Tobias Badila (born 12 May 1993) is a footballer who currently plays for French Ligue 2 side AS Nancy as a left back.[1] Born in France, he represents Republic of the Congo at international level.

Tobias Badila
Personal information
Full name Tobias Badila
Date of birth (1994-05-12) 12 May 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Dijon, France
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Nancy
Number 3
Youth career
–2013 Nancy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Nancy B 72 (3)
2013– Nancy 80 (3)
International career
2017– Republic of the Congo 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:24, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2017

Career

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Badila is a youth exponent from AS Nancy. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 21 February 2014 in a 2–0 away defeat against Troyes AC playing the first 79 minutes of the game before being substituted for Romain Grange.[2] He can perform both centre-back or left-back, because of his great physique. At points in his career he was watched by teams such as AS Saint-Etienne, Monaco and Arsenal, although he preferred to stay to continue his progress.

International career

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Badila was pre-selected by Congo on 19 May 2017, and played 4 matches.[3] He made his senior debut for the Republic of the Congo in a 3–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification loss to the DR Congo on 10 June 2017.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "France - T. Badila - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Troyes vs. Nancy - 21 February 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Congo: 43 Diables Rouges présélectionnés par Sébastien Migné" (in French). Archived from the original on 27 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "CAN 2019 : les Diables Rouges mordent la poussière à Kinshasa. – DRCPF". drcpf.net. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)