Adriel D'Avila Ba Loua (born 25 July 1996)[1] is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań.[2]

Adriel Ba Loua
Adriel Ba Loua in 2022
Personal information
Full name Adriel D'Avila Ba Loua
Date of birth (1996-07-25) 25 July 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Yopougon, Ivory Coast
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Lech Poznań
Number 50
Youth career
2001–2013 ASEC Mimosas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 ASEC Mimosas
2015–2016Lille OSC (loan) 0 (0)
2017–2018Vejle Boldklub (loan) 52 (6)
2018–2019MFK Karviná (loan) 27 (2)
2019–2020 MFK Karviná 27 (1)
2020–2021 Viktoria Plzeň 35 (7)
2021– Lech Poznań 77 (5)
2022 Lech Poznań II 1 (0)
International career
2015 Ivory Coast U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2024

Career

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Early career

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Ba Loua began his career in the club ASEC Mimosas in the Abidjan city of Côte d'Ivoire. Ba Loua starred at the youth department as 11 years old and joined the first-team squad as 16-year-old.[citation needed] He got two seasons at the club's first team.[citation needed]

Lille

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In the summer of 2015, Hervé Renard entrusted him to the French club Lille on a lease agreement. Renard was at the forefront of the Ivory Coast national team before he was coached in Lille in the summer of 2015. Renard was fired after thirteen matches for the French club, and the new coach did not see the same potential in Ba Loua.[citation needed]

Vejle Boldklub

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In the summer of 2016, Ba Loua changed to Vejle Boldklub. The offensive player was one of many new faces in the Jutland tradition club, which this summer was bought by Andrei Zolotko. Ba Loua in his first half season in the club played all matches in 1. Division. After the winter break, he lost his fixed place, but missed only three matches this season. He left the club after two seasons.

International career

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Ba Loua is quoted for U-20 international championships for the Ivory Coast. He has also been represented in the U-23 national team at the Vejle Boldklub.[citation needed]

Career statistics

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As of match played 26 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vejle Boldklub (loan) 2016–17 Danish 1st Division 30 4 1 0 31 4
2017–18 Danish 1st Division 22 2 2 0 24 2
Total 52 6 3 0 55 6
Karviná 2018–19 Czech First League 27 2 3 1 30 3
2019–20 Czech First League 27 1 0 0 27 1
Total 54 3 3 1 57 4
Viktoria Plzeň 2020–21 Czech First League 31 7 5 0 3[b] 1 39 8
2021–22 Czech First League 4 0 0 0 6[c] 1 10 1
Total 35 7 5 0 9 2 49 9
Lech Poznań 2021–22[3] Ekstraklasa 25 1 4 0 29 1
2022–23[4] Ekstraklasa 20 0 1 0 6[d] 0 1[e] 0 28 0
2023–24[5] Ekstraklasa 25 4 1 0 1[c] 1 27 5
2024–25[6] Ekstraklasa 7 0 0 0 7 0
Total 77 5 6 0 7 1 1 0 91 6
Lech Poznań II 2022–23[4] II liga 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 219 21 17 1 16 3 1 0 253 25
  1. ^ Includes Danish Cup, Czech Cup, Polish Cup
  2. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ^ Appearance in Polish Super Cup

Honours

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Viktoria Plzeň

Lech Poznań

References

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  1. ^ Adriel Ba Loua at Soccerway
  2. ^ Vejle Boldklub ut, http://www.vejle-boldklub.dk/index.php?nyheder&newsId=8566 Archived 18 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine VB writes with young ivorians] , vejle-boldklub.dk, Vejle Boldklub, visited 20. July 2016.
  3. ^ "Sezon 2021/22". 90minut. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Sezon 2022/23". 90minut. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Sezon 2023/24". 90minut. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Sezon 2024/25". 90minut. Retrieved 9 December 2024.