Shavy Babicka
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Shavy Warren Babicka | ||
Date of birth | 1 June 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Libreville, Gabon | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Toulouse | ||
Number | 80 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018 | Mangasport | ||
2018–2021 | Kiyovu | ||
2021–2024 | Aris Limassol | 75 | (12) |
2024– | Toulouse | 15 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Gabon | 15 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 |
Shavy Warren Babicka (born 1 June 2000) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a winger for French Ligue 1 club Toulouse[1] and the Gabon national team.
Club career
[edit]Mangasport
[edit]Babicka began his senior career in his native Gabon with Mangasport.[2]
Kiyovu
[edit]From 2018 to 2021, he played in Rwanda with Kiyovu.[3]
Aris Limassol
[edit]On 5 August 2021, Babicka transferred to the Cypriot club Aris Limassol, together with his compatriot Alex Moucketou-Moussounda.[4] He scored four goals and made six assists in the 2021–22 season in Cyprus, and was nominated as one of the best attacking players of the season.[5]
Toulouse
[edit]On 14 January 2024, Aris Limassol announced Babicka's transfer to French club Toulouse for a fee of €2.75 million, which was the record high fee received by Aris.[6]
International career
[edit]Babicka was called up to the Gabon national team for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in June 2022.[7] He debuted with Gabon in a 1–0 win over DR Congo on 3 June 2022, scoring the game-winning goal.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 15 September 2024[9]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aris Limassol | 2021–22 | Cypriot First Division | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 3 | ||
2022–23 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 37 | 7 | |||
2023–24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11[b] | 4 | 1[c] | 0 | 22 | 5 | ||
Total | 73 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 15 | ||
Toulouse | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |
2024–25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 3 | |||
Total | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 18 | 4 | |||
Career total | 88 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 19 |
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Cypriot Super Cup
International
[edit]- As of match played 18 November 2024[10]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Gabon | 2022 | 3 | 1 |
2023 | 6 | 0 | |
2024 | 8 | 2 | |
Total | 17 | 3 |
- Scores and results list Gabon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Babicka goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 4 June 2022 | Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo | DR Congo | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [11] |
2 | 10 September 2024 | Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon | Central African Republic | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [12] |
3 | 15 October 2024 | Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa | Lesotho | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [13] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Shavy Babicka". Aris Limassol.
- ^ "Waren Shavy BABICKA : La nouvelle trouvaille du Kiyovu Sport de Kingali". alibreville.com.
- ^ Saddam, Mihigo. "Nsanzimfura na Shavy Babicka bafashije Kiyovu Sport gutsinda Heroes FC-AMAFOTO - Inyarwanda.com". inyarwanda.com.
- ^ "Alex Moucketou Moussounda et Shavy Warren Babicka s'engagent avec le club Chypriote de Aris Limassol (...) - GABONEWS". www.gabonews.com.
- ^ sonapresse, L'Union (18 May 2022). "Shavy Babicka convoqué demain par Patrice Neveu ?". L'UNION | L'actualité du Gabon.
- ^ "RECORD FEE FOR BABICKA TRANSFER!". Aris Limassol. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Éliminatoires CAN 2023: Retour d'Appidangoye et de nouvelles têtes sur la liste de Neveu". 22 May 2022.
- ^ Lantheaume, Romain (4 June 2022). "CAN 2023 : héroïque, le Gabon fait sensation en RDC !". Afrik-Foot.
- ^ "Shavy Babicka". footballdatabase.
- ^ "Shavy Babicka". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "DR Congo vs. Gabon". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Gabon vs. Central African Republic". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Lesotho vs. Gabon". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- Shavy Babicka at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Libreville
- Gabonese men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Rwanda National Football League players
- Cypriot First Division players
- AS Mangasport players
- S.C. Kiyovu Sports players
- Aris Limassol FC players
- Toulouse FC players
- Gabon Championnat National D1 players
- Gabonese expatriate men's footballers
- Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Rwanda
- Expatriate men's footballers in Rwanda
- Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in France