Sol Bamba

**Souleymane Bamba** (13 January 1985 – 31 August 2024), known as **Sol Bamba**, was an Ivorian-French professional football player and manager. He played as a centre-back. Bamba was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, France. Bamba played for the Ivory Coast national team from 2008 to 2014. He also played for Paris Saint-Germain F.C. from 1996 to 2004.

In 2021, he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and began undergoing chemotherapy treatment. On 30 August 2024, Bamba was hospitalized in Manisa, Turkey. He died at the age of 39 the following day.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Paris Saint-Germain|2004–05|Ligue 1|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|
|2005–06|Ligue 1|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|0|0|||||
|rowspan="4"|Dunfermline Athletic|2006–07|Scottish Premier League|23|0|5|0|2|0|—|—|30|0|||
|2007–08|Scottish First Division|15|0|0|0|1|0|2|0|2|0|20|0|||
|2008–09|Scottish First Division|1|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0|1|0||||
|rowspan="4"|Hibernian|2008–09|Scottish Premier League|29|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|—|30|0||
|2009–10|Scottish Premier League|30|2|1|0|1|0|—|—|32|2|||||
|2010–11|Scottish Premier League|16|2|0|0|1|0|1|0|—|18|2||||
|rowspan="3"|Leicester City|2010–11|Championship|16|2|2|1|0|0|—|—|18|3|||
|2011–12|Championship|36|1|1|0|0|0|—|—|37|1|||||
|rowspan="3"|Trabzonspor|2012–13|Süper Lig|18|0|0|0|—|2|0|—|20|0|||
|2013–14|Süper Lig|9|0|1|0|—|5|0|—|15|0|||||
|Palermo|2014–15|Serie A|1|0|0|0|—|—|—|1|0|||||
|rowspan="4"|Leeds United|2014–15|Championship|19|1|0|0|0|0|—|—|19|1|||
|2015–16|Championship|30|4|3|0|0|0|—|—|33|4|||||
|2016–17|Championship|2|0|0|0|2|0|—|—|4|0|||||
|rowspan="6"|Cardiff City|2016–17|Championship|26|2|1|0|0|0|—|—|27|2|||
|2017–18|Championship|46|4|0|0|0|0|—|—|46|4|||||
|2018–19|Premier League|28|4|0|0|0|0|—|—|28|4|||||
|2019–20|Championship|6|0|4|0|0|0|—|0|0|10|0||||
|2020–21|Championship|6|0|0|0|1|0|—|—|7|0|||||
|Middlesbrough|2021–22|Championship|24|0|4|0|1|0|—|—|29|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Ivory Coast|2008|1|0|
|2009|8|0|||
|2010|6|1|||
|2011|1|0|||
|2012|13|0|||
|2013|10|0|||
|2014|7|0|||

### Managerial

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="8"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Adanaspor|align=left|25 July 2024|align=left|31 August 2024|||

## Honours

**Dunfermline Athletic**
- Scottish Cup runner-up: 2006–07

**Cardiff City**
- EFL Championship runner-up: 2017–18

**Ivory Coast**
- Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2012

**Individual**
- PFA Team of the Year: 2017–18 Championship
- Leeds United Player of the Month: August 2015

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Sol Bamba
- **image**: Sol Bamba 8915.JPG
- **caption**: Bamba with the Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast in 2012
- **full name**: Souleymane Bamba
- **birth place**: Ivry-sur-Seine, France
- **death place**: Manisa, Turkey
- **height**: 1.90 m
- **position**: Centre-back
- **youthyears1**: 1996–2004
- **youthclubs1**: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain
- **years1**: 2004–2006
- **caps1**: 1
- **goals1**: 0
- **clubs1**: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain
- **years2**: 2006–2008
- **caps2**: 39
- **goals2**: 0
- **clubs2**: Dunfermline Athletic F.C., Dunfermline Athletic
- **years3**: 2008–2011
- **caps3**: 75
- **goals3**: 4
- **clubs3**: Hibernian F.C., Hibernian
- **years4**: 2011–2012
- **caps4**: 52
- **goals4**: 3
- **clubs4**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
- **years5**: 2012–2014
- **caps5**: 27
- **goals5**: 0
- **clubs5**: Trabzonspor
- **years6**: 2014–2015
- **caps6**: 1
- **goals6**: 0
- **clubs6**: Palermo F.C., Palermo
- **years7**: 2015
- **caps7**: 19
- **goals7**: 1
- **clubs7**: → Leeds United F.C., Leeds United (loan)
- **years8**: 2015–2016
- **caps8**: 32
- **goals8**: 4
- **clubs8**: Leeds United F.C., Leeds United
- **years9**: 2016–2021
- **caps9**: 112
- **goals9**: 10
- **clubs9**: Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City
- **years10**: 2021–2022
- **caps10**: 24
- **goals10**: 0
- **clubs10**: Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough
- **totalcaps**: 382
- **totalgoals**: 22
- **nationalyears1**: 2003–2005
- **nationalteam1**: Ivory Coast national under-20 football team, Ivory Coast U20
- **nationalyears2**: 2008
- **nationalteam2**: Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 2
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2008–2014
- **nationalteam3**: Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast
- **nationalcaps3**: 46
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **manageryears1**: 2024
- **managerclubs1**: Adanaspor