Eric Bailly

Eric Bailly always felt like a what-if to me. Powerful, quick, dominant in the air, an Ivory Coast centre-back who could be genuinely elite, but injuries kept interrupting him just as he hit form. He spent years at Manchester United fighting to stay fit, and you could see the talent every time his body cooperated. A healthy Bailly might have been a fixture at the very top. Defenders' grit doesn't show up in highlight reels the way a striker's does, but those of us who watch closely know exactly what he was putting in.

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Name (English)

Eric Bailly

Name (Japanese)

エリック・バイリー

Reading

えりっく・ばいりー

Born

April 12, 1994 (age 32)

Origin

Bingerville, Abidjan Department, Ivory Coast

Height

187 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dog

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Bailly
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18637352

Tags

• Abidjan Department
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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