 Angban with Sochi in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bekanty Victorien Angban[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sochi | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Stade d'Abidjan | ||
| 2012–2015 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Sint-Truiden (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Granada (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Waasland-Beveren (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → Metz (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Metz | 46 | (0) |
| 2021– | Sochi | 36 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Ivory Coast U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2015 | Ivory Coast U20 | 2 | (1) |
| 2015– | Ivory Coast | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:00, 24 August 2019 (UTC) | |||
Bekanty Victorien Angban (born 29 September 1996) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Russian club Sochi.
In 2012, Angban joined Chelsea from Stade d'Abidjan as a trialist. He only officially signed for Chelsea in 2015, after he was able to obtain a work permit after spending three years in the country.[2]
On 14 July 2015, it was announced that Angban would spend the season on loan at Belgian club Sint-Truiden.[3] On 24 July 2015, he made his professional debut as a 64th-minute substitute in a 2–1 victory over Club Brugge in their first game of the season.[4] Angban made his first start for the team on 8 August, against K.V. Oostende which ended in a 1–1 draw.[5] On 27 September 2015, Angban was sent off in the 79th minute, in a 1–0 loss against Anderlecht.[6] On 29 January 2016, he was again sent off in a match against Anderlecht in the closing minutes of a 2–1 loss.[7] On 5 March 2016, Angban was sent off for the third time, then in a match against Club Brugge after picking up two yellows; the match ended in a 3–0 loss for Sint-Truiden.[8] At the end of the season, Angban picked up a total of 8 yellow cards and was sent off a total of 3 times.
On 22 July 2016, it was announced that Angban would be joining Spanish side Granada on loan for the season. He is the second Chelsea player to join Granada on loan, with the first being Jérémie Boga.[9] On 16 September 2016, he made his debut in a 2–2 draw against Real Betis.[10]
On 28 July 2017, it was announced that Angban would be joining Belgian side Waasland-Beveren on loan for the season.[11]
In July 2018, it was announced that Angban would be joining FC Metz in French Ligue 2 on loan for the season.[12]
In April 2019, it was revealed that Metz had exercised the promotion clause in Angban's contract, and he joined the club in a €6 million deal.[13]
On 3 July 2021, he joined Russian Premier League club Sochi.[14] On 30 May 2023, Angban extended his contract with Sochi to June 2026.[15]
Angban has represented Ivory Coast at U17 level and scored at the 2015 African Under-20 Championship finals.[16] On 2 October 2015, he received his first senior Ivory Coast call up by manager Michel Dussuyer as they took on Morocco in a friendly.[17] He was named in the senior Ivory Coast squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[18]
Angban's older brother, Vincent, is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[19]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sint-Truiden (loan) | 2015–16 | Belgian Pro League | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| Granada (loan) | 2016–17 | La Liga | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Waasland-Beveren (loan) | 2017–18 | Belgian Pro League | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 6[a] | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| Metz (loan) | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||
| Metz | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| Total | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 43 | 0 | ||||
| Sochi | 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 44 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 162 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 187 | 3 | ||
Metz
