{{short description|Gabonese footballer}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Shavy Babicka | image = TFC players on Fan days - Shavy Babicka (cropped).jpg | caption = Babicka in 2024 | full_name = Shavy Warren Babicka | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|6|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Libreville, Gabon | height = 1.79 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crvenazvezdafk.com/zvezda-tim/savi-babika |title=Shavy Babicka |website=crvenazvezdafk.com |access-date=2 August 2025}}</ref> | position = Winger | currentclub = Red Star Belgrade | clubnumber = - | years1 = 2018 | clubs1 = Mangasport | caps1 = 14 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2018–2021 | clubs2 = Kiyovu | caps2 = 49 | goals2 = 8 | years3 = 2021–2024 | clubs3 = Aris Limassol | caps3 = 75 | goals3 = 12 | years4 = 2024–2025 | clubs4 = Toulouse | caps4 = 42 | goals4 = 5 | years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = Red Star Belgrade | caps5 = 2 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2022– | nationalteam1 = Gabon | nationalcaps1 = 21 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | club-update = 7 December 2025 | nationalteam-update = 28 December 2025 }}
'''Shavy Warren Babicka''' (born 1 June 2000) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade and the Gabon national team.
==Club career== ===Mangasport=== Babicka began his senior career in his native Gabon with Mangasport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.alibreville.com/h/85945.html|title=Waren Shavy BABICKA : La nouvelle trouvaille du Kiyovu Sport de Kingali|website=alibreville.com}}</ref>
===Kiyovu=== From 2018 to 2021, he played in Rwanda with Kiyovu.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inyarwanda.com/inkuru/85378/ama-85378.html|title=Nsanzimfura na Shavy Babicka bafashije Kiyovu Sport gutsinda Heroes FC-AMAFOTO - Inyarwanda.com|first=Mihigo|last=Saddam|website=inyarwanda.com}}</ref>
===Aris Limassol=== On 5 August 2021, Babicka transferred to the Cypriot club Aris Limassol, together with his compatriot Alex Moucketou-Moussounda.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gabonews.com/fr/actus/football/article/alex-moucketou-moussounda-et-shavy-warren-babicka|title=Alex Moucketou Moussounda et Shavy Warren Babicka s'engagent avec le club Chypriote de Aris Limassol (...) - GABONEWS|website=www.gabonews.com}}</ref> He scored four goals and made six assists in the 2021–22 season in Cyprus, and was nominated as one of the best attacking players of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.union.sonapresse.com/gabon-sport/shavy-babicka-convoque-demain-par-patrice-neveu-25018|title=Shavy Babicka convoqué demain par Patrice Neveu ?|first=L'Union|last=sonapresse|date=18 May 2022|website=L'UNION | L'actualité du Gabon}}</ref>
===Toulouse=== [[File:Babicka asse tfc 2425.png|thumb|left|235px|Babicka with Toulouse in 2025]] On 14 January 2024, Aris Limassol announced Babicka's transfer to French club Toulouse for a fee of €2.75 million, which was the record high fee received by Aris.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Aris Limassol|url=https://arisfc.com/en/news/record-fee-for-babicka-transfer-2024-01-14/|title=RECORD FEE FOR BABICKA TRANSFER!|date=14 January 2024|access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
===Red Star Belgrade=== On 2 August 2025, Red Star Belgrade announced that had reached an agreement with Babicka on a three-year deal, with an option for one more year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crvenazvezdafk.com/vesti/savi-babika-novi-igrac-crvene-zvezde|title=Шави Бабика нови играч Црвене звезде|language=sr|website=crvenazvezdafk.com|date=2 August 2025}}</ref>
==International career== Babicka was called up to the Gabon national team for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in June 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fegafoot.ga/eliminatoires-can-2023-retour-dappidangoye-et-de-nouvelles-tetes-sur-la-liste-de-neveu/|title=Éliminatoires CAN 2023: Retour d'Appidangoye et de nouvelles têtes sur la liste de Neveu.|date=22 May 2022}}</ref> He debuted with Gabon in a 1–0 win over DR Congo on 3 June 2022, scoring the game-winning goal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afrik-foot.com/can-2023-heroique-le-gabon-fait-sensation-en-rdc|title=CAN 2023 : héroïque, le Gabon fait sensation en RDC !|first=Romain|last=Lantheaume|date=4 June 2022|website=Afrik-Foot}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club=== {{updated|match played 7 December 2025}}{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Aris Limassol |2021–22 |rowspan="3"|Cypriot First Division |28||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||3 |- |2022–23 |35||7||1||0||1{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}}||0||colspan="2"|—||37||7 |- |2023–24 |12||1||0||0||11{{efn|Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League}}||4||1{{efn|Appearance in Cypriot Super Cup}}||0||22||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !73!!11!!2!!0!!12!!4!!1!!0!!88!!15 |- |rowspan="3"|Toulouse |2023–24 |rowspan="2"|Ligue 1 |12||1||1||0||2{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||0|| colspan="2" |—||15||1 |- |2024–25 |30||4||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||30||4 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !42!!5!!1!!0!!2!!0!! colspan="2"|—!!45!!5 |- |Red Star Belgrade |2025–26 |Serbian SuperLiga |2||0||0||0||4{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}}||0|| colspan="2" |—||6||0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !107!!16!!3!!0!!18!!4!!1!!0!!129!!20 |} {{notelist}}
===International=== {{updated|match played 28 December 2025}}<ref>{{NFT player|87742|access-date=2 December 2024}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Gabon |2022||3||1 |- |2023||6||0 |- |2024||8||2 |- |2025||4||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!21!!3 |}
:''Scores and results list Gabon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Babicka goal.''
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Shavy Babicka |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition !scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- |style="text-align:center"|1 |{{dts|4 June 2022}} |Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo |{{fb|DRC}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |<ref>{{Cite web|title=DR Congo vs. Gabon|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/34711/Dr_Congo_Gabon.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=2 December 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|2 |{{dts|10 September 2024}} |Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon |{{fb|Central African Republic}} |style="text-align:center"|2–0 |style="text-align:center"|2–0 |2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gabon vs. Central African Republic|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/39488/Gabon_Central_African_Republic.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=2 December 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|3 |{{dts|15 October 2024}} |Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa |{{fb|Lesotho}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|2–0 |2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lesotho vs. Gabon|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/39704/Lesotho_Gabon.html|website=National Football Teams|access-date=2 December 2024}}</ref> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|warren-babicka-shavy/759026}}
{{Red Star Belgrade squad}} {{Gabon squad 2025 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Babicka, Shavy}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Libreville Category:Gabonese men's footballers Category:Men's association football wingers Category:AS Mangasport players Category:S.C. Kiyovu Sports players Category:Aris Limassol FC players Category:Toulouse FC players Category:Red Star Belgrade footballers Category:Gabon Championnat National D1 players Category:Rwanda National Football League players Category:Cypriot First Division players Category:Ligue 1 players Category:Serbian SuperLiga players Category:Gabon men's international footballers Category:2025 Africa Cup of Nations players Category:Gabonese expatriate men's footballers Category:Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Rwanda Category:Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Category:Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in France Category:Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Rwanda Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia