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Bafétimbi Gomis played for which team from 2017 to 2018?
Bafétimbi Gomis Bafétimbi Gomis ( ; born 6 August 1985 ) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi club Al-Hilal . Gomis played youth football with Saint-Étienne before making his professional debut for the club in 2004 , also spending time on loan at Troyes in Ligue 2 . In 2009 , he joined Saint-Étiennes Derby du Rhone rivals Lyon for a fee of €13 million . Over five seasons at the Stade Gerland , he played 244 official matches and scored 95 goals , winning the Coupe de France and the Trophée des Champions in 2012 . In 2014 , he moved to Premier League club Swansea City on a free transfer . After a loan back in France at Marseille , he signed for Galatasaray , where he was top scorer as they won the Süper Lig in 2018 . Gomis made 12 appearances for the French national team from 2008 to 2013 , scoring three goals . He was a member of the squad for UEFA Euro 2008 . Club career . Saint-Étienne . Born in La Seyne-sur-Mer , Var , Gomis made thirteen appearances for Saint-Étienne in his first season with the club , scoring two league goals . In the next season , he made six goalless appearances for the club before going on loan to Troyes AC in a successful six-month loan deal , where he scored six goals in 13 matches . The 2005–06 season was not as successful as the previous season as he made 24 league appearances for Saint-Étienne , scoring only two league goals . The 2006–07 season was when Gomis established himself with Saint-Étienne , scoring 10 goals in 30 appearances . Gomis continued this form into the 2007–08 season where he scored an impressive 16 goals in 34 appearances . In the 2008 summer transfer window , Newcastle United under manager Kevin Keegan reportedly offered a transfer fee of £10 million for Gomis services . However , a move did not materialise and Gomis remained at Saint-Étienne . In an interview with French newspaper LÉquipe , Gomis stated he was attracted by a possible move to England , but revealed Serie A would be his preference . In the weeks leading up to the 2009 January transfer window , his name was again touted in speculation surrounding various Premier League sides , though he moved to allay the rumours , stating his desire to see out the Ligue 1 season with his current club . Gomis form in the 2008–09 season was scrutinized more heavily than it was in the previous season . Despite this , Gomis successfully netted five times in 17 league appearances , and excelled with his performances in the UEFA Cup , scoring three times in four matches . Lyon . On 29 July 2009 , Olympique Lyonnais announced that they had signed the striker for €13 million and the player had agreed to a five-year contract . With the move , Gomis became just the sixth player in French football history to transfer directly from Saint-Étienne to Derby du Rhône arch-rivals Lyon . On the first day of the 2011–12 Ligue 1 campaign , Gomis scored the winning goal in a 3–1 victory over Nice on 6 August 2011 . On 24 September , he scored a first-half brace against Girondins de Bordeaux firing his side to a 3–1 away victory . Gomis bagged four goals in the last round of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage , helping Lyon to a 7–1 victory over GNK Dinamo Zagreb and progression to the Round of 16 on goal difference . He also created a new record for the fastest Champions League hat-trick ever scored , beating the record owned by Mike Newell . On 25 February 2012 , Gomis scored on a volley to bring his side level with league leaders PSG 1–1 ; the match finished in a dramatic 4–4 draw , after Lyon was winning 4–2 . He replaced Alexandre Lacazette in the 70th minute in a derby match against former club AS Saint-Étienne on 17 March , and ten minutes later scored a 30-yard strike to earn his side a 1–0 victory . He continued his rich vein of form against relegation-threatened Sochaux on 24 March when he converted an Anthony Réveillère cross to earn his side a 2–1 victory . Swansea City . On 27 June 2014 , Gomis signed a four-year contract at Swansea City after leaving Lyon at the end of the 2013–14 Ligue 1 season on a free transfer . He made his competitive debut in the opening match of the season on 16 August , replacing Wilfried Bony for the last 13 minutes of an eventual 2–1 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford . On 26 August he scored his first competitive goal for the club in a 1–0 victory over Rotherham United in the Second Round of the League Cup . Gomis scored his first Premier League goal on 9 November 2014 scoring the winner barely a minute after entering the field , as his side came from behind to beat Arsenal 2–1 . At the beginning of 2015 , with Bony leaving to the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Gomis became the main forward for the Swans , starting the year with a brace at Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park in a 2–6 win in the FA Cup . On 10 January , after equalising in a 1–1 home draw against West Ham United , he displayed a French flag in support of victims of recent shootings in Paris . On 4 April 2015 , Gomis scored in the 38th minute against Hull City with a volley and further sealed the victory by chipping the ball over the Hull City keeper giving him his first Premier League brace and Swansea City a 3–1 victory . Loan to Marseille . On 29 July 2016 , Gomis signed on loan to Marseille for the 2016–17 season . On 14 August , he made his debut in a 3-1 loss against Toulouse at the Stade Vélodrome . On 21 November , coach Rudi Garcia made him the captain of the squad for the remainder of the season . Across all competitions , Gomis scored 21 goals in 33 matches for lOM . This included a hat-trick on 27 January 2017 in a 5–1 win over Montpellier . Galatasaray . On 28 June 2017 , Gomis joined the Turkish club Galatasaray for an undisclosed fee . He was convinced to join by their former players and his friends , Didier Drogba and Aurélien Chedjou . He made his debut for the Istanbul-based club on 13 July in the first leg of the second qualifying round of the Europa League away to Östersunds FK , a 2–0 loss . On 14 August , he made his Süper Lig debut as his team opened the season with a 4–1 win over Kayserispor . Gomis scored twice and assisted Younès Belhanda . In a game against Akhisarspor on 9 December , Gomis equalised in a 4–2 comeback win at the Türk Telekom Stadium but was later given a red card . On 23 February 2018 , Gomis scored his first hat-trick in Turkey , in a 5–0 home win over Bursaspor . He added four more goals on 3 March in a 7–0 victory at Kardemir Karabükspor , between the 17th and 33rd minutes . He finished the campaign with 29 goals from 33 games , including the sole goal away to Göztepe S.K . to win the league title on the last day , making him the Gol Kralı ( top scorer ) . Al-Hilal . On 24 August 2018 , Gomis signed for Saudi Arabian champions Al-Hilal , on a two-year deal for a €7 million fee . The club finished as runners-up to Riyadh rivals Al-Nassr due to a dip of form in the final stretch of the season from Gomis and the rest of the team . With 21 goals , he was joint second top scorer behind the rivals Abderrazak Hamdallah . Gomis scored 11 goals in the 2019 AFC Champions League , finishing the tournament as the top scorer , and contributing to winning the competition for Al-Hilal for the first time in 19 years . In the second leg of the 2019 AFC Champions League Final on 24 November , he scored the second goal in a 2–0 away win over Urawa Red Diamonds , which saw Al-Hilal win the title with a 3–0 aggregate victory ; the title also allowed the team to qualify for the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup . Gomis was also awarded with the tournament MVP award for his role in delivering the title to Al-Hilal and became the first European player to be top scorer in the competition . On 14 December , Gomis led Al-Hilal into the semi-finals of 2019 FIFA Club World Cup by scoring the only goal of the match against African champions Espérance de Tunis . On 21 December , he played in the second half of the third place game against CONCACAF champion Monterrey and scored a goal in the 64th minute that leveled the match 2–2 . He also scored in the penalty shoot-out , but his team still lost the shoot-out 4–3 . Overall , Gomis played three games in the Club World Cup and scored two goals . International career . Born in France , Gomis was also eligible to play for Senegal through his ancestry . On 8 May 2008 , he said regarding his international future I dont have to choose between the French or Senegalese teams , as I have not been called yet . The French team ? It would be pretentious to ask for it , but I am not adverse to the French team . On 18 May 2008 , Gomis was called up for the provisional French UEFA Euro 2008 squad , ahead of experienced striker David Trezeguet , due to his particularly good form towards the end of Saint-Étiennes season . Gomis scored two goals in 26 minutes in a warm-up match against Ecuador on 27 May . He was the first player to score twice on his debut for the national team since Zinedine Zidane . On 28 May , he was selected in the French squad ahead of Olympique de Marseille striker Djibril Cissé . On 9 June , Gomis won his third cap by coming on as a substitute for Nicolas Anelka in the scoreless draw against Romania . On 7 October 2009 , he collapsed in the training for the match against the Faroe Islands . In 2011 , after a good start of the season with Lyon , Laurent Blanc called up Gomis for UEFA Euro 2012 qualification matches against Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina . Personal life . Gomis has a medical condition , suspected to be reflex syncope , that means he is liable to faint during times of stress , and this has caused him to faint during a number of matches . He is the cousin of fellow footballers Nampalys Mendy and Alexandre Mendy . Honours . Saint-Étienne - Ligue 2 : 2003–04 Lyon - Coupe de France : 2011–12 - Trophée des Champions : 2012 Galatasaray - Süper Lig : 2017–18 Al-Hilal - Saudi Professional League : 2019–20 - King Cup : 2019–20 - AFC Champions League : 2019 Individual - UNFP Player of the Month : January 2007 - Gol Kralı : 2017–18 - Saudi Professional League Player of the Month : February 2019 - AFC Champions League Top Scorer : 2019 - AFC Champions League Most Valuable Player : 2019 - AFC Champions League Fans Best XI : 2019 - AFC Champions League OPTA Best XI : 2019 External links . - France U-17 season 2001–02