Jean-Mattéo Bahoya
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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(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
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 | 31 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | France U18 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | France U19 | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2025– | France U21 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2025 |
Jean-Mattéo Bahoya Négoce (born 7 May 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.
Club career
[edit]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
[edit]Born in France, Bahoya was born to a Cameroonian mother and French father.[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
[edit]- As of match played 5 May 2025
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
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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 | |
Total | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 40 | 3 | ||
Career total | 69 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 81 | 12 |
- ^ Includes Coupe de France
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
[edit]France U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2024[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Meilleur buteur des U17 nationaux, Jean-Mattéo Bahoya bientôt professionnel ?". ouest-france.fr. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Premier contrat professionnel pour Jean-Matteo Bahoya (Angers)". L'Équipe.
- ^ "Football. Angers-SCO : sans Boufal, Abdelli ni Sima face à Nantes, mais avec le jeune Bahoya". ouest-france.fr. 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Strasbourg 0-0 Angers, Coupe de France, résultat et résumé du match (06/01/2023)". L'Équipe.
- ^ "Bahoya wird ein Adlerträger" [Bahoya becomes an eagle bearer] (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Frankfurt prevail in Bochum thanks to record-breaking teenager". Bundesliga News. 16 March 2025.
- ^ "The five fastest players from the 2024/25 season". Bundesliga. 30 May 2025.
- ^ "Lions Indomptables du Cameroun : Samuel Eto'o convoite 4 binationaux". 16 September 2024.
- ^ Esanji, Isaac (16 June 2022). "Jean-Matteo Bahoya : Premier contrat professionnel pour le Camerounais à Angers".
- ^ "Jean-Mattéo Bahoya - Angers SCO".
- ^ "Équipe de France (U18) : La liste de Bernard Diomède". Foot National. 10 November 2022.
- ^ "2024 Under-19 EURO final highlights, report: Spain 2-0 France". UEFA. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the Eintracht Frankfurt website
- Jean-Mattéo Bahoya at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Jean-Mattéo Bahoya – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Montfermeil
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- France men's under-21 international footballers
- French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Bundesliga players
- Angers SCO players
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- French expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- 21st-century French sportsmen