Ihlas Bebou
Bebou with Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-04-23) 23 April 1994
Place of birth Sokodé, Togo
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) right winger, forward
Team information
Current team
 TSG Hoffenheim
Number 9
Youth career
2004–2009 Garather SV
2009–2011 VfB 03 Hilden
2011–2015 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 12 (5)
2015–2017 Fortuna Düsseldorf 70 (11)
2017–2019 Hannover 42 (9)
2019– TSG Hoffenheim 125 (32)
International career‡
2016– Togo 34 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Ihlas Bebou (born 23 April 1994) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a forward or right winger for Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim and the Togo national team.[2]

Club career

Bebou started playing football at Garather SV and VfB Hilden before joining Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2011.[3][4] In December 2016 and June 2017, he rejected contract extensions with his current contract running out in 2018.[4][5]

On 31 August 2017, the last day of the German summer transfer window, Bebou joined Bundesliga side Hannover.[6]

On 16 May 2019 it was confirmed, that Bebou would join TSG Hoffenheim from the upcoming season.[7] Bebou penned a 3-year contract.

International career

Bebou debuted for the Togo national football team in a 5–0 win over Djibouti on 4 September 2016.[8][9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fortuna Düsseldorf II 2012–13 Regionalliga West 71———71
2013–14 Regionalliga West 54———54
2014–15 Regionalliga West 20———20
2015–16 Regionalliga West 41———41
Total 125———125
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2013–14 2. Bundesliga 10———10
2014–15 2. Bundesliga 102———102
2015–16 2. Bundesliga 23210——242
2016–17 2. Bundesliga 32521——346
2017–18 2. Bundesliga 4200——42
Total 701131——7312
Hannover 2017–18 Bundesliga 30510——315
2018–19 Bundesliga 12421——145
Total 42931——4510
TSG Hoffenheim 2019–20 Bundesliga 32631——357
2020–21 Bundesliga 329206[lower-alpha 1]0–409
2021–22 Bundesliga 28710——297
2022–23 Bundesliga 19710——207
2022–23 Bundesliga 14320——163
Total 125329160—14033
Career total 25558153600027661
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 21 November 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Togo 201630
201790
201830
201941
202030
202160
202360
Total341
Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first.[9]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 October 2019Stade Parsemain, Fos-sur-Mer, France Cape Verde1–01–2Friendly

References

  1. ↑ "Ihlas Bebou". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Bebou, Ihlas". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Jolitz, Bernd (12 March 2015). "Fortuna Düsseldorf: Ihlas Bebou kann endlich wieder angreifen". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Düsseldorf: Keine Einigung mit Bebou". kicker Online (in German). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Bebou lehnt neues Vertragsangebot ab". kicker Online (in German). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Bebou bei 96 gelandet: "Ein großer Schritt für mich"". kicker Online (in German). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Amtlich: Bebou wechselt zur TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, kicker.de, 16 May 2019 and in 2020 Bebou join the Gladiators
  8. ↑ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  9. 1 2 Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ihlas Bebou". www.national-football-teams.com.
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