French footballer (born 2002)
Bradley Locko Personal information Full name Banzouzi Bradley Locko[ 1] Date of birth (2002-05-06 ) 6 May 2002 (age 23) [ 1] Place of birth Ivry-sur-Seine , Val-de-Marne, FranceHeight 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[ 1] Position Left-back [ 2] Team information Current team
Brest Number 2 Youth career 0000 –2019Montrouge FC 2019–2020 Lorient 2020–2021 Reims Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2020–2023 Reims II 5 (0) 2021–2023 Reims 39 (1) 2023 →Brest (loan) 7 (0) 2023– Brest 35 (0) International career‡ 2023 France U21 1 (0) 2024 France Olympic 5 (0) * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:06, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
Banzouzi Bradley Locko (born 6 May 2002) is a French professionalfootballer who plays as aleft-back forLigue 1 clubBrest .[ 3]
Locko was born inIvry-sur-Seine , Val-de-Marne,[ 4] and went through several football academies inParis suburbs, including CA Vitry andUS Ivry , before spending some years inMontrouge , from where he joinedFC Lorient in 2019.[ 5]
Bradley signed his first professional contract withStade de Reims in June 2020, spending his first year inChampagne with theNational 2 reserve team.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
He made his professional debut for Reims on 15 August 2021, starting theLigue 1 3–3 home draw againstMontpelier as aleft-back .[ 7] [ 9] His performance was viewed as promising one, among a fairly young Reims team, with the likes ofIlan Kebbal andHugo Ekitike .[ 10]
On 31 January 2023, Locko joinedBrest on loan with an option to buy.[ 11] Later that year, on 27 July, Brest announced the permanent signing of Locko on a four-year contract,[ 12] for a reported fee of €500,000.[ 13] Later on, he was named in theTeam of the Year for the2023–24 season ,[ 14] as his club secured a third-place finish in the league and first ever qualification to theUEFA Champions League .[ 15]
International career [ edit ] On 8 July 2024, Locko was selected by managerThierry Henry to representFrance at the2024 Olympic Games .[ 16] He was a late substitute in thefinal , as France lost 5–3 toSpain .[ 17] [ 18] [ 19]
Born in France, Locko holds French and Congolese nationalities.[ 20] His twin brother, Bryan Locko, is also a footballer who was with him in the academy ofLorient .[ 21]
As of match played 10 May 2024 [ 22]
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^a b c "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: France (FRA)" (PDF) . FIFA. 27 July 2024. p. 4. Retrieved17 March 2025 .^ Bradley Locko at WorldFootball.net^ Bradley Locko atSoccerway . Retrieved 2 July 2023.^ "Bradley Locko" .L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved17 March 2025 .^a b "Bradley Locko rejoint le Stade de Reims" .Ouest-France . 18 June 2020. Retrieved17 August 2021 .^ "Transferts : Reims mise sur Bradley Locko" .L'Équipe (in French). 15 June 2020.Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved17 August 2021 .^a b Collomb, Julien (15 August 2021)."Stade de Reims - Montpellier : Bradley Locko et Hugo Ékitiké titulaires" .L'Union (in French). Retrieved17 August 2021 . ^ "Bradley Locko, du punch dans le couloir gauche !" .Stade de Reims . 17 June 2020.Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved17 August 2021 .^ Blanc, Jean-Romain (15 August 2021)."Résultat et résumé Reims - Montpellier, Ligue 1 Uber Eats, 2e journée" .L'Équipe (in French).Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved16 August 2021 . ^ Collomb, Julien (17 August 2021)."Face à Montpellier, la jeunesse prometteuse du Stade de Reims a frappé" .L'Union (in French).Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved17 August 2021 . ^ "BRADLEY LOCKO, C'EST FAIT !" (in French). Stade Brestois 29. 31 January 2023. Retrieved3 February 2023 .^ "Bradley Locko s'engage avec Brest!" [Bradley Locko joins Brest!].Stade Brestois 29 - Le Site Officiel (in French). 27 July 2023. Retrieved27 July 2023 .^ "Bradley Locko rejoint les rangs du Stade Brestois! (officiel)" [Bradley Locko joins the ranks of Stade Brestois! (official)].MadeinFoot.com (in French). 27 July 2023. Retrieved27 July 2023 .^a b "Trophées UNFP : sept joueurs du PSG dans l'équipe type de la saison 2023-2024 en Ligue 1" .L'Équipe (in French). 13 May 2024. Retrieved13 May 2024 .^ "Brest secures final automatic Champions League spot in French league, PSG wins without Mbappé" .The Washington Post . 19 May 2024.^ French Football Federation [@equipedefrance] (8 July 2024)."𝐿𝐼𝑆𝑇𝐸 𝑂𝐹𝐹𝐼𝐶𝐼𝐸𝐿𝐿𝐸 📋⚽️ Ils représenteront la France aux 𝑱𝒆𝒖𝒙 𝑶𝒍𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔 de @Paris2024 🇫🇷🫡 #BleuCollectif" (Tweet ). Retrieved8 July 2024 – viaTwitter .^ "France 3–5 Spain" .FIFA . Retrieved12 September 2024 .^ "Spain win gold in Olympic final for the ages" .FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 August 2024. Retrieved9 August 2024 .^ "Spain beat France 5-3 after extra time to win Olympic men's football final – as it happened" .Guardian . 9 August 2024. Retrieved20 August 2024 .^ "Bradley Locko Banzouzi" (in French). UNFP.^ Detout, Arnaud (19 May 2019)."Football : les jumeaux Locko indissociables du succès du FC Montrouge" .Le Parisien (in French). ^ Bradley Locko atSoccerway ^ Ronay, Barney (9 August 2024)."Camello's extra-time double clinches football gold for Spain against France" .The Guardian .ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved9 August 2024 . ^ "The Athletic's end-of-season awards, 2023–24: Men's football" .The Athletic . 21 May 2024.Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved5 June 2024 .^ "Décret du 23 septembre 2024 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national du Mérite" [Decree of 23 September 2024 on promotion and appointment to the National Order of Merit].Official Journal of the French Republic (in French).2024 (227). 24 September 2024. PRER2420330D. Retrieved17 March 2025 .