Bakabu scored two goals in one game for the 30th time in his career

Cedric Bakabu has done wonders for Villarreal in the two and a half years that he has been at the Spanish club, with an incredible success rate of a goal every two games (he has 105 appearances, 47 goals and 5 assists).

His performances in La Liga and European competitions saw Chinese club Guoan spend €40,000,000 to sign him in January 2018.

Earlier, in the summer of 2015, Villarreal, noticing Bakabu’s goal prowess, had spent €7,500,000 to sign him from Bursaspor (40 games, 20 goals, 7 assists). It was only in Marseille that he didn’t fare as well in the six months of last season, which is why he decided to change his environment with a move to Olympiakos.

The French-born but Congolese international scored twice against Atromitos Athens, his first game as a regular for the Red-Whites and his first for Karaiskakis, but it’s not the first time in his career.

It was the 30th time he scored two goals in one game

Notably, it was the 30th time Bakabu had scored two goals in one game. An example of the quality and leadership of the experienced centre-forward, who is very agile, quick, creates phases and room for maneuver and makes it difficult for the opposing defense.

Bakabou had scored two goals in one game for Sossot three times, beating Troyes 3-1 on 22/9/2012, Rennes 2-1 on 21/12/2013 and Evian 3-2 on 26/9/2012 for the cup.

With Villarreal, the Congolese striker scored a hat-trick in the 3-0 win over Eibar on October 1, 2017, scoring two goals in one game in a total of 14 games. The five times were in Europe (at Dynamo Minsk 4-0 on October 22, 2015, Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 on March 10, 2016, Sparta Prague 2-1 on April 7, 2016, Sparta Prague 2-4 on April 14, 2016 and Astana 2 -3 on 11/23/2017).

And the other nine in LaLiga and Cup (with Espanyol 3-1 on 28/8/2015, Rayo Vallecano 2-1 on 6/12/2015, Sporting Gijon 2-0 on 10/1/2016, Sevilla 4-2 on 13/3/2016, Leganes 2-1 on 22/04/2017, Sporting Gijon 3-1 on 28/04/2017, Alaves 3-0 on 17/09/2017, Girona 2-1 on 15/10/2017 and Ponferandina 3-0 on 30/11/2017).

The veteran striker had three hat-tricks at Bursaspor (vs. Balıkesıspor 5-0 on 25/10/2014, Mersin 5-0 on 27/1/2015 and Karagümruk 3-0 on 5/2/2015) and scored two goals against Eskisehirspor 2-2 on 19/4. 2014 and Basaksehir 4-1 on 4/25/2015.

As for his stay in China with Guoan, Bakabu scored four goals against Dagdai Lifan 5-1 on 09/01/2020, three goals against Buriram 3-1 on 09/04/2019 and since then two goals against Guangzhou 2-2 on 15/ 5/2018, Yifang 5:2 on 14.8.2018, Guangzhou 5:1 in the cup on 22.8.2018, Guangzhou 3:0 on 7.10.2018, Shenhua 3:1 on 7.11/2018, Shenzhen 3:0 on 12.5.2019 , Guangzhou 4-1 on 11/27/2019, Luneng 2-2 on 10/17/2020, Wuhan 2-0 on 5/10/2021 and Wuhan 2-1 on 03/08/2021.

Now at Olympiakos, they hope Bakabou will have a similar continuity in the league, creating valuable scoring chances and leading the Red-Whites to fresh victories.