Bote Baku

Bote Baku
Personal information
Full name Bote Nzuzi Baku
Date of birth (1998-04-08) 8 April 1998
Place of birth Mainz, Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Mainz 05
Number 34
Youth career
2007–2017 Mainz 05
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Mainz 05 II 26 (1)
2017– Mainz 05 6 (2)
National team‡
2015–2016 Germany U18 10 (1)
2016–2017 Germany U19 10 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:35, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:34, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Bote Nzuzi "Ridle" Baku (born 8 April 1998) is a German footballer of Congolese descent who plays as a midfielder for Mainz 05.[1]

Club career

Mainz 05

In the 2017–18 season, Baku joined the squad of Mainz 05 II, making his debut in the Regionalliga Südwest on 30 July 2017 in a 3–0 home win against FSV Frankfurt.[2] Baku scored his first goal for the reserve team on 16 September 2017, scoring Mainz's second in the 82nd minute of the 2–0 home win against Kickers Offenbach.[3]

Baku made his professional debut for Mainz 05 in the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal on 19 December 2017, starting in the 3–1 home win against VfB Stuttgart.[4] He made his Bundesliga debut on 29 April 2018 in the 3–0 home win against RB Leipzig. Baku secured the victory for Mainz, scoring the final goal of the match in the 90th minute.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Bote Baku". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "1. FSV Mainz 05 II – FSV Frankfurt 3:0 (Regionalliga Südwest 2017/2018, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "1. FSV Mainz 05 II – Kickers Offenbach 2:0 (Regionalliga Südwest 2017/2018, 9. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "1. FSV Mainz 05 – VfB Stuttgart 3:1 (DFB-Pokal 2017/2018, Round of 16)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "1. FSV Mainz 05 – RB Leipzig 3:0 (Bundesliga 2017/2018, 32. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.


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