Darling Bladi
French footballer (born 2004)
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Darling Bladi (born 11 June 2004) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Primera Federación club Betis Deportivo.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 June 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Créteil, France | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Betis B | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AS Orly | |||
| CFF Paris[2] | |||
| 2019–2023 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2025 | Saint-Étienne B | 35 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Saint-Étienne | 2 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Bourg-Péronnas (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2025– | Betis B | 13 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 November 2025 | |||
Career
In 2019, Bladi signed for Saint-Étienne's youth academy after leaving CFF Paris.[3] He would make his Ligue 2 debut for the club in December 2023 in a match against Bordeaux.[4] On 14 May 2024, he signed his first professional contract with Saint-Étienne, a deal until 2027.[5] On 7 July 2024, he was loaned out to Championnat National club Bourg-Péronnas for the rest of the season.[6][7] Quickly establishing himself as a key player in the team, he finished the season with twenty-six league appearances to his name.[8][9][10][11]
On 19 July 2025, Bladi was transferred to Betis Deportivo, the reserve team of Real Betis.[12]
Personal life
Born in France, Bladi is of Ivorian descent.[13]
Career statistics
- As of match played 30 October 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Saint-Étienne B | 2020–21 | National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | National 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | National 3 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | National 3 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||||
| Saint-Étienne | 2023–24 | Ligue 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bourg-Péronnas (loan) | 2024–25 | Ligue 3 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| Betis B | 2025–26 | Primera Federación | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Betis | 2025–26 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 72 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | ||