 Bamba akahwina mukombe wake wekutanga padanho repasi rose reIvory Coast mumutambo wehushamwari wa2008 neIsrael, uye mutambo wake wechipiri semutambi wekupedzisira mumutambo wehushamwari neTurkey. Bamba akaita mutambo wake wekutanga mumakwikwi mukukunda 5 0 kurwisa Malawi mumutambo we2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying, zvakare sechinzvimbo chekupedzisira. Mutambo uyu wakaridzwa mushure mekuputika kweHouphouët-Boigny Arena, kwakauraya makumi ezviuru zvevateereri veIvorian. Bamba akazova mutambi wenguva dzose muchikwata chenyika sezvo vakakwanisa kuenda ku2010 Africa Cup of Nationsuye FIFA World Cup ya2010. Bamba akarova chibodzwa chake chekutanga pachikwata ichi mumutambo wehushamwari neRwanda, sechikamu chekugadzirira chikwata ichi mukombe weAfrica wa2010. Akatamba mumitambo yese yeIvory Coast pa2010 Africa Cup of Nations, asi timu yakarohwa neAlgeria mumakota ekupedzisira mushure mekuwedzera nguva. Kubatana kwakaoma pakati pekudzivirira pakati peKolo Touré naBamba kwakanongedzerwa seimwe yezvikonzero zvekukundwa kwavo. Mutambo wacho wakanga waitwa mumumvuri wekupfurwa kwebhazi rechikwata cheTogo, zvisinei, nekutyisidzirwa nerufu kwakaitwawo kuchikwata cheIvory Coast. 