 Badiashile withChelsea in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-03-26)26 March 2001 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Limoges, France | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chelsea | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2008 | Limoges | ||
| 2008–2016 | Malesherbes | ||
| 2016–2018 | Monaco | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Monaco II | 12 | (0) |
| 2018–2023 | Monaco | 106 | (6) |
| 2023– | Chelsea | 37 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2016 | France U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | France U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2018 | France U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | France U19 | 18 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | France U21 | 19 | (0) |
| 2022 | France | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:00, 22 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya (born 26 March 2001) is a French professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-back forPremier League clubChelsea.
Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya[2] was born on 26 March 2001 inLimoges, Haute-Vienne[3] and is of Congolese descent.[4]
On 5 February 2018, Badiashile signed his first professional contract withMonaco.[5] He made his professional debut on 11 November, in a 4–0Ligue 1 loss toParis Saint-Germain.[6]
On 5 January 2023, Badiashile signed withPremier League clubChelsea on a seven-and-a-half-year contract[7] for atransfer fee reported byThe Guardian to be £32.7 million (€37 million).[8] On 15 January 2023, Badiashile made his debut for Chelsea, starting againstCrystal Palace in the Premier League. The French defender played the entire game and earned his new club a clean sheet as Chelsea won 1–0.[9]
Badiashile is a senior international for France, having been a part variousunder-16 tounder-21 teams since 2016.[10]
Badiashile received his first call-up to theFrance national team for twoUEFA Nations League matches againstAustria andDenmark in September 2022.[11]
Badiashile is the younger brother ofLoïc Badiashile, who is also a professional footballer.[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Monaco II | 2017–18[2] | Championnat National 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19[2] | Championnat National 2 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| Monaco | 2018–19[2] | Ligue 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 2019–20[2] | Ligue 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21[2] | Ligue 1 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 39 | 2 | ||||
| 2021–22[2] | Ligue 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 10[d] | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23[2] | Ligue 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[e] | 0 | — | 16 | 2 | |||
| Total | 106 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | — | 135 | 6 | |||
| Chelsea | 2022–23[13] | Premier League | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24[14] | Premier League | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25[15] | Premier League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13[f] | 0 | 2[g] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2025–26[16] | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 155 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 206 | 8 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
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