Mohamed Richard Bakary (born 17 October 1997) is a
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays as a
winger for
Bournemouth FC. He has represented Benin at senior international level.
Club career
Having started his career as an attacking player he signed for
Chelsea before
Southampton
Southampton is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately southwest of London, west of Portsmouth, and southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253, ...
swooped and converted him to a defensive player during his 4 years with club. But at the end of the 2017–18 season, his contract with Southampton was not renewed. He made no first team appearances for the club but made many appearances for the U23's before his release.
On 5 September 2019, Bakary joined
A.F.C. Totton.
Bakary featured for
Blackfield & Langley in 2022. The following year, he was featuring for
Alresford Town having dual-registered with the club from
Winchester City. Bakary was playing for
Wessex League
The Wessex Football League, known as the Velocity Wessex Football League for sponsorship reasons, is an English regional men's football league in southern England. Its members are primarily from Hampshire and Dorset, but clubs from adjoining co ...
side
Lymington Town in March 2024.
On 20 July 2024, Bakary signed for
Bournemouth FC.
International career
He represented
Benin
Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its po ...
in a friendly match against
Mauritania
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, ...
on 24 March 2017.
References
External links
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Richard Bakary - Southampton FC
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1997 births
Living people
People from Porto-Novo
Beninese men's footballers
Benin men's international footballers
Beninese expatriate men's footballers
Beninese expatriate sportspeople in England
Men's association football defenders
A.F.C. Totton players
Alresford Town F.C. players
Blackfield & Langley F.C. players
Bournemouth F.C. players
Lymington Town F.C. players
Southern Football League players
Wessex Football League players
Expatriate men's footballers in England