 Ligue 2 10————10
Total 97265210502011028
Los Angeles FC 2022 Major League Soccer 71———3[lower-alpha 5]2103
2023 Major League Soccer 312000—8[lower-alpha 6]74[lower-alpha 7]64333
Total 382100—87785336
Career total 263861079213798304110
  1. Includes Coupe de France
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
  5. Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs
  6. Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
  7. Three appearances and six goals in Leagues Cup, one appearance in Campeones Cup

International
Scores and results list Gabon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bouanga goal.[13]
List of international goals scored by Denis Bouanga
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
124 March 2017Stade Océane, Le Havre, France Guinea1–12–2Friendly
210 June 2017Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali Mali1–01–22019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
312 October 2018Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon South Sudan1–03–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
415 October 2019Stade Ibn Batouta, Tangier, Morocco Morocco2–13–2Friendly
517 November 2019Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon Angola2–02–12021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
612 November 2020Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon Gambia1–02–12021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
725 March 2021Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon DR Congo2–03–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Saint-Étienne

Los Angeles FC

Gabon

Individual

References
  1. "Joueur".
  2. "Denis Bouanga". MLS. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. "Denis Bouanga arrive à Nîmes". L'Équipe (in French). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  4. "FC Lorient. Bouanga à Nîmes pour trois ans". Le Télégramme (in French). 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  5. "Denis Bouanga à l'ASSE jusqu'en 2023 !". AS Saint-Étienne (in French). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  6. "LAFC adds Denis Bouanga at the MLS deadline, creating a possible logjam in attack". Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  7. Sigal, Jonathan (13 March 2023). "Team of the Matchday: Atlanta United, LAFC & St. Louis CITY own the moment". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  8. "Dénis Bouanga nets hat-trick, LAFC dominate Alajuelense in CCL opener". Major League Soccer. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  9. Gates, Billy (8 April 2023). "Bouanga's hat trick sinks Austin FC in Los Angeles". KXAN-TV. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  10. "Gabon: Denis Bouanga convoqué avec les Panthères". 20 May 2016.
  11. Okeleji, Oluwashina (27 December 2016). "Aubameyang leads cast as hosts Gabon name final Nations Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  12. "D. Bouanga". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  13. "Bouanga, Denis". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  14. "Mbappé suffers ankle injury as PSG beat 10-man Saint-Étienne to lift French Cup". The Guardian. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  15. "Slovakia beat Thailand 3–2, win King's Cup". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  16. "Thailand face fearsome EPL threesome in King's Cup". 9 March 2018.
  17. "LAFC FW Bouanga earns Qatar Airways Top Scorer Award". CONCACAF. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  18. "Davila, Ambriz, Bouanga headline 2023 SCCL Best XI". CONCACAF. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  19. "2023 MLS All-Star Team Roster". Major League Soccer. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  20. "LAFC's Dénis Bouanga wins 2023 MLS Golden Boot presented by Audi". Major League Soccer. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  21. "LAFC forward Dénis Bouanga named MLS Player of the Month". Major League Soccer. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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