Simon Banza

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Simon Banza
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Banza with Lens in 2019
Personal information
Full name Simon Bokoté Banza
Date of birth (1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Creil, France
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Braga
Number 23
Youth career
US Chantilly
Liévin
Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Lens B 56 (12)
2015–2022 Lens 88 (14)
2017 → Béziers (loan) 11 (0)
2017–2018 → UT Pétange (loan) 21 (13)
2021–2022 → Famalicão (loan) 29 (14)
2022– Braga 30 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 June 2023

Simon Bokoté Banza (born 13 August 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primeira Liga club S.C. Braga.

Formed at Lens, where he played 98 games and scored 16 goals including in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, he went on to play in Portugal's Primeira Liga for Famalicão and Braga.

Club career

Lens

Born in Creil, Oise, Banza began his senior career with Lens, first with its reserve team in the fourth tier. He scored his first Ligue 2 goal on 6 May 2016, as consolation at the end of a 2–1 loss at Bourg-en-Bresse.[1]

In January 2017, Banza was loaned to Championnat National club Béziers until the end of the season.[2] That August, he moved to UT Pétange of the Luxembourg National Division in the same manner.[3] He was the season's sixth highest scorer with 13 goals, including a hat-trick in a 4–1 home win over US Esch on 15 April 2018.[4]

On 24 May 2019, Banza scored the extra-time winner as Lens won 2–1 at Troyes in the second leg of the play-off semi-finals.[5] The following season, he scored seven times as Lens won promotion as runners-up, including two on 3 December 2019 in a 3–0 home win over his local side Chambly.[6] He was sent off 18 days later in a 1–0 win over Niort also at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis.[7]

Famalicão

On 31 August 2021, Banza joined Famalicão in Portugal on loan for the 2021–22 season.[8] On his Primeira Liga debut 12 days later, he scored twice in a 2–2 draw at Moreirense;[9] he added both goals of a win at Santa Clara on 23 October, though he was also sent off.[10] He finished the season as joint seventh top scorer with 14 goals in 29 games,[11] including two on the final day in a 3–2 home comeback win over neighbours Braga to ensure a top-half finish.[12]

Braga

On 19 July 2022, Banza signed a five-year deal with Braga for a €3 million fee, complete with a buyout clause of €30 million.[13][14] He made his debut on 7 August in the season opener at home to Sporting CP, scoring his club's first goal of a 3–3 draw;[15] five days later he added two more goals in a 3–0 win on his return to Famalicão.[16]

Personal life

Banza was born in France to DR Congolese parents.[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 August 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lens 2015–16 Ligue 2 18 1 — — — — 18 1
2016–17 Ligue 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 — — 5 1
2018–19 Ligue 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 — 4[lower-alpha 3] 0 9 1
2019–20 Ligue 2 24 7 1 0 3 1 — — 28 8
2020–21 Ligue 1 34 5 1 0 — — — 35 5
2021–22 Ligue 1 4 1 0 0 — — — 4 1
Total 86 15 4 1 5 1 — 4 0 99 17
Lens II 2015–16 Championnat National 2 13 5 — — — — 13 5
2016–17 Championnat National 2 10 2 — — — — 10 2
2017–18 Championnat National 2 0 0 — — — — 0 0
2018–19 Championnat National 2 7 2 — — — — 7 2
Total 30 9 — — — — 30 9
Béziers (loan) 2016–17 Championnat National 11 0 — — — — 11 0
UT Pétange (loan) 2017–18 BGL League 21 13 4 5 — — — 25 18
Famalicão (loan) 2021–22 Primeira Liga 29 14 3 2 1 1 — — 33 17
Braga 2022–23 Primeira Liga 29 10 5 2 3 1 7[lower-alpha 4] 0 — 44 13
2023–24 Primeira Liga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 5] 0 — 2 0
Total 30 10 5 2 3 1 8 0 — 46 13
Career total 207 61 16 10 9 3 8 0 4 0 244 74
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, Luxembourg Cup, Taça de Portugal
  2. ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, Taça da Liga
  3. ↑ Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
  4. ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, two in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Individual

References

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External links

  • Simon Banza at SoccerwayLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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