Detalles de Jugador

Nombre

Denis Bouanga

Pronunciación

Boo-Wan-Gha

Estatura

5' 11"

Peso

157 lbs

Lugar de nacimiento

11.11.1994 (31)

Lugar de nacimiento

Le Mans, France

Posición

Forward

Perfil

Left

Categoría en la plantilla

Senior

Categoría del jugador

Designated Player, International
Resumen de Carrera
  • MLS Cup Champion (2022)  
  • Supporters’ Shield Winner (2022) 
  • Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Champion (2024) 
  • 2023 MLS Golden Boot winner (20 goals) 
  • 3X MLS Best XI (2023, 2024, 2025) 
  • 2X MLS Western Conference champion (2022 & 2023) 
  • Leagues Cup Runner-Up (2024) 
  • Concacaf Champions League Runner-Up (2023) 
  • MLS Cup Runner-Up (2023) 
  • 3X MLS All-Star (2023, 2024, 2025) 
  • 4X MLS Player of the Matchday 
  • No.1 all-Time Leagues Cup goalscorer  
  • 2023 Concacaf Champions League Best XI 
  • 2023 Concacaf Champions League Golden Boot (7 goals) 
  • first career MLS goal (10/2/22) clinched the second Supporters’ Shield for LAFC

PERSONAL 

  • has a brother Didier Bouanga, who is also a football player
  • he and his wife Maella have two children, Nakiya and Kaais 
  • started his early football training with SO Maine's youth academy
Reporte de ojeador

2025 (Los Angeles Football Club)

  • made 31 regular-season appearances (29 starts), registering 24 goals and nine assists in 2,657 minutes played
  • selected as an MLS All-Star (third consecutive year) 
  • named to MLS Best XI (third consecutive year) 
  • MLS Golden Boot Co-Runner-Up (24 goals, T-Sam Surridge, NSH) 
  • nine regular-season assists were a career high and tied for first on the team (Delgado) 
  • selected as MLS Player of the Matchday (Matchday 35) 
  • recorded 150 total shots with a league-best 73 shots on target 
  • surpassed Carlos Vela as LAFC’s all-time leading goal scorer on 9/17/25 vs. RSL 
  • reached 100 goals across all competitions for LAFC on 11/2/25 vs. Austin FC 
  • became the first player in MLS history to score 20+ goals in three consecutive seasons 
  • finalist for the Landon Donovan MLS MVP award 
  • contributed a goal and an assist in the club’s 2-1 FIFA Club World Cup Play-In Match victory vs. Club América on 5/31/25 
  • appeared in three FIFA Club World Cup matches, starting all three and recording one goal vs. Flamengo on 6/24/25 
  • tallied three goals and one assist in six Concacaf Champions Cup appearances 
  • made two Leagues Cup appearances, recording one goal 
  • equalizing goal in stoppage time vs. STL 4/27/25 was nominated for MLS Goal of the Year

2024 (Los Angeles Football Club) 

  • made 32 regular-season appearances (30 starts), registering 20 goals and 11 assists in 2,755 minutes played 
  • selected as an MLS All-Star 
  • named to MLS Best XI 
  • MLS Golden Boot Co-Runner-Up (20 goals, T-Messi and Suarez, Inter Miami) 
  • selected as MLS Player of the Matchday (Matchday 14) 
  • ranked No.1 for total shots and most shots on target in MLS 
  • recorded 157 total shots (64 on target) 
  • top-ranked in the league for xG (21.28) 
  • became the third player in club history to record 40 or more regular-season goals 
  • recorded the second-most goals (6) and assists (3) in Leagues Cup 
  • appeared in seven Leagues Cup matches and led the tournament with most shots (31) 
  • tied for most shots on target in Leagues Cup

2023 (Los Angeles Football Club)

  • 2023 MLS Golden Boot winner  

  • made 31 regular-season appearances (28 starts) and registered 20 goals and seven assists in 2,533 minutes played 

  • named MLS Player of the Month for October, Player of the Matchday for Matchdays 7 and 36, MLS Team of the Matchday for Weeks 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 32 & 37 

  • named to MLS Best XI and was finalist for MLS MVP 

  • became the third LAFC player to win the MLS Golden Boot along with Carlos Vela (34 goals – 2019) and Diego Rossi (14 goals – 2020) 

  • made 48 appearances (44 starts) across all competitions and scored a record-tying 38 goals, adding 14 assists 

  • 38 goals in all competitioons equaled Vela’s club record (2019) 

  • named to Concacaf Champions League Best XI and MLS Best XI 

  • scored a hat trick in MLS regular season, Concacaf Champions League, and Leagues Cup in a single season 

  • ranked third in goals scored (6) in Leagues Cup

2022 (Los Angeles Football Club)

  • MLS Cup champion and Supporters’ Shield winner in his first season with the club  

  • started 5-of-6 matches with 498 minutes played in his first regular season; started all three MLS postseason matches 

  • scored three goals in all competitions, including a brace on 10/20/22 vs. Galaxy in Western Conference Semifinal 

  • posted 13 total shots on target (eight in the regular season) 

  • scored his first MLS goal @Portland (10/2/22) 

  • made his MLS debut 8/31/22 @ Houston, logging one shot in 19 minutes played

2019-22 (Saint Etienne – Ligue 1)

  • started 82-of-97 appearances, recording 40 points (26 goals, 14 assists) in 7,287 minutes played  

  • totaled 110 appearances and registered 42 points (28 goals,16 assists) across all competitions 

  • with 2,042 minutes played in 2019-20 season, he scored a season-best 10 goals in his first season with the club 

  • logged 2.042 minutes played that same season  

  • appeared in the 2019-20 Coupe de France final, club’s first in 38 years, finishing as runners-up 

  • started all 8 World Cup Qualifying matches for Gabon

2018 (Nimes Olympique – Ligue 1)

  • started 29-of-35 matches with 2,633 minutes played 

  • tallied 8 goals and two assists on 86 total shots (32 on target)

2017-18 (FC Lorient – Ligue 2)

  • made 82 starts in 97 appearances  

  • posted 10 goals and four assists in 2,717 minutes played with the club 

  • started 28-of-34 appearances in 2017-18, posting 9 goals, 4 assists in 2,523 minutes played 

  • club finished No. 7 in Ligue 2

2016-17 (Tours FC – Ligue 2)

  • started 32-of-36 matches with 2,882 minutes played 

  • posted a career-best 16 goals, with two assists 

  • recorded 50 shots on target 

  • club finished No. 16 in Ligue 2

2015-16 (FC Lorient – Ligue 1; RC Strasbourg Alsace – The National; Lorient B – Ligue 2)

  • started 3-of-4 matches played with FC Lorient before loaned to RC Strasbourg Alsace 

  • upon joining Strasbourg, helped club receive promotion to Ligue 2  

  • following U-19 club play with FC Le Mans in 2013, was transferred to AS Mulsanne and then to Lorient B in 2014

INTERNATIONAL (Gabon)

  • has represented Gabon 53 times on the international stage, including 52 starts 

  • scored in his national team debut in 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (1-1 draw vs. Guinea) 

  • logged 17 goals and seven assists across all international competitions 

  • finished third in the 2018 King’s Cup (Thailand) 

  • has appeared in 19 World Cup Qualifying matches, contributing eight goals and three assists