Benoît Badiashile

In this Congolese name, the surname is Badiashile and the post-surname is Mukinayi Baya.

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

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 (age 24)
Place of birth	Limoges, France
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back[1]
Team information
Current team	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	34	(1)
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 17:00, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

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]

International career

Badiashile is a senior international for France, having been a part various under-16 to under-21 teams since 2016.^[10]

Badiashile received his first call-up to the France national team for two UEFA Nations League matches against Austria and Denmark in September 2022.^[11]

Personal life

Badiashile is the younger brother of Loïc Badiashile, who is also a professional footballer.^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 June 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Monaco II	2017–18[2]	Championnat National 2	3	0	—		—		—		—		3	0
	2018–19[2]	Championnat National 2	9	0	—		—		—		—		9	0
	Total		12	0	—		—		—		—		12	0
Monaco	2018–19[2]	Ligue 1	20	1	1	0	3	0	2[c]	0	0	0	26	1
	2019–20[2]	Ligue 1	16	0	2	0	2	0	—		—		20	0
	2020–21[2]	Ligue 1	35	2	4	0	—		—		—		39	2
	2021–22[2]	Ligue 1	24	1	0	0	—		10[d]	0	—		34	1
	2022–23[2]	Ligue 1	11	2	0	0	—		5[e]	0	—		16	2
	Total		106	6	7	0	5	0	17	0	—		135	6
Chelsea	2022–23[13]	Premier League	11	1	0	0	—		—		—		11	1
	2023–24[14]	Premier League	18	0	2	0	2	1	—		—		22	1
	2024–25[15]	Premier League	5	0	0	0	2	0	13[f]	0	2[g]	0	22	0
	2025–26[16]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		34	1	2	0	4	1	13	0	2	0	55	2
Career total			152	7	9	0	9	1	30	0	2	0	202	8

1. Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
3. 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^[17]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
France	2022	2	0
Total		2	0

Honours

Chelsea

• UEFA Conference League: 2024–25^[18]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2025^[19]

Individual

• IFFHS Men's Youth (U20) World Team: 2021^[20]