Benoît Badiashile

Benoît Badiashile
Badiashile with Chelsea in 2025
Personal information
Full name Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya
Date of birth (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001
Place of birth Limoges, France
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position Centre-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Napoli
(on loan from Chelsea)
Number 5
Youth career
2007–2008 Limoges
2008–2016 Malesherbes
2016–2018 Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Monaco II 12 (0)
2018–2023 Monaco 106 (6)
2023– Chelsea 42 (1)
2026– → Napoli (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2016 France U16 5 (0)
2017–2018 France U17 6 (0)
2018 France U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 France U19 18 (0)
2020–2023 France U21 19 (0)
2022 France 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:30, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya (born 26 March 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Napoli, on loan from Premier League club Chelsea.

Early life

Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Baya[2] was born on 26 March 2001 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne[3] and is of Congolese descent.[4]

Club career

Monaco

On 5 February 2018, Badiashile signed his first professional contract with Monaco.[5] He made his professional debut on 11 November, in a 4–0 Ligue 1 loss to Paris Saint-Germain.[6]

Chelsea

On 5 January 2023, Badiashile signed with Premier League club Chelsea on a seven-and-a-half-year contract[7] for a transfer fee reported by The Guardian to be £32.7 million (€37 million).[8] On 15 January 2023, Badiashile made his debut for Chelsea, starting against Crystal Palace in the Premier League. The French defender played the entire game and earned his new club a clean sheet as Chelsea won 1–0.[9]

Loan to Napoli

On 22 August 2026, Badiashile joined Serie A club Napoli on a season-long loan, with an option to make the move permanent.[10]

International career

Badiashile is a senior international for France, having been a part various under-16 to under-21 teams since 2016.[11]

Badiashile received his first call-up to the France national team for two UEFA Nations League matches against Austria and Denmark in September 2022.[12]

Personal life

Badiashile is the younger brother of Loïc Badiashile, who is also a professional footballer.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 March 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco II 2017–18[2] Championnat National 2 30————30
2018–19[2] Championnat National 2 90————90
Total 120————120
Monaco 2018–19[2] Ligue 1 20110302[c]000261
2019–20[2] Ligue 1 1602020——200
2020–21[2] Ligue 1 35240———392
2021–22[2] Ligue 1 24100—10[d]0—341
2022–23[2] Ligue 1 11200—5[e]0—162
Total 10667050170—1356
Chelsea 2022–23[14] Premier League 11100———111
2023–24[15] Premier League 1802021——221
2024–25[16] Premier League 50002013[f]02[g]0220
2025–26[17] Premier League 8020204[c]0—160
2026–27[18] Premier League 000000——00
Total 421406117020712
Career total 1607110111340202188
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  7. ↑ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International

As of match played 25 September 2022[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 202220
Total20

Honours

Chelsea

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Benoit Badiashile". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "B. Badiashile: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Benoît Badiashile". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "FOOT-LDC: AS MONACO, LOIC BADIASHILE EN ¼ DE FINALE – VOILA NIGHT". 17 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Benoit BADIASHILE". AS Monaco FC.
  6. ↑ "LFP.fr – Ligue de Football Professionnel – Ligue 1 Conforama – Saison 2018/2019 – 13ème journée – AS Monaco / Paris Saint-Germain". Ligue de Football Professionnel.
  7. ↑ "Chelsea sign Badiashile". Chelsea F.C. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  8. ↑ Steinberg, Jacob (1 January 2023). "Chelsea agree £32.7m fee for Monaco centre-back Benoît Badiashile". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Potter on spirited win, debutant's impact and Mudryk signing". Chelsea F.C. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  10. ↑ Twomey, Liam; Johnson, Simon (22 August 2026). "Napoli announce loan signing of Benoit Badiashile from Chelsea". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "UEFA Youth League – Benoît Badiashile Mukinayi". UEFA.
  12. ↑ "France Nations League squad: Badiashile, Fofana and Kolo Muani receive first-ever call-up, Dembele and Giroud return". Football Today. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "Le très convoité Benoît Badiashile signe pro à Monaco – Ligue 1 – France". SO FOOT.com. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Benoît Badiashile in 2026/2027". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  19. ↑ "Benoît Badiashile: Internationals". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  20. ↑ "Chelsea beat Real Betis 4–1 to win Conference League". BBC. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  21. ↑ Begley, Emlyn (13 July 2025). "Chelsea 3–0 PSG". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  22. ↑ "FA Cup final LIVE: Chelsea vs Man City score, watch stream, commentary & updates". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  23. ↑ "IFFHS MEN'S YOUTH (U20) WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR 2021". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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