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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 June 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Créteil, France | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Heerenveen | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AS Orly | |||
| CFF Paris[2] | |||
| 2019–2023 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2025 | Saint-Étienne B | 35 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Saint-Étienne | 2 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Bourg-Péronnas (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | Betis B | 30 | (1) |
| 2025 | Betis | 0 | (0) |
| 2026– | Heerenveen | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 June 2026 | |||
Darling Bladi (born 11 June 2004) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Dutch Eredivisie club Heerenveen.
Career
[edit]In 2019, Bladi signed for Saint-Étienne's youth academy after leaving CFF Paris.[3] He would make his Ligue 2 debut for the club in December 2023 in a match against Bordeaux.[4] On 14 May 2024, he signed his first professional contract with Saint-Étienne, a deal until 2027.[5] On 7 July 2024, he was loaned out to Championnat National club Bourg-Péronnas for the rest of the season.[6][7] Quickly establishing himself as a key player in the team, he finished the season with twenty-six league appearances to his name.[8][9][10][11]
On 19 July 2025, Bladi was transferred to Betis Deportivo, the reserve team of Real Betis.[12] He made one late-substitute appearance for the main squad of Real Betis in Copa del Rey. He joined Eredivisie club Heerenveen in July 2026, signing a three-year contract with a club option for a fourth year.[13]
Personal life
[edit]Born in France, Bladi is of Ivorian descent.[14]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 30 October 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Saint-Étienne B | 2020–21 | National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | National 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | National 3 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | National 3 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||||
| Saint-Étienne | 2023–24 | Ligue 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bourg-Péronnas (loan) | 2024–25 | National | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| Betis B | 2025–26 | Primera Federación | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Betis | 2025–26 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Heerenveen | 2026–27 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 72 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Darling Bladi". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ↑ "Darling BLADI (CFFP) signe à l'ASSE!". Panamefoot (in French). Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ↑ S, Alexandre (2024-12-06). "ASSE : Une solution à venir au poste de latéral ?". Peuple-Vert.fr - Foot - ASSE - Actualité Live (in French). Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ↑ "Une prolongation et quatre nouveaux contrats pro à l'ASSE - ASSE - EVECT". EVECT.fr (in French). 2024-05-14. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ↑ "Une prolongation et quatre nouveaux contrats pro à l'ASSE - ASSE - EVECT". EVECT.fr (in French). 2024-05-14. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ↑ @ASSEofficiel. "Communiqué officiel : Darling Bladi prêté à Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas". ASSE.fr (in French). Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ↑ Abdel (2024-07-04). "Le jeune Darling Bladi de l'ASSE part en prêt à Bourg-en-Bresse en National". ASSE : infos, résultats, composition, transferts, blessure (in French). Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ↑ S, Alexandre (2024-12-06). "ASSE : Une solution à venir au poste de latéral ?". Peuple-Vert.fr - Foot - ASSE - Actualité Live (in French). Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ↑ "Un joueur prêté par l'ASSE réussit ses débuts - ASSE - EVECT". EVECT.fr (in French). 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ↑ "Mercato : Bastia avance sur le latéral de Saint-Étienne Darling Bladi". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ↑ Sylvain (2025-06-28). "Mercato : Un indésirable de l'ASSE direction Bastia ?". Peuple-Vert.fr - Foot - ASSE - Actualité Live (in French). Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ↑ "French-Cameroonian defender Darling Bladi transfers from AS Saint-Étienne to Real Betis Sevilla reserves – AfricaSoccer.com". Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ↑ "Un arrière gauche ultra-rapide quitte le Real Betis pour signer un contrat de trois ans en Eredivisie | Goal.com Français". www.goal.com (in French). 2026-07-04. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
- ↑ Pastoré, Cafil (2024-05-15). "El Hadji Dieye prolonge avec l’AS Saint-Étienne, 4 pépites africaines signent pro". AfricaFoot (in French). Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Créteil
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football full-backs
- Black French sportspeople
- French sportspeople of Ivorian descent
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 players
- Real Betis players
- Betis Deportivo footballers
- SC Heerenveen players
- Ligue 2 players
- Ligue 3 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Primera Federación players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- French expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands