Jannick Buyla

Jannick Buyla
Personal information
Full name	Jannick Buyla Sam
Date of birth	6 October 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth	Zaragoza, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Gimnàstic; (on loan from Zaragoza)
Number	22
Youth career
2003–2009	Amistad
2009–2010	Oliver
2010–2017	Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2020	Zaragoza B
2017–2018	→ Tudelano (loan)
2019–	Zaragoza
2021	→ UCAM Murcia (loan)
2021–	→ Gimnàstic (loan)
National team‡
2016	Equatorial Guinea U20
2019–	Equatorial Guinea
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 Dec 2021.; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 Dec 2021

Jannick Buyla Sam (born 6 October 1998) is a professional footballer who plays for Gimnàstic de Tarragona, on loan from Real Zaragoza. Born in Spain, he represents the Equatorial Guinea national team. Mainly a right winger, he can also play as an attacking midfielder.^[1]

Nicknamed Nick in Spain,^[1] Buyla is a former member of the Equatorial Guinea national under-20 team.^[2]

Club career[]

Born in Zaragoza, Aragón to Equatorial Guinean parents, Buyla represented UD Amistad, CD Oliver and Real Zaragoza as a youth. On 2 August 2017, after finishing his formation, he was loaned to Segunda División B side CD Tudelano for one year.

Buyla made his senior debut on 24 September 2017, in a 0–0 home draw against CD Lealtad. He returned to Zaragoza on 24 January 2018,^[3] being assigned to the B-team, and finished the campaign by suffering relegation.^[4]

On 11 May 2019, Buyla made his first team debut by coming on as a late substitute for James Igbekeme in a 3–0 Segunda División away success over Extremadura UD.^[5] Roughly one year later, he renewed his contract until 2024 and was definitely promoted to the first team for the 2020–21 season.^[6]

On 28 January 2021, after featuring rarely, Buyla was loaned to third division side UCAM Murcia CF for the remainder of the campaign.^[7] On 5 July, he moved to Primera División RFEF side Gimnàstic de Tarragona also in a temporary deal.^[8]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Jannick Buyla" (in Spanish). Aúpa Deportivo Aragón. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ Giménez, Paco (29 March 2016). "Guinea Ecuatorial convoca al juvenil zaragocista Buyla" [Equatorial Guinea call up the zaragocista youngster Buyla] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "Buyla deja el Tudelano" [Buyla leaves Tudelano] (in Spanish). Navarra Sport. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "Jannick Buyla 'Nick', la cara nueva del Real Zaragoza en Extremadura" [Jannick Buyla 'Nick', the new face of Real Zaragoza at Extremadura] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "Jannick Buyla debuta con el primer equipo del Real Zaragoza" [Jannick Buyla debuts with Real Zaragoza's first team] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "Marcos Baselga y Jannick Buyla amplían su contrato hasta 2024" [Marcos Baselga and Jannick Buyla extend their contract until 2024] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
^ "Acuerdo para la cesión de Jannick Buyla al UCAM Murcia" [Agreement for the loan of Jannick Buyla to UCAM Murcia] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^ "Acuerdo con el Nástic de Tarragona para la cesión de Jannick Buyla" [Agreement with Nástic for the loan of Jannick Buyla] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.