Ibrahima Bakayoko (born 31 December 1976)[1] is an Ivorian retired professional footballer who played as a forward.
Playing in France with Montpellier, Bakayoko was rated highly enough by Everton manager Walter Smith that Smith was willing to pay £4.5 million for Bakayoko's services in October 1998.
[2] A brief highlight was scoring twice as Everton beat Blackburn Rovers 2–1 at Ewood Park.
A spell in Spain with Osasuna followed, before Bakayoko returned for a third spell in France, this time representing Istres, before he moved over the Alps to Italy, first with Livorno[4] and then with Messina.
On 28 January 2007, he played his first Serie A match for Messina against Ascoli.