Jean-Mattéo Bahoya
French footballer (born 2005)
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Jean-Mattéo Bahoya Négoce (born 7 May 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.
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| Full name | Jean-Mattéo Bahoya Négoce | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 May 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montfermeil, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | FE Trélazé | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | ES Andard Brain | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2022 | Angers | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Angers II | 9 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Angers | 29 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 59 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | France U18 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | France U19 | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | France U21 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Bahoya is a youth product of Foyer Espérance Trélazé, and ES Andard Brain, before moving to the youth academy of Angers in 2014 . He was the top scorer for the U17s with Angers, with 30 goals in 25 matches.[1] On 16 May 2022, he signed his first professional contract with Angers until 2025.[2] He was called up to their senior team for the first time in August 2022.[3] He made his professional and senior debut with Angers in a 0–0 (5–4) penalty shootout win over Strasbourg on 6 January 2023.[4]
On 25 January 2024, Bahoya signed a 5.5-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany.[5] On 16 March 2025, he netted his first Bundesliga goal in a 3–1 away win over VfL Bochum.[6] In the 2024–25 season, he recorded the fastest sprint in the league at 37.16 kilometres per hour (23.09 mph).[7]
International career
Born in France, Bahoya was born to a Cameroonian father and French mother.[8] He holds French and Cameroonian nationalities.[9][10] He is a youth international for France, having played for the France U18s in November 2022.[11]
Career statistics
- As of match played 16 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Angers II | 2021–22 | CFA 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | CFA 2 | 8 | 3 | — | — | 8 | 3 | |||
| Total | 9 | 4 | — | — | 9 | 4 | ||||
| Angers | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Ligue 2 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 21 | 5 | ||
| Total | 29 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | 32 | 5 | |||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9[b] | 1 | 32 | 3 | |
| 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8[c] | 0 | 37 | 4 | |
| Total | 59 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 77 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 97 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 118 | 16 | ||
- Includes Coupe de France
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
France U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2024[12]
