Denis Bouanga

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

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