Plaisir Bahamboula
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Plaisir Moyo Bahamboula | ||
Date of birth | 8 January 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Corbeil, France | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2004 | US Grigny | ||
2004–2005 | Linas-Montlhéry | ||
2005–2010 | Sochaux | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2011 | Sochaux B | 34 | (3) |
2011 | Antwerp | 0 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Viry-Châtillon | 3 | (0) |
2013 | MyPa | 7 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Slavia Sofia | 1 | (0) |
2015 | Viry-Châtillon | 9 | (0) |
2016 | Sénart-Moissy | 3 | (0) |
Total | 57 | (3) | |
International career | |||
2010 | France U19 | 3 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Plaisir Moyo Bahamboula (born 8 January 1991) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is now a musical artist and social media influencer, and his stage name is OhPlai.[1][2]
Club career
[edit]Bahamboula played for US Grigny, Linas-Montlhéry, and Sochaux in his youth career. He would go on to play 34 games and score 3 goals for the B team of Sochaux from 2008 to 2011.[3] He would then successively play for Royal Antwerp, Viry-Châtillon, MyPa, Slavia Sofia, and Viry-Châtillon again from 2011 to 2015, making sporadic appearances along the way.
In January 2016, Bahamboula signed for Sénart-Moissy. In the second half of the 2015–16 season, he would make a total of 3 appearances.[3] He would decide to retire at the end of the season.[4]
International career
[edit]Born in France, Bahamboula was of Congolese descent.[5] He was a youth player for France at U19 level. He was part of the same generation of footballers as Alexandre Lacazette and Clément Grenier.[6] Bahamboula made only 3 appearances and scored 1 goal for the team.[7]
Post-playing career
[edit]After retiring from football, Bahamboula pursued a career in making humorous videos on social media. He would gain over 1 million followers across several platforms.[4] He would also become a musical artist, and made several music videos.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Plaisir’s younger brothers Dylan, Dolan, and his cousin Jason Bahamboula are footballers.[8] His cousin Yven Moyo is a professional footballer as well.[6]
Honours
[edit]Sochaux U19
- Coupe Gambardella runner-up: 2009–10[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Pruneta, Laurent (18 April 2018). "Une cagnotte pour sauver le club de football". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "OHPLAI : " MON MANQUE DE SÉRIEUX ME PERMETTAIT DE RÉALISER CERTAINS DRIBBLES FOUS "". actufoot (in French). 27 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Plaisir Bahamboula". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d Laurent, Pruneta (15 May 2018). ""OhPlai", cet ancien footballeur qui cartonne sur les réseaux sociaux". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Football, les résultats des Diables rouges et des Congolais de la diaspora en Europe (Albanie, France, Portugal et Ukraine) | adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo". www.adiac-congo.com.
- ^ a b c "Plaisir Bahamboula au nom du frère". Le Parisien (in French). 30 January 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Plaisir Bahamboula". FFF (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Portrait de Dylan Bahamboula - Paris FC". 26 December 2015.
External links
[edit]- Plaisir Bahamboula at Soccerway
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Men's association football midfielders
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French sportspeople of Republic of the Congo descent
- French expatriate men's footballers
- ESA Linas-Montlhéry players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- Royal Antwerp F.C. players
- ES Viry-Châtillon players
- Myllykosken Pallo −47 players
- PFC Slavia Sofia players
- US Sénart-Moissy players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Veikkausliiga players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Rappers from Essonne
- French rappers
- People from Corbeil-Essonnes
- Footballers from Essonne
- Black French sportspeople
- 21st-century French sportsmen