Ibrahima Bakayoko

Playing in France with Montpellier, Bakayoko was rated highly enough by Everton manager Walter Smith that Smith was willing to pay £4.5 million for Bakayoko's services in October 1998. However, he failed to impress in the 23 games he played, only finding the net four times in the league (seven times in all competitions).^[2] A brief highlight was scoring twice as Everton beat Blackburn Rovers 2–1 at Ewood Park.^[3] He was sold for £4 million in June 1999 to Marseille.

A spell in Spain with Osasuna followed, before Bakayoko returned for a third spell in France, this time representing Istres, before he moved over the Alps to Italy, first with Livorno^[4] and then with Messina. On 28 January 2007, he played his first Serie A match for Messina against Ascoli.

In the summer of 2007, he joined Greek SuperLeague outfit AEL. On 20 September 2007, he scored from 30 yards for his new side in the UEFA Cup first round first leg against English Premier League side Blackburn. On 19 June 2008, he joined PAOK for a year.

After his contract expired, Bakayoko signed a two-year contract for newly promoted PAS Giannina on 27 July 2009.^[5]

Bakayoko is a former international for Ivory Coast. He made his first appearance for The Elephants in 1995.

Bakayoko holds Ivorian and French nationalities.^[6] He is the uncle of the French footballer Ryan Bakayoko.^[7]

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year^[8]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ivory Coast	1996	4	1
	1997	5	2
	1998	7	4
	1999	4	1
	2000	6	4
	2001	10	10
	2002	3	0
Total		39	22

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Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bakayoko goal.

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List of international goals scored by Ibrahima Bakayoko

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	9 June 1996	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Burkina Faso	1–1	1–1	Friendly	[9]
2	23 February 1997	Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako, Mali	Mali	1–1	2–1	1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[10]
3	27 July 1997	Stade de la Paix, Bouaké, Ivory Coast	Mali	4–2	4–2	1998 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[11]
4	29 January 1998	Stade de la Paix, Bouaké, Ivory Coast	Mozambique	3–1	4–1	Friendly	[12]
5				4–1
6	8 February 1998	Stade Omnisports, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Namibia	2–0	4–3	1998 Africa Cup of Nations	[13]
7	16 February 1998	Stade Municipal, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Angola	4–2	5–2	1998 Africa Cup of Nations	[14]
8	11 April 1999	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Congo	1–0	2–0	2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[15]
9	23 April 2000	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Rwanda	1–0	2–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[16]
10				2–0
11	18 June 2000	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Tunisia	1–2	2–2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[17]
12	19 November 2000	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Libya	1–1	2–1	2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[18]
13	28 January 2001	Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar	Madagascar	1–0	3–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[19]
14				2–0
15	10 March 2001	Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo	DR Congo	2–0	2–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[20]
16	22 April 2001	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Congo	2–0	2–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[21]
17	20 May 2001	El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia	Tunisia	1–0	1–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[22]
18	3 June 2001	Tripoli Stadium, Tripoli, Libya	Libya	2–0	3–0	2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[23]
19	17 June 2001	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Egypt	1–1	2–2	2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[24]
20	1 July 2001	Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast	Madagascar	1–0	6–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[25]
21				2–0
22				6–0

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