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Ihlas Bebou

Ihlas Bebou
Bebou with Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-04-23) 23 April 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Sokodé, Togo
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Right winger, centre-forward
Team information
Current team
TSG Hoffenheim
Number 9
Youth career
2004–2009 Garather SV
2009–2011 VfB 03 Hilden
2011–2015 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 12 (5)
2015–2017 Fortuna Düsseldorf 70 (11)
2017–2019 Hannover 42 (9)
2019– TSG Hoffenheim 143 (36)
International career
2016– Togo 34 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Ihlas Bebou (born 23 April 1994) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a forward or right winger for Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim and the Togo national team.[2]

Club career

Bebou started playing football at Garather SV and VfB Hilden before joining Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2011.[3][4] In December 2016 and June 2017, he rejected contract extensions with his current contract running out in 2018.[4][5]

On 31 August 2017, the last day of the German summer transfer window, Bebou joined Bundesliga side Hannover.[6]

On 16 May 2019 it was confirmed, that Bebou would join TSG Hoffenheim from the upcoming season.[7] Bebou penned a 3-year contract.

In May 2024, Bebou was ranked no.4 on the Top African Goal Scorers In Bundesliga 2023/2024 list by African Folder. [8]

International career

Bebou debuted for the Togo national football team in a 5–0 win over Djibouti on 4 September 2016.[9][10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fortuna Düsseldorf II 2012–13 Regionalliga West 7 1 7 1
2013–14 Regionalliga West 5 4 5 4
2014–15 Regionalliga West 2 0 2 0
2015–16 Regionalliga West 4 1 4 1
Total 18 6 18 6
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2013–14 2. Bundesliga 1 0 1 0
2014–15 2. Bundesliga 10 2 10 2
2015–16 2. Bundesliga 23 2 1 0 24 2
2016–17 2. Bundesliga 32 5 2 1 34 6
2017–18 2. Bundesliga 4 2 0 0 4 2
Total 70 11 3 1 73 12
Hannover 2017–18 Bundesliga 30 5 1 0 31 5
2018–19 Bundesliga 12 4 2 1 14 5
Total 42 9 3 1 45 10
TSG Hoffenheim 2019–20 Bundesliga 32 6 3 1 35 7
2020–21 Bundesliga 32 9 2 0 6[a] 0 40 9
2021–22 Bundesliga 28 7 1 0 29 7
2022–23 Bundesliga 19 7 1 0 20 7
2023–24 Bundesliga 32 7 2 0 34 7
Total 143 36 9 1 6 0 158 37
Career total 273 62 15 3 6 0 294 65
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 21 November 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Togo 2016 3 0
2017 9 0
2018 3 0
2019 4 1
2020 3 0
2021 6 0
2023 6 0
Total 34 1
Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first.[10]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 October 2019 Stade Parsemain, Fos-sur-Mer, France  Cape Verde 1–0 1–2 Friendly

References

  1. ^ "Ihlas Bebou". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Bebou, Ihlas". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  3. ^ Jolitz, Bernd (12 March 2015). "Fortuna Düsseldorf: Ihlas Bebou kann endlich wieder angreifen". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Düsseldorf: Keine Einigung mit Bebou". kicker Online (in German). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Bebou lehnt neues Vertragsangebot ab". kicker Online (in German). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Bebou bei 96 gelandet: "Ein großer Schritt für mich"". kicker Online (in German). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  7. ^ Amtlich: Bebou wechselt zur TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, kicker.de, 16 May 2019 and in 2020 Bebou join the Gladiators
  8. ^ "Top African Goal Scorers In Bundesliga 2023/2024". African Folder. 21 May 2024.
  9. ^ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  10. ^ a b Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ihlas Bebou". www.national-football-teams.com.