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Eric Bailly

Position: defender

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HAN P W D L F A Diff Win%
H 52 32 12 8 93 47 +46 61.54
A 55 35 11 9 101 47 +54 63.64
N 6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 66.67
TOTALS 113 71 24 18 206 101 +105 62.83

Name: Eric Bertrand Bailly
Birthdate: 12-04-1992
Age: 33
Birthplace: Bingerville, Ivory Coast, Africa
Height: 6' 2" (1.88m)
Weight: 12st 1lb (76.66kg)
Years at Club: 2016-2023
Signing Info: Transferred from: Villarreal, 08/06/2016, £30m
Previous Clubs: Espanyol, Villarreal, Olympique Marseille (loan)
Debut: 07/08/2016 v Leicester City (N) 2-1 (Community Shield)
Farewell: Transferred to Besiktas, 05/09/2023, Undisclosed
Passed Away:

Biography

Eric Bailly, born on April 12, 1994, in Bingerville, Ivory Coast, is a professional footballer renowned for his defensive prowess. Primarily a centre-back, he is also adept at playing as a right-back.

Early Career: Bailly's professional journey began in Spain with Espanyol, where he joined the youth system in December 2011 at the age of 17. He progressed to the senior team, making his debut in 2014. His performances caught the attention of Villarreal, leading to his transfer in January 2015. At Villarreal, Bailly made 35 appearances, showcasing his defensive capabilities.

Manchester United: In June 2016, Bailly signed with Manchester United for a reported fee of £30 million, becoming the first signing under manager José Mourinho. He made an immediate impact, earning the club's Player of the Month award in August 2016. During his tenure, Bailly contributed to United's victories in the EFL Cup and the UEFA Europa League in the 2016-2017 season. However, his time at the club was marred by injuries, limiting his appearances.

Loan to Marseille: Seeking more consistent playing time, Bailly joined Olympique de Marseille on loan for the 2022–2023 season. He made 17 appearances during his stint with the French club.

Besiktas and Return to Villarreal: In September 2023, Bailly transferred to Besiktas in Turkey, making five appearances. By November 2024, he returned to Villarreal, where he continues to play in La Liga.

International Career: Bailly debuted for the Ivory Coast national team in 2015 and was instrumental in their Africa Cup of Nations victory that year. He has earned over 50 caps and represented his country in multiple tournaments, including the 2020 Olympics.

Playing Style: Known for his physicality, speed, and tactical awareness, Bailly is a formidable defender. His versatility allows him to adapt to various defensive roles, making him a valuable asset to his teams.

Recent Developments: As of November 2024, Bailly continues to be a key player for Villarreal, contributing his experience and defensive skills to the team's efforts in domestic and international competitions. Eric Bailly was the 2nd ever Ivory Coast international and 6th African to play for Manchester United.
 
Season Goals Season Apps
League Goals League Apps LC Goals LC Apps FAC Goals FAC Apps CS Goals CS Apps EC Goals EC Apps Europa Goals Europa Apps SC Goals SC Apps CWC Goals CWC Apps IC Goals IC Apps CWC Goals CWC Apps Season
Goals
Season
Apps
1. 2016-2017 0 25 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
2. 2017-2018 1 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18
3. 2018-2019 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
4. 2019-2020 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
5. 2020-2021 0 12 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
6. 2021-2022 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
TOTALS 1 70 0 6 0 7 0 1 0 9 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 113

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

MUFC Player Goals MUFC Player Appearances MUFC Player Opponent Manager MUFC Player Club Manager
No Opponent Goals Apps
Stadiums Competition Opponents Opponent Nationality
No Competition Count
1. Premiership 70
2. Europa League 20
3. European Cup 9
4. FA Cup 7
5. League Cup 6
6. Charity Shield 1
No Opponent Count
1. Leicester City 8
2. Chelsea 8
3. Manchester City 5
4. Watford 5
5. Tottenham Hotspur 5
6. Southampton 4
7. Liverpool 4
8. Crystal Palace 4
9. Burnley 4
10. Brighton 4
11. Bournemouth 3
12. Everton 3
13. West Ham United 3
14. Zorya Luhansk 2
15. Stoke City 2
16. Middlesbrough 2
17. Saint Etienne 2
18. Anderlecht 2
19. Swansea City 2
20. Celta Vigo 2
21. Derby County 2
22. Valencia 2
23. Arsenal 2
24. Fulham 2
25. Paris Saint Germain 2
26. LASK Linz 2
27. Norwich City 2
28. Wolverhampton Wanderers 2
29. Aston Villa 2
30. Real Sociedad 2
31. Hull City 1
32. Feyenoord 1
33. Fenerbahce 1
34. Rostov 1
35. West Bromwich Albion 1
36. Sunderland 1
37. CSKA Moscow 1
38. Benfica 1
39. Huddersfield Town 1
40. Sevilla 1
41. Newcastle United 1
42. Club Brugge 1
43. Copenhagen 1
44. Luton Town 1
45. AC Milan 1
46. Roma 1
47. Villarreal 1
48. Atalanta 1
49. Young Boys 1
No Opponent Nationality Count
1. England 82
2. Spain 8
3. France 4
4. Belgium 3
5. Italy 3
6. Ukraine 2
7. Russia 2
8. Wales 2
9. Austria 2
10. Holland 1
11. Turkey 1
12. Portugal 1
13. Denmark 1
14. Switzerland 1
Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000 Cup Finals
No Date Opponent Competition Own Goals
1. 10-03-2018 Liverpool Premiership 1
2. 06-11-2021 Manchester City Premiership 1
No Date Opponent WDL F-A Competition
1. 07-08-2016 Leicester City W 2-1 Charity Shield
2. 26-02-2017 Southampton W 3-2 League Cup
3. 26-05-2021 Villarreal D 1-1 Europa League
Penalties scored for Manchester United Manchester United Hat-Tricks
No Date Opponents Competition Penaltys
Player has never scored a penalty for the club.
No Date Opponent Competition Goals
Player has never scored a hat-trick or better during a game.
 
Red Cards  
No Date Opponent Competition
1. 22-02-2017 Saint Etienne Europa League
2. 11-05-2017 Celta Vigo Europa League
3. 30-12-2018 Bournemouth Premiership
 

All Matches played

No Date ▲ Comp Opponent WDL F-A HAN Goal!! Scorers Opponent scorers
1. 07-08-2016 CS Leicester City Win 2-1 N 0 Jesse Lingard 32', Zlatan Ibrahimovic 82' Jamie Vardy 52'
2. 14-08-2016 PL Bournemouth Win 3-1 A 0 Juan Mata 40', Wayne Rooney 59', Zlatan Ibrahimovic 64' Adam Smith 69'
3. 19-08-2016 PL Southampton Win 2-0 H 0 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 36', 52' (pen)
4. 27-08-2016 PL Hull City Win 1-0 A 0 Marcus Rashford 90'+2
5. 10-09-2016 PL Manchester City Loss 1-2 H 0 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 42' Kevin De Bruyne 15', Kelechi Iheanacho 36'
6. 15-09-2016 EL Feyenoord Loss 0-1 A 0 Tonny Vilhena 79'
7. 18-09-2016 PL Watford Loss 1-3 A 0 Marcus Rashford 62' Etienne Capoue 34', Juan Camilo Zuniga 83', Troy Deeney 90'+5 (pen)
8. 24-09-2016 PL Leicester City Win 4-1 H 0 Chris Smalling 22', Juan Mata 37', Marcus Rashford 40', Paul Pogba 42' Demarai Gray 59'
9. 29-09-2016 EL Zorya Luhansk Win 1-0 H 0 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 69'
10. 02-10-2016 PL Stoke City Draw 1-1 H 0 Anthony Martial 69' Joe Allen 82'
11. 17-10-2016 PL Liverpool Draw 0-0 A 0
12. 20-10-2016 EL Fenerbahce Win 4-1 H 0 Paul Pogba 31' (pen), 45'+1, Anthony Martial 34' (pen), Jesse Lingard 48' *Robin van Persie 83'
13. 23-10-2016 PL Chelsea Loss 0-4 A 0 Pedro Rodriguez 1', Gary Cahill 21', Eden Hazard 62', N'Golo Kante 70'
14. 08-12-2016 EL Zorya Luhansk Win 2-0 A 0 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 48', Zlatan Ibrahimovic 88'
15. 11-12-2016 PL Tottenham Hotspur Win 1-0 H 0 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 29'
16. 14-12-2016 PL Crystal Palace Win 2-1 A 0 Paul Pogba 45'+2, Zlatan Ibrahimovic 88' James McArthur 66'
17. 31-12-2016 PL Middlesbrough Win 2-1 H 0 Anthony Martial 85', Paul Pogba 86' Grant Leadbitter 67'
18. 05-02-2017 PL Leicester City Win 3-0 A 0 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 42', Zlatan Ibrahimovic 44', Juan Mata 49'
19. 11-02-2017 PL Watford Win 2-0 H 0 Juan Mata 32', Anthony Martial 60'
20. 16-02-2017 EL Saint Etienne Win 3-0 H 0 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 15', 75', 88' (pen)
21. 22-02-2017 EL Saint Etienne Win 1-0 A 0 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 16'
22. 26-02-2017 LC Southampton Win 3-2 N 0 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 19', 87', Jesse Lingard 38' Manolo Gabbiadini 45'+1, 48'
23. 16-03-2017 EL Rostov Win 1-0 H 0 Juan Mata 70'
24. 19-03-2017 PL Middlesbrough Win 3-1 A 0 Marouane Fellaini 30', Jesse Lingard 62', Antonio Valencia 90'+3 Rudy Gestede 77'
25. 01-04-2017 PL West Bromwich Albion Draw 0-0 H 0
26. 04-04-2017 PL Everton Draw 1-1 H 0 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 90'+4 (pen) Phil Jagielka 22'
27. 09-04-2017 PL Sunderland Win 3-0 A 0 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 30', Henrikh Mkhitaryan 46', Marcus Rashford 89'
28. 13-04-2017 EL Anderlecht Draw 1-1 A 0 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 36' Leander Dendoncker 86'
29. 16-04-2017 PL Chelsea Win 2-0 H 0 Marcus Rashford 7', Ander Herrera 49'
30. 20-04-2017 EL Anderlecht Win 2-1 H 0 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 10', Marcus Rashford 107' Sofiane Hanni 32'
31. 23-04-2017 PL Burnley Win 2-0 A 0 Anthony Martial 21', Wayne Rooney 39'
32. 27-04-2017 PL Manchester City Draw 0-0 A 0
33. 30-04-2017 PL Swansea City Draw 1-1 H 0 Wayne Rooney 45'+3 (pen) Gylfi Sigurdsson 79'
34. 04-05-2017 EL Celta Vigo Win 1-0 A 0 Marcus Rashford 67'
35. 11-05-2017 EL Celta Vigo Draw 1-1 H 0 Marouane Fellaini 17' Facundo Roncaglia 85'
36. 14-05-2017 PL Tottenham Hotspur Loss 1-2 A 0 Wayne Rooney 71' Victor Wanyama 6', Harry Kane 48'
37. 17-05-2017 PL Southampton Draw 0-0 A 0
38. 21-05-2017 PL Crystal Palace Win 2-0 H 0 Josh Harrop 15', Paul Pogba 19'
39. 13-08-2017 PL West Ham United Win 4-0 H 0 Romelu Lukaku 33', 52', Anthony Martial 87', Paul Pogba 90'
40. 19-08-2017 PL Swansea City Win 4-0 A 1 Eric Bailly 45', Romelu Lukaku 80', Paul Pogba 82', Anthony Martial 84'
41. 26-08-2017 PL Leicester City Win 2-0 H 0 Marcus Rashford 70', Marouane Fellaini 82'
42. 09-09-2017 PL Stoke City Draw 2-2 A 0 Marcus Rashford 45'+1, Romelu Lukaku 57' Eric Choupo-Moting 43', 63'
43. 17-09-2017 PL Everton Win 4-0 H 0 Antonio Valencia 4', Henrikh Mkhitaryan 83', Romelu Lukaku 89', Anthony Martial 90'+2 (pen)
44. 23-09-2017 PL Southampton Win 1-0 A 0 Romelu Lukaku 20'
45. 27-09-2017 EC/UCL CSKA Moscow Win 4-1 A 0 Romelu Lukaku 4', 26', Anthony Martial 18' (pen), Henrikh Mkhitaryan 57' Konstantin Kuchaev 90'
46. 28-10-2017 PL Tottenham Hotspur Win 1-0 H 0 Anthony Martial 81'
47. 31-10-2017 EC/UCL Benfica Win 2-0 H 0 Mile Svilar 45' (o.g.), Daley Blind 78' (pen)
48. 05-11-2017 PL Chelsea Loss 0-1 A 0 Alvaro Morata 55'
49. 17-02-2018 FAC Huddersfield Town Win 2-0 A 0 Romelu Lukaku 3', 55'
50. 25-02-2018 PL Chelsea Win 2-1 H 0 Romelu Lukaku 39', Jesse Lingard 75' Willian 32'
51. 10-03-2018 PL Liverpool Win 2-1 H 0 Marcus Rashford 14', 24' Eric Bailly 66' (o.g.)
52. 13-03-2018 EC/UCL Sevilla Loss 1-2 H 0 Romelu Lukaku 84' Wissam Ben Yedder 74', 78'
53. 17-03-2018 FAC Brighton Win 2-0 H 0 Romelu Lukaku 37', Nemanja Matic 83'
54. 07-04-2018 PL Manchester City Win 3-2 A 0 Paul Pogba 53', 55', Chris Smalling 69' Vincent Kompany 25', Ilkay Gundogan 30'
55. 10-05-2018 PL West Ham United Draw 0-0 A 0
56. 13-05-2018 PL Watford Win 1-0 H 0 Marcus Rashford 34'
57. 10-08-2018 PL Leicester City Win 2-1 H 0 Paul Pogba 3' (pen), Luke Shaw 83' Jamie Vardy 90'+2
58. 19-08-2018 PL Brighton Loss 2-3 A 0 Romelu Lukaku 34', Paul Pogba 90+4' (pen) Glenn Murray 25', Shane Duffy 27', Pascal Gross 44' (pen)
59. 02-09-2018 PL Burnley Win 2-0 A 0 Romelu Lukaku 27', 44'
60. 15-09-2018 PL Watford Win 2-1 A 0 Romelu Lukaku 35', Chris Smalling 38' Andre Gray 65'
61. 25-09-2018 LC Derby County Draw 2-2 H 0 Juan Mata 3', Marouane Fellaini 90'+5 Harry Wilson 59', Jack Marriott 85'
62. 02-10-2018 EC/UCL Valencia Draw 0-0 H 0
63. 06-10-2018 PL Newcastle United Win 3-2 H 0 Juan Mata 70', Anthony Martial 76', Alexis Sanchez 90' Kenedy 7', Yoshinori Muto 10'
64. 05-12-2018 PL Arsenal Draw 2-2 H 0 Anthony Martial 30', Jesse Lingard 69' Shkodran Mustafi 26', Marcos Rojo 68' (o.g.)
65. 12-12-2018 EC/UCL Valencia Loss 1-2 A 0 Marcus Rashford 87' Carlos Soler 17', Phil Jones 47' (o.g.)
66. 16-12-2018 PL Liverpool Loss 1-3 A 0 Jesse Lingard 33' Sadio Mane 24', Xherdan Shaqiri 73', 80'
67. 30-12-2018 PL Bournemouth Win 4-1 H 0 Paul Pogba 5', 33', Marcus Rashford 45', Romelu Lukaku 72' Nathan Ake 45'+2
68. 25-01-2019 FAC Arsenal Win 3-1 A 0 Alexis Sanchez 31', Jesse Lingard 33', Anthony Martial 82' Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 43'
69. 03-02-2019 PL Leicester City Win 1-0 A 0 Marcus Rashford 9'
70. 09-02-2019 PL Fulham Win 3-0 A 0 Paul Pogba 14', 65' (pen), Anthony Martial 23'
71. 12-02-2019 EC/UCL Paris Saint Germain Loss 0-2 H 0 Presnel Kimpembe 53', Kylian Mbappe 60'
72. 27-02-2019 PL Crystal Palace Win 3-1 A 0 Romelu Lukaku 33', 52', Ashley Young 83' Joel Ward 65'
73. 06-03-2019 EC/UCL Paris Saint Germain Win 3-1 A 0 Romelu Lukaku 2', 30', Marcus Rashford 90'+4 (pen) Juan Bernat 12'
74. 28-04-2019 PL Chelsea Draw 1-1 H 0 Juan Mata 11' Marcos Alonso 43'
75. 17-02-2020 PL Chelsea Win 2-0 A 0 Anthony Martial 45', Harry Maguire 66'
76. 27-02-2020 EL Club Brugge Win 5-0 H 0 Bruno Fernandes 27' (pen), Odion Ighalo 34', Scott McTominay 41', Fred 82', 90'+3
77. 05-03-2020 FAC Derby County Win 3-0 A 0 Luke Shaw 33', Odion Ighalo 41', 70'
78. 08-03-2020 PL Manchester City Win 2-0 H 0 Anthony Martial 30', Scott McTominay 90'+6
79. 12-03-2020 EL LASK Linz Win 5-0 A 0 Odion Ighalo 28', Daniel James 58', Juan Mata 82', Mason Greenwood 90'+1, Andreas Pereira 90'+3
80. 19-06-2020 PL Tottenham Hotspur Draw 1-1 A 0 Bruno Fernandes 81' (pen) Steven Bergwijn 27'
81. 27-06-2020 FAC Norwich City Win 2-1 A 0 Odion Ighalo 51', Harry Maguire 118' Todd Cantwell 75'
82. 04-07-2020 PL Bournemouth Win 5-2 H 0 Mason Greenwood 28', 54', Marcus Rashford 34' (pen), Anthony Martial 45'+2, Bruno Fernandes 59' Junior Stanislas 15', *Joshua King 49' (pen)
83. 19-07-2020 FAC Chelsea Loss 1-3 N 0 Bruno Fernandes 85' (pen) Olivier Giroud 45'+11, *Mason Mount 46', Harry Maguire 74' (o.g.)
84. 05-08-2020 EL LASK Linz Win 2-1 H 0 Jesse Lingard 57', Anthony Martial 88' Philipp Wiesinger 55'
85. 10-08-2020 EL Copenhagen Win 1-0 N 0 Bruno Fernandes 95' (pen)
86. 22-09-2020 LC Luton Town Win 3-0 A 0 Juan Mata 44' (pen), Marcus Rashford 88', Mason Greenwood 90'+2
87. 26-09-2020 PL Brighton Win 3-2 A 0 Lewis Dunk 43' (o.g.), Marcus Rashford 55', Bruno Fernandes 90'+10 (pen) Neal Maupay 40' (pen), Solly March 90'+5
88. 30-09-2020 LC Brighton Win 3-0 A 0 Scott McTominay 44', Juan Mata 73', Paul Pogba 80'
89. 04-10-2020 PL Tottenham Hotspur Loss 1-6 H 0 Bruno Fernandes 2' (pen) Tanguy Ndombele 4', Son Heung-min 7', 37', Harry Kane 30', 79' (pen), Serge Aurier 51'
90. 23-12-2020 LC Everton Win 2-0 A 0 Edinson Cavani 88', Anthony Martial 90'+6
91. 26-12-2020 PL Leicester City Draw 2-2 A 0 Marcus Rashford 23', Bruno Fernandes 79' Harvey Barnes 31', Axel Tuanzebe 85' (o.g.)
92. 29-12-2020 PL Wolves Win 1-0 H 0 Marcus Rashford 90'+3
93. 01-01-2021 PL Aston Villa Win 2-1 H 0 Anthony Martial 39', Bruno Fernandes 61' (pen) Bertrand Traore 58'
94. 09-01-2021 FAC Watford Win 1-0 H 0 Scott McTominay 5'
95. 12-01-2021 PL Burnley Win 1-0 A 0 Paul Pogba 71'
96. 20-01-2021 PL Fulham Win 2-1 A 0 Edinson Cavani 21', Paul Pogba 65' Ademola Lookman 5'
97. 18-02-2021 EL Real Sociedad Win 4-0 N 0 Bruno Fernandes 27', 57', Marcus Rashford 64', Daniel James 90'
98. 25-02-2021 EL Real Sociedad Draw 0-0 H 0
99. 03-03-2021 PL Crystal Palace Draw 0-0 A 0
100. 11-03-2021 EL AC Milan Draw 1-1 H 0 Amad Diallo 50' Simon Kjaer 90'+2
101. 06-05-2021 EL Roma Loss 2-3 A 0 Edinson Cavani 39', 68' Edin Dzeko 57', Bryan Cristante 60', Alex Telles 83' (o.g.)
102. 09-05-2021 PL Aston Villa Win 3-1 A 0 Bruno Fernandes 51' (pen), Mason Greenwood 56', Edinson Cavani 87' Bertrand Traore 24'
103. 11-05-2021 PL Leicester City Loss 1-2 H 0 Mason Greenwood 15' Luke Thomas 10', Caglar Soyuncu 65'
104. 13-05-2021 PL Liverpool Loss 2-4 H 0 Bruno Fernandes 10', Marcus Rashford 68' Diogo Jota 34', Roberto Firmino 45'+3, 47', Mohamed Salah 90'
105. 23-05-2021 PL Wolves Win 2-1 A 0 Anthony Elanga 13', Juan Mata 45'+4 (pen) Nelson Semedo 39'
106. 26-05-2021 EL Villarreal Draw 1-1 N 0 Edinson Cavani 55' Gerard Moreno 29'
107. 22-09-2021 LC West Ham United Loss 0-1 H 0 Manuel Lanzini 9'
108. 02-11-2021 EC/UCL Atalanta Draw 2-2 A 0 Cristiano Ronaldo 45'+1, 90'+1 Josip Ilicic 12', Duvan Zapata 56'
109. 06-11-2021 PL Manchester City Loss 0-2 H 0 Eric Bailly 7' (o.g.), Bernardo Silva 45'
110. 28-11-2021 PL Chelsea Draw 1-1 A 0 Jadon Sancho 50' Jorginho 69' (pen)
111. 08-12-2021 EC/UCL Young Boys Draw 1-1 H 0 Mason Greenwood 9' Fabian Rieder 42'
112. 11-12-2021 PL Norwich City Win 1-0 A 0 Cristiano Ronaldo 75' (pen)
113. 30-12-2021 PL Burnley Win 3-1 H 0 Scott McTominay 8', Ben Mee 27' (o.g.), Cristiano Ronaldo 35' Aaron Lennon 38'
 

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