Habib Maïga

Ivorian footballer

Habib Maïga
Maïga with Metz in 2021
Personal information
Full name Habib Digbo G'nampa Maïga
Date of birth (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Gagnoa, Ivory Coast
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ferencvárosi
Number 80
Youth career
0000–2015 Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Saint-Étienne II 16 (0)
2017–2019 Saint-Étienne 18 (1)
2018 → Arsenal Tula (loan) 1 (0)
2018–2019 → Metz (loan) 16 (2)
2019–2024 Metz 115 (5)
2024– Ferencvárosi 9 (1)
International career‡
2013 Ivory Coast U17 5 (0)
2015 Ivory Coast U23 4 (0)
2019– Ivory Coast 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2023

Habib Digbo G'nampa Maïga (born 1 January 1996) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hungarian club Ferencváros and Ivory Coast national team.

Club career

Saint-Étienne

Having come through the second team ranks, Maïga made his debut for the Ligue 1 side on 4 March 2017 against Bastia. He played the whole match in a 0–0 away draw.[2] He scored his first goal for 'Les verts' on 14 October 2017 when he came on as a late substitute against FC Metz and sealed a 3–1 win in the 95th minute.[citation needed]

Loan to Arsenal Tula

On 21 February 2018, he joined Russian club FC Arsenal Tula on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season.[3]

Metz

On 10 June 2018, Maïga returned to France joining Ligue 2 club FC Metz for a one-year loan with an obligation to buy.[4] During the 2018–19 season, Maïga and Metz won the French Ligue 2[5] and were promoted to Ligue 1.

In June 2019 it was confirmed, that Metz had activated the option to buy the player on permanent basis for €1 million.[6]

Ferencvárosi

On 4 January 2024, Maïga was signed by Hungarian club Ferencvárosi for a signing fee of €400 thousand.[7]

International career

Maïga was called up to the senior Ivory Coast squad for a World Cup qualifier against Morocco in November 2017.[8]

He made his debut on 6 September 2019 in a friendly against Benin, as a starter.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 July 2020[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Saint-Étienne 2016–17 Ligue 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 5 0
2017–18 13 1 0 0 0 0 — — 13 1
Total 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1
Arsenal Tula 2017–18 Russian Premier League 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Metz (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 2 16 2 5 1 1 0 — — 22 3
Metz 2019–20 Ligue 1 26 1 0 0 1 0 — — 27 1
Career total 61 4 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 68 5

References

  1. ^ "Habib Maïga". FC Metz. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Bastia vs. Saint-Étienne - 4 March 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. ^ Хабиб Майга – игрок «Арсенала» (in Russian). FC Arsenal Tula. 21 February 2018.
  4. ^ sgobbi (10 July 2018). "Habib Maïga arrive en prêt !". Football Club de Metz (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Ligue 2 : le FC Metz sacré champion, le Red Star descend en National" (in French). 4 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  6. ^ Metz are signing Habib Maïga from St Étienne permanently, getfootballnewsfrance.com, 20 June 2019
  7. ^ [1], ulloi129.hu, 04 January 2024
  8. ^ "Ivory Coast 0-2 Morocco". BBC. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Ivory Coast v Benin game report". Sky Sports. 6 September 2019.
  10. ^ "H. Maïga". Retrieved 19 March 2017.

External links

  • Habib Maïga at National-Football-Teams.com
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