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_2_(cropped).jpg) Bayo with Toulouse in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vakoun Issouf Bayo | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-01-10)10 January 1997 (age 28) | ||
| 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 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | →Toulouse (loan) | 31 | (10) |
| 2021–2022 | Gent | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | →Charleroi (loan) | 16 | (11) |
| 2022 | Charleroi | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Watford | 63 | (10) |
| 2023 | →Charleroi (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| 2024– | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | →Watford (loan) | 33 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Ivory Coast U23 | 4 | (1) |
| 2018– | Ivory Coast | 4 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 | |||
Vakoun Issouf Bayo (born 10 January 1997) is an Ivorian professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forEFL Championship clubWatford on loan fromSerie A sideUdinese, and theIvory Coast national team. He is nicknamedThe Crow.[1]
Bayo joined Dunajská Streda in March 2018.[2] He made his Slovak league debut againstSlovan Bratislava on 18 March 2018.[3]
Bayo moved toScottish Premiership clubCeltic in January 2019.[4] He was left out of the Celtic squad for the later stages of the2018–19 UEFA Europa League, with the club only able to register three of their four January window signings.[5] He made his debut for Celtic againstKilmarnock on 17 February 2019, coming on as a late substitute shortly beforeScott Brown scored a late winner.[6][7]
On 12 August 2020, Bayo signed for French clubToulouse, on a one-year loan, with an additional option to buy.[8]
On 9 July 2021, Bayo signed forBelgian First Division A clubGent on a four-year deal.[9]
On 22 December 2021, Bayo agreed to joinCharleroi 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 joinedEFL Championship clubWatford on a five-year deal.[12]
On 30 January 2023, Bayo rejoinedCharleroi on loan until the end of the season.[13]
On 29 August 2024, Bayo signed a four-season contract withUdinese in Italy, and was loaned back to Watford for the rest of the 2024–25 season.[14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | 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[c] | 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[d] | 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 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5[e] | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| Toulouse (loan) | 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2[f] | 1 | 36 | 13 |
| Gent | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[g] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Charleroi (loan) | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 11 | ||
| Watford | 2022–23 | Championship | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 4 | |
| 2023–24 | Championship | 39 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 42 | 7 | ||
| Total | 63 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 67 | 11 | |||
| Udinese | 2024–25 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Watford (loan) | 2024–25 | Championship | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 10 | |
| Charleroi (loan) | 2022–23 | Belgian First Division A | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 201 | 60 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 234 | 74 | ||
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