Kevin Bua

Kevin Bua (born 11 August 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club CD Leganés.

Kevin Bua
Personal information
Full name Kevin Bua
Date of birth (1993-08-11) 11 August 1993
Place of birth Geneva, Switzerland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Leganés
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2013 Servette
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Servette 51 (6)
2015–2016 Zürich 30 (6)
2016–2020 Basel 70 (14)
2020– Leganés 3 (0)
National team‡
2013–2014 Switzerland U20 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 July 2016

Club career

Bua began to play youth football with Servette. He signed his first professional contract 2013. In summer 2015 he moved to Zürich. On 8 July 2016, Basel announced that they had signed Bua on a four-year deal dated up unto 30 June 2020.[1] Under trainer Urs Fischer Bua won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[2] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history.[3]

Under trainer Marcel Koller Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi finals Zürich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on the 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel.[4] Bua played in five cup games and scored two goals in the match against Echallens.

On 19 September 2020, Bua moved abroad and signed a one-year contract with CD Leganés of the Spanish Segunda División.[5]

International career

Bua was born in Switzerland, and is of mixed Spanish-Albanian[6] descent through his father. He is a youth international for Switzerland.[7]

Honours

Basel

References
  1. FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Der FC Basel 1893 verpflichtet Kevin Bua" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
  2. Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  3. "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.
  4. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  5. "C.D Leganés signs Swiss Kevin Bua to strengthen its midfield". CD Leganés. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  6. "Bua_tribe". wikipedia. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  7. Steffen, Christine (April 18, 2016). ""Très foot" | NZZ" – via NZZ.
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