El-Hadji Ba

El-Hadji Ba
Ba with France U19
Personal information
Full name El-Hadji Ba[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lens
Number 7
Youth career
1999–2007 Aulnay
2007–2011 Le Havre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Le Havre 13 (1)
2013–2015 Sunderland 1 (0)
2014–2015 → Bastia (loan) 7 (0)
2015 → Bastia B (loan) 3 (0)
2015–2017 Charlton Athletic 25 (0)
2017 Stabæk 11 (0)
2017–2018 Sochaux 21 (0)
2018– Lens 3 (0)
National team‡
2010–2011 France U18 6 (0)
2012 France U19 8 (0)
2012–2013 France U20 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:07, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2012

El-Hadji Ba (born 5 March 1993) is a French footballer of Senegalese descent who plays for RC Lens as a midfielder.

He plays as a midfielder and is a French youth international, having represented his nation at under-18 level.[3]

Career

Ba made his professional debut on 24 February 2012 in a league match against Guingamp appearing as a substitute.[4] Prior to making his debut with Le Havre, he was linked with a move to English club Tottenham Hotspur and reportedly had agreed to join the club.[3]

He made his debut for Sunderland against Carlisle United in the FA Cup on 5 January 2014, and went on to score the third goal in a 3–1 victory.[5]

On 29 June 2015, Ba joined Charlton Athletic on a three-year deal, therefore ending his two-year spell with Sunderland.[6] His contract with the club was terminated on 1 February 2017.[7]

On 6 March 2017, Ba joined the Norwegian team Stabæk.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "EFL: Retained list: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ligue 1 - El hadji BA". www.lfp.fr/. 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Le Havrais E.Ba à Tottenham". L'Equipe (in French). 22 August 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "Le Havre v. Guingamp Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 24 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Sunderland 3-1 Carlisle". BBC. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "El-Hadji Ba becomes Charlton's second summer signing". Charlton Athletic F.C. 29 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "El-Hadji Ba contract terminated". Charlton Athletic F.C. 1 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Franskmann klar for Stabæk". stabak.no (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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