Saïd Bakari

Early career

Bakari was born in La Courneuve, France, to Comoran parents and grew up there alongside his five siblings. He played youth football for FC Bourget between 2005 and 2010. He subsequently joined Paris Saint-Germain's academy but left in 2011 due to a lack of game time. He had spells with Red Star and US Chantilly's academies before leaving home in 2013 to move to Belgium, where he played for Turnhout in the Belgian Third Division B. He played twice in the 2013–14 season and 17 times in the 2014–15 season, scoring four times in the latter but was forced to leave the club at the end of the season following the club's bankruptcy. After the promise a move to a Moroccan club fell through, Bakari signed for French part-time Régional 1 club ES Bonchamp where he scored 8 goals in 21 games during the 2015–16 season. He combined his spell at Bonchamp with part-time work, first in a supermarket before working as a school caretaker. He returned to Belgium with UR Namur in 2016 and scored 6 in 28 Belgian Second Amateur Division appearances during the 2016–17 season.

RKC Waalwijk

After a successful trial with Eerste Divisie club RKC Waalwijk, Bakari signed for their under-23 side in summer 2017 on an amateur basis. He made his first-team debut for the club on 25 August 2017 as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat to Jong AZ. He scored his first goal for the club in the first minute of a 4–1 win over SC Telstar on 17 November 2021. In December 2017, he signed a…

Born in France to Comorian parents, Bakari was called up to the Comoros national team in September 2017. He made his debut for Comoros in a 1–0 friendly win over Mauritania on 6 October 2017. He represented Comoros at the 2018 COSAFA Cup and made one appearance in 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification as Comoros failed to qualify. He was part of Comoros' successful bid to qualify for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, playing all six of their qualification Group G games as Comoros qualified for their first ever Africa Cup of Nations. In December 2021, it was announced that Bakari was named in Comoros' squad for the tournament, which started in January 2022. He made four appearances as Comoros were eliminated by Cameroon in the round of 16. On 11 December 2025, Bakari was called up to the Comoros squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Club

As of match played 11 April 2026

International

As of 29 December 2025

Scores and results list Comoros's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bakari goal.

Although mainly a winger, Bakari retrained to play as a left-back during the 2019–20 season following an injury to Paul Quasten.