About Bafétimbi Gomis
Bafétimbi Gomis (born 6 August 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. He's the third fastest hat-trick scorer in UEFA Champions League history, as of December 2025. Gomis played youth football with Saint-Étienne before making his professional debut for the club in 2004, also spending time on loan at Troyes in Ligue 2. In 2009, he joined Saint-Étienne's Derby du Rhone rivals Lyon for a fee of €13 million. Over five seasons at the Stade Gerland, he played 244 official matches and scored 95 goals, winning the Coupe de France and the Trophée des Champions in 2012. In 2014, he moved to Premier League club Swansea City on a free transfer. After a loan back in France at Marseille, he signed for Galatasaray, where he was top scorer as they won the Süper Lig in 2018. Gomis announced his professional retirement in 2024. Gomis made twelve appearances for the France national team from 2008 to 2013, scoring three goals. He was a member of the squad for UEFA Euro 2008. On the first day of the 2011–12 Ligue 1 campaign, Gomis scored the winning goal in a 3–1 victory over Nice on 6 August 2011. With the move, Gomis became just the sixth player in French football history to transfer directly from Saint-Étienne to Derby du Rhône arch-rivals Lyon.
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