Bamo Meïté

Bamo Meïté
Personal information
Full name	Bamo Abdoul Koudouss Meïté
Date of birth	3 December 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth	Kani, Ivory Coast
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, right-back
Team information
Current team	Marseille
Number	18
Youth career
0000	TU Verrières-le-Buisson
0000	ASF Le Perreux 94
0000	CO Vincennes
0000–2018	Créteil
2018–2019	Montfermeil
2019–2020	Laval
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2020	Laval B
2020–2021	Laval
2021–2022	Lorient B
2023–2024	Lorient
2023–2024	→ Marseille (loan)
2024–	Marseille
International career‡
2023–	Ivory Coast U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 August 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Bamo Abdoul Koudouss Meïté^[1] (born 3 December 2001) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Ligue 1 club Marseille.

Career

Born in Kani, Ivory Coast, Meïté arrived in France at the age of seven moving to Paris. He played in the regional youth championships for FC Bry and Le Perreux, then for Vincennes, Créteil and FC Montfermeil in U18s.^[2] In October 2019, after playing a few matches at senior level with Montfermeil, he joined Laval after a conclusive three-week trial.^[3] Initially recruited with a view to strengthening the U19 team, he impressed with his physical density and maturity and quickly established himself at senior level, where his coach moved him from a midfield position to a centre-back role.^[4]

Meïté played his first match in the first team on 1 September 2020 against Stade Briochin in the Championnat National.^[5] Meïté joined FC Lorient in the summer of 2021, joining the club's reserve team.^[6] He stood out during the 2021–22 season, contributing to the team's second place in Championnat National 2. He trained regularly with the first team and coach Christophe Pélissier summoned him several times to the professional group, where he made five appearances on the substitutes' bench during the 2021–2022 season, without coming into play. On 1 June 2022, Meïté signed his first professional contract with FC Lorient, for a period of three years.^[7]

It was finally Régis Le Bris who gave him his chance in the first team on 8 January 2023, during a French Cup match against AS La Châtaigneraie. Lorient won that day by six goals to zero.^[8] He played his first match in Ligue 1 in a 1–1 tie against Monaco on 11 January 2023.^[9]

Personal life

Bamo Meïté holds both Ivorian and French nationalities.^[10]^[11] He is the cousin of Yakou Meïté, who is also a professional footballer.^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 August 2024^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stade Lavallois II	2019–20	CFA 2	8	0	—		—		8	0
	2020–21	CFA 2	5	0	—		—		5	0
	Total		13	0	—		—		13	0
Stade Lavallois	2020–21	CFA	10	0	1	0	—		10	0
Lorient II	2021–22	CFA	21	0	—		—		21	0
	2022–23	CFA	2	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		23	0	—		—		23	0
Lorient	2022–23	Ligue 1	17	1	3	0	—		20	1
	2023–24	Ligue 1	2	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		19	1	3	0	—		22	1
Marseille (loan)	2023–24	Ligue 1	16	0	2	0	7^[a]	0	25	0
Marseille	2024–25	Ligue 1	1	0	—		—		1	0
Career total			82	1	6	0	7	0	95	1