Tobias Badila

Tobias Badila

Personal information
Full name	Tobias Badila
Date of birth	(1994-05-12) 12 May 1994
Place of birth	Dijon, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Nancy
Number	3
Youth career
–2013	Nancy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–	Nancy B	72	(3)
2013–	Nancy	80	(3)
International career‡
2017–	Republic of the Congo	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:24, 2 February 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2017

Tobias Badila (born 12 May 1993) is a footballer who currently plays for French Ligue 2 side AS Nancy as a left back. Born in France, he represents Republic of the Congo at international level.

Career

Badila is a youth exponent from AS Nancy. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 21 February 2014 in a 2–0 away defeat against Troyes AC playing the first 79 minutes of the game before being substituted for Romain Grange. He can perform both centre-back or left-back, because of his great physique. At points in his career he was watched by teams such as AS Saint-Etienne, Monaco and Arsenal, although he preferred to stay to continue his progress.

International career

Badila was pre-selected by Congo on 19 May 2017, and played 4 matches. He made his senior debut for the Republic of the Congo in a 3–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification loss to the DR Congo on 10 June 2017.