Kevin Bua


Kevin Bua is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.

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. 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. 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.
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. Bua played in five cup games and scored two goals in the match against Echallens.

International career

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

Honours

Basel