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 | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | 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 as of 5 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals 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 1908 . 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 gogdigo 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