Kamal Bafounta Ortega (born 8 January 2002) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lorient B.

Kamal Bafounta
Personal information
Full name Kamal Bafounta Ortega[1]
Date of birth (2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Vénissieux, France[1]
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Lorient B
Youth career
2008 Vénissieux
2008–2012 Saint-Priest
2012–2013 Lyon
2013–2017 FC Lyon
2017–2018 Nantes
2018–2021 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Borussia Dortmund II 3 (0)
2022– Lorient B 22 (1)
2023–2024Cholet (loan) 9 (0)
International career
2017 France U16 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:25, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Club career

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On 21 September 2023, Bafounta joined Cholet on loan.[2]

International career

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Bafounta was born in France to a Congolese father and Spanish mother.[3] He holds both French and Spanish nationalities.[4] He has represented France at under-16 level.[5]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 24 July 2021[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Borussia Dortmund II 2021–22 3. Liga 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Notes

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kamal Bafounta at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "KAMAL BAFOUNTA EST ROUGE ET NOIR !" [KAMAL BAFOUNTA IS RED AND BLACK!] (in French). Cholet. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Vénissieux - RENCONTRE. La future pépite du foot français sera-t-elle vénissiane ?". www.leprogres.fr.
  4. ^ "Kamal Bafounta -". unfp.org. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  5. ^ Kamal Bafounta at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
  6. ^ Kamal Bafounta at Soccerway