Messemo Junior Bakayoko (born 2 December 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Greek Super League 2 club Kalamata.
Bakayoko spent a year at Saint Nazaire, before then taking an unexpected return to the team from Poitiers and rejoining Stade Poitevin in July 2017.
13 months into his second spell at Stade Poitevin, Bakayoko joined up with Toulouse Rodeo, again still as an amateur, hoping he could begin to force a career for himself in football.
He made his debut for the club on 2 August 2019, in a Championnat National fixture versus SC Toulon, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 draw.
Bakayoko played a total of six games in all competitions for AS Béziers, however despite it being his first season in professional football, was in a squad that went up against sides such as AJ Auxerre, Red Star FC, SC Toulon and Stade Lavallois.
Junior Bakayoko helped Kalamata gain promotion from the Greek third-tier, to the Greece Super League 2 by featuring in 16 games in his first season.
Junior Bakayoko made his Kypello Elladas debut - a Greek cup competition, in the third round versus OF Ierapetras away from home on 26 September 2021.