Jannick Buyla

Jannick Buyla Sam (born 6 October 1998) is a professional footballer. Born in Spain, he plays for the Equatorial Guinea national team. Mainly a right winger, he can also operate as an attacking midfielder.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Buyla and the second or maternal family name is Sam.
Jannick Buyla
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Buyla being hugged by Esteban Obiang after an Equatorial Guinea match in 2022
Personal information
Full name Jannick Buyla Sam
Date of birth (1998-10-06) 6 October 1998
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2003–2009 Amistad
2009–2010 Oliver
2010–2017 Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Zaragoza B 64 (5)
2017–2018 → Tudelano (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2022 Zaragoza 9 (0)
2021 → UCAM Murcia (loan) 14 (2)
2021–2022 → Gimnàstic (loan) 25 (1)
2023 Badajoz 19 (1)
International career‡
2016 Equatorial Guinea U20
2019– Equatorial Guinea 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023.
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2023

Nicknamed Nick in Spain,[1] Buyla is a former member of the Equatorial Guinea national under-20 team.[2]

Club career

Born in Zaragoza, Aragón to Equatorial Guinean parents, Buyla represented UD Amistad, CD Oliver and Real Zaragoza as a youth. On 2 August 2017, after finishing his formation, he was loaned to Segunda División B side CD Tudelano for one year.

Buyla made his senior debut on 24 September 2017, in a 0–0 home draw against CD Lealtad. He returned to Zaragoza on 24 January 2018,[3] being assigned to the B-team, and finished the campaign by suffering relegation.[4]

On 11 May 2019, Buyla made his first team debut by coming on as a late substitute for James Igbekeme in a 3–0 Segunda División away success over Extremadura UD.[5] Roughly one year later, he renewed his contract until 2024 and was definitely promoted to the first team for the 2020–21 season.[6]

On 28 January 2021, after featuring rarely, Buyla was loaned to third division side UCAM Murcia CF for the remainder of the campaign.[7] On 5 July, he moved to Primera División RFEF side Gimnàstic de Tarragona also in a temporary deal.[8]

International goal
Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first.[9]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 January 2022Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon Senegal1–11–32021 Africa Cup of Nations

References
  1. "Jannick Buyla" (in Spanish). Aúpa Deportivo Aragón. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  2. Giménez, Paco (29 March 2016). "Guinea Ecuatorial convoca al juvenil zaragocista Buyla" [Equatorial Guinea call up the zaragocista youngster Buyla] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  3. "Buyla deja el Tudelano" [Buyla leaves Tudelano] (in Spanish). Navarra Sport. 24 January 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. "Jannick Buyla 'Nick', la cara nueva del Real Zaragoza en Extremadura" [Jannick Buyla 'Nick', the new face of Real Zaragoza at Extremadura] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  5. "Jannick Buyla debuta con el primer equipo del Real Zaragoza" [Jannick Buyla debuts with Real Zaragoza's first team] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  6. "Marcos Baselga y Jannick Buyla amplían su contrato hasta 2024" [Marcos Baselga and Jannick Buyla extend their contract until 2024] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  7. "Acuerdo para la cesión de Jannick Buyla al UCAM Murcia" [Agreement for the loan of Jannick Buyla to UCAM Murcia] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  8. "Acuerdo con el Nástic de Tarragona para la cesión de Jannick Buyla" [Agreement with Nástic for the loan of Jannick Buyla] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  9. Myers, Paul (30 January 2022). "Senegal see off Equatorial Guinea to reach Cup of Nations semi-final". rfi.fr. Retrieved 27 October 2023.


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