_2_(cropped).jpg) Bayo with Toulouse in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vakoun Issouf Bayo | ||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Daloa, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Watford | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stade d'Abidjan | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Étoile du Sahel | 11 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Dunajská Streda | 25 | (14) |
| 2019–2021 | Celtic | 9 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | → Toulouse (loan) | 31 | (10) |
| 2021–2022 | Gent | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Charleroi (loan) | 16 | (11) |
| 2022 | Charleroi | 0 | (0) |
| 2022– | Watford | 51 | (9) |
| 2023 | → Charleroi (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Ivory Coast U23 | 4 | (1) |
| 2018– | Ivory Coast | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 January 2019 | |||
Vakoun Issouf Bayo (born 10 January 1997) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Watford and the Ivory Coast national team. He is nicknamed The Crow.[1]
Bayo joined Dunajská Streda in March 2018.[2] He made his Slovak league debut against ŠK Slovan Bratislava on 18 March 2018.[3]
Bayo moved to Scottish Premiership club Celtic in January 2019.[4] He was left out of the Celtic squad for the later stages of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, with the club only able to register three of their four January window signings.[5] He made his debut for Celtic against Kilmarnock on 17 February 2019, coming on as a late substitute shortly before Scott Brown scored a late winner.[6][7]
On 12 August 2020, Bayo signed for French club Toulouse, on a one-year loan, with an additional option to buy.[8]
On 9 July 2021, Bayo signed for Belgian First Division A club Gent on a four-year deal.[9]
On 22 December 2021, Bayo agreed to join Charleroi on loan until the end of the season, with an option to buy.[10] On 16 May 2022, Charleroi confirmed that they had exercised the option to purchase and had signed Bayo on a contract until 2026 after a successful loan spell that saw him score eleven goals in sixteen matches.[11]
on 2 July 2022, Bayo joined EFL Championship club Watford on a five-year deal.[12]
On 30 January 2023, Bayo rejoined Charleroi on loan until the end of the season.[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Étoile du Sahel | 2015-16 | CLP-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4[b] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | CLP-1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Dunajská Streda | 2017–18 | Slovak Super Liga | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 4 | ||
| 2018–19 | Slovak Super Liga | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | – | 4[c] | 3 | 23 | 18 | ||
| Total | 25 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 22 | ||
| Celtic | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5[d] | 0 | 16 | 4 | ||
| Total | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 4 | ||
| Toulouse (loan) | 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2[e] | 1 | 36 | 13 |
| Gent | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[f] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Charleroi (loan) | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 11 | ||
| Watford | 2022–23[15] | Championship | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 4 | |
| 2023–24[15] | Championship | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 30 | 6 | ||
| Total | 51 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 55 | 10 | |||
| Charleroi (loan) | 2022–23 | Belgian First Division A | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 154 | 45 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 186 | 62 | ||
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