Clément Bayiha

Clément Yvan Landry Bayiha (born March 8, 1999) is a soccer player who plays for HFX Wanderers FC on loan from York United of the Canadian Premier League. Born in Cameroon, he represented Canada at youth international level.

Early life
Born in Cameroon, he moved to Guipry, France at the age of five with his family. He began playing youth soccer in France at age eight with US Bain de Bretagne. At age 11, he moved to Ste-Thérèse, Quebec in Canada with his family. In Canada, he played youth soccer with AS Blainville, before joining the Montreal Impact Academy in 2016. In 2018, he attended pre-season training camp with the Montreal Impact first team.

Club career
In July 2018, he signed a contract with Ottawa Fury FC in the USL for the remainder of the season, immediately being sent on a short-term loan for a few days to the Montreal Impact. He made his professional debut with the Fury a month later on August 22 against the Bethlehem Steel. He made two appearances with the Fury, before departing the club.

In November 2018, Bayiha signed a homegrown player contract with the Montreal Impact (later renamed CF Montréal) of Major League Soccer. After the 2021 season, CF Montreal would announce that they would not exercise the option on Bayiha's contract, ending his time with the club after three seasons.

In January 2022, Bayiha joined HamKam of the Norwegian Eliteserien. At the end of the season, he departed the club, choosing to return to Canada following limited playing time.

In January 2023, he signed with Canadian Premier League side York United. He suffered an injury at the beginning of the season, delaying his debut. On May 28, he scored his first goal in a 1-0 victory over Cavalry FC. In May 2024, he was loaned to HFX Wanderers FC for the remainder of the season, as part of a loan swap with Tomas Giraldo heading on loan in the opposite direction.

International career
In 2017, he was called up to a Quebec-Canada U20 team to play friendlies against Haiti U20, who were preparing for the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie.

In January 2018, he made his debut in the Canadian national program, attending a camp with the Canada U23 team. On June 3, he made his international debut with Canada U21 at the 2018 Toulon Tournament against Japan. He was then subsequently named to the Canada U20 roster for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Honours

 * Montreal Impact
 * Canadian Championship: 2019, 2021