Axel Mohamed Bakayoko


Axel Mohamed Bakayoko is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club St. Gallen, on loan from Serie A club Internazionale.

Club career

Internazionale

Bakayoko made his UEFA Europa League debut for the club on 8 December 2016 against Sparta Prague. He replaced Andrea Pinamonti after 80 minutes.

Loan to Sochaux

He joined French club Sochaux on July 10, 2017 for a season long loan. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 28 July as a substitute replacing Aldo Kalulu in the 65th minute of a 2–0 home win over Bourg-Péronnas. On 8 August he played in the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue in a 3–1 away defeat against Valenciennes, he was replaced by Florin Berenguer after 70 minute.. On 19 September, Bakayoko played his first match as a starter in Ligue 2, a 1–0 away defeat against Le Havre, he was replaced by Thomas Robinet in the 74th minute. On 6 February 2018, Bakayoko played his first match in Coupe de France as a substitute replacing Florian Martin in the 34th minute of a 4–1 home defeat against Paris Saint-Germain. On 6 April he scored his first professional goal, as a substitute, in the 89th minute of a 3–2 home win over Orléans. Bakayoko ended his loan to Sochaux with 19 appearances, 1 goal and 1 assist, he also played 4 matches in the reserve team in Championnat National 3.

Loan to St. Gallen

On 17 July 2018, Internazionale announced that they had loaned out Bakayoko to Swiss club FC St. Gallen for the whole 2018/19 season. Bakayoko had a good season with the Swiss side, playing 34 games for the club in that season, many of them on the right back although his normal position was on the wing. At the end of the season it was confirmed, that Bakayoko would stay one more season at the club, still on loan from Inter.

Personal life

Bakayoko is born in France and is of Ivorian descent.

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Honours

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