Ghislain Vénuste Baboula (born 23 August 1998), known as Vénuste Baboula, is a Central African professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Czech club Slovan Liberec and the Central African Republic national team.[1]
 Baboula (in red) in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ghislain Vénuste Baboula | ||
| Date of birth | 23 August 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Bangui, Central African Republic | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Slovan Liberec | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Maccabi Paris | ||
| 2020–2023 | Racing Club de France | 48 | (13) |
| 2023–2025 | Quevilly-Rouen | 8 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Quevilly-Rouen B | 5 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Versailles (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | Bravo | 18 | (3) |
| 2026– | Slovan Liberec | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Central African Republic | 20 | (4) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 October 2025 | |||
Club career
editIn the 2022–23 Championnat National 2 season with Racing Club de France, Baboula scored nine goals in twenty-five matches.[2][1] On 6 June 2023, he signed for Ligue 2 club Quevilly-Rouen on a three-year contract.[3]
On 23 January 2025, Baboula moved to Bravo in Slovenia.[4]
On 22 June 2026, Baboula signed a contract with Czech First League club Slovan Liberec until summer 2030.[5]
International career
editBaboula made his debut for the Central African Republic national team in a 3–0 Africa Cup of Nations qualification victory over Madagascar on 23 March 2023.[6][7][8]
Career statistics
edit- Scores and results list the Central African Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Baboula goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 March 2024 | Colombo Racecourse, Colombo, Sri Lanka |  Bhutan | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2024 FIFA Series |
| 2 | 6–0 | |||||
| 3 | 5 June 2024 | Honor Stadium, Oujda, Morocco |  Chad | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 12 October 2025 | Stade Olympique Maréchal Idriss Déby Itno, N'Djamena, Chad | Chad | 2–0 | 3–2 |
Honours
editRacing Club de France
References
edit- 1 2 Vénuste Baboula at Soccerway
- ↑ LENUD, Victorien (24 May 2023). "Football – Ligue 2: un joueur du Racing sur les tablettes de QRM?". Paris-Normandie (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ↑ Dolo, Alexandre (6 June 2023). "Vénuste Baboula, première recrue de QRM !". QRM (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ↑ "Venuste Baboula je novi igralec NK Bravo" [Venuste Baboula is the new player of NK Bravo] (in Slovenian). NK Bravo. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
- ↑ Mohr, Daniel (22 June 2026). "Dvojitý úder Slovanu! Po rekordním Fayem míří pod Ještěd i reprezentant Baboula". Deník (in Czech). Vltava Labe Media. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ Vénuste Baboula at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Racing: Vénuste Baboula sélectionné avec la République Centrafricaine!". Foot National (in French). 18 March 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ↑ SANE, Maïmouna (21 March 2023). "Convoqué pour la première fois avec les Fauves, Venuste Baboula exprime sa joie: "C'est un rêve d'enfant qui se réalise"". Africa Top Sports (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ↑ "Et le Racing CF renaît". www.fff.fr. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
External links
edit- Vénuste Baboula at WorldFootball.net
- Vénuste Baboula at National-Football-Teams.com
- Vénuste Baboula at kicker (in German)
- Vénuste Baboula at L'Équipe (in French)
