Richard Bakary

Mohamed Richard Bakary (born 17 October 1997 in Porto-Novo, Benin) is a footballer who plays as a defender for A.F.C. Totton.

Richard Bakary
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Richard Bakary[1]
Date of birth (1997-10-17) 17 October 1997
Place of birth Porto-Novo, Benin
Position(s) winger or attacker
Team information
Current team
 black field and Langley
Number 7 or 11
Youth career
0000–2012 Welling United
2012–2014 Chelsea
2014–2018 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– AFC Totton 16 (2)
International career‡
2017– Benin 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:08, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:56, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Career

Club career

Having started his career as an attacking player he signed for Chelsea before Southampton swooped and converted him to a defensive player during his 4 years with club. But at the end of the 2017–18 season, his contract with Southampton was not renewed. He made no first team appearances for the club but made many appearances for the U23’s before his release.[2]

On 5 September 2019, Bakary joined A.F.C. Totton.[3]

International career

He represented Benin in a friendly match against Mauritania on 24 March 2017.[4]

References
  1. "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. "Saints announce 2018 retained list". Southampton F.C. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. More info on Stags new signing Richard Bakary, afctotton.com, 5 September 2019
  4. "Bakary suffers defeat with Benin". Southampton F.C. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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