Cédric Bakambu
DR Congo · FW · age 35
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- DR Congo
- Position
- FW
- Squad role
- Projected starter
- Position rank
- #1
- Intl caps
- 68
- Intl goals
- 21
- Intl assists
- 6
- Composite rating
- 0.18(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 11.6%
See Cédric Bakambu on the full DR Congo scoring list →
Recent form
Steady
2024/25 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (6.48 vs 6.40).
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFCON 2023 | 7 | 417 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples — totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in the tournament.
- Min
- Total minutes on the pitch.
- G
- Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
- A
- Assists — passes that directly led to a goal.
- xG
- Expected goals — summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
- Sh
- Shots taken.
- KP
- Key passes — passes that led to a shot.
- PrgP
- Progressive passes — completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
- PrgC
- Progressive carries — carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
- Tkl
- Tackles won.
- Int
- Interceptions.
Full definitions in the glossary.
184
Career matches
10,434
Career minutes
53
Goals
8
Assists
8.7
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.46
97
xG / 90
0.08
71
xAG / 90
0.03
47
vs 355 MF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.
Career — goals & xG by season
GoalsxG
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | Sochaux | Ligue 1 | 9 | 142 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011-12 | Sochaux | Ligue 1 | 21 | 866 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 2012-13 | Sochaux | Ligue 1 | 33 | 2,302 | 7 | 1 | — | — |
| 2013-14 | Sochaux | Ligue 1 | 31 | 2,020 | 7 | 2 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Villarreal | La Liga | 34 | 1,859 | 12 | 3 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Villarreal | La Liga | 26 | 1,567 | 11 | 1 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Villarreal | La Liga | 15 | 1,263 | 9 | 0 | 5.9 | 1.6 |
| 2021-22 | Marseille | Ligue 1 | 12 | 356 | 4 | 0 | 2.8 | 0.9 |
| 2022-23 | Marseille | Ligue 1 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
- Mins
- Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
- Goals
- Goals scored (penalties included).
- Assists
- Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
- xG
- Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
- xAG
- Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.
Full definitions in the glossary.