Aliou Badji

Aliou Badji
Personal information
Full name Aliou Badji
Date of birth (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997
Place of birth Senegal
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Djurgårdens IF
Number 20
Youth career
Casa Sports
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Casa Sports
2017– Djurgårdens IF 35 (6)
National team
2016– Senegal U20 21 (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:04, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Aliou Badji (born 10 October 1997) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Djurgårdens IF.[1]

Career

Club

Senegal Premier League team Casa Sports were Badji's first club.[1] On 31 January 2017, he completed a transfer to Sweden to join Allsvenskan side Djurgårdens IF, signing a four-year contract.[2] His professional debut for the club came on 3 April in a league game against IK Sirius.[1] Badji scored his first professional goal on 23 July in the league versus Östersunds FK. In the next game, Badji started for the first time and scored after 30 minutes against AFC Eskilstuna.[1] While having difficulties establishing himself as a starter in his first seasons at Djurgårdens IF, Badji earned a reputation as a late-in-the-game goal scorer, with key goals scored late against Häcken, against Mariupol in Europa League, and against Stockholm rivals AIK.[3][4][5]

International

Badji has represented Senegal at U20 level, he scored 12 goals in 12 caps prior to participating in the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Zambia; he scored one goal (in the semi-final versus Guinea U20) as Senegal went onto finish as runners-up.[2][6][7] He also appeared for Senegal at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.[1]

Career statistics

As of 9 August 2018.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Djurgårdens IF 2017 Allsvenskan 20312——215
2018 15330—2[lower-alpha 3]2[lower-alpha 4]205
Career total 35642—224110
  1. ↑ Includes the Svenska Cupen
  2. ↑ Includes the UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Two appearances in 2018–19 UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Two goals in 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

Honours

Djurgårdens IF[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Aliou Badji profile". Soccerway. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Senegalesiske strikern Aliou Badji klar för DIF". Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "TV: Badji stor hjälte för Djurgården - avgjorde på stopptid". Fotbollskanalen. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Badji räddade Djurgården – i 94:e". Sveriges Radio. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "TV: Sen derbykvittering för Dif - men spöket lever efter stor miss". Fotbollskanalen. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Senegal profile". Confederation of African Football. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Senegal 1-0 Guinea". Confederation of African Football. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Djurgården 3–0 Malmö FF". Swedish Football Association. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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