Badara Badji

Badara Badji, known as Bado (born 24 February 1994) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bosnian Premier League club Tuzla City.[1]

Badara Badji
Personal information
Full name Badara Badji
Date of birth (1994-02-24) 24 February 1994
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Tuzla City
Number 23
Youth career
Académie Mawade Wade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Yeggo Dakar
2014–2016 Dinamo Zagreb 0 (0)
2014–2016 → Dinamo Zagreb B 53 (25)
2016–2017 Odisha 12 (2)
2018 Mladost Lučani 11 (1)
2018–2019 Inđija 27 (8)
2019–2020 Zvijezda 09 16 (0)
2020– Tuzla City 1 (0)
National team
Senegal U20 3 (2)
Senegal U23 7 (3)
2013 Senegal 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2020

He also had stints with ASC Yeggo, Dinamo Zagreb B, Odisha, Mladost Lučani, Inđija and Zvijezda 09, and has also represented the Senegal national team.[1]

Club career

Early career

Badji was born in Dakar, Senegal. He played in his home country with ASC Yeggo in the 2013 and 2013–14 Senegal Premier League.[2] He came to Yeggo from the Académie Mawade Wade.[3]

While playing with Yeggo, he was selected to be part of the Senegal national U20 team at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie[4]

Dinamo Zagreb

In the summer of 2014, Badji joined Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb on a two-year loan spell. He had also made appearances for the Senegal national team by the time he joined Dinamo.[5][6][7]

He was a regular and a prolific scorer for the Dinamo Zagreb B team during the two seasons he spent there, the first one playing in the 2014–15 3. HNL and next in the 2015–16 2. HNL.

Badji has also made a solitary appearance for the Dinamo Zagreb main team,[8] in a 2015–16 Croatian Cup first-round game against Oštrc Zlatar.[9]

Odisha

Badji signed for Odisha, 15 days before the start of the season to pair up with Richard Gadze and Marcelo Leite Pereira on the Dynamos frontline.[10]

Mladost Lučani

On 21 January 2018, Badji signed with Serbian top-flight side Mladost Lučani.[11]

Zvijezda 09

In July 2019, Badji signed a contract with Bosnian Premier League club Zvijezda 09.[12] He made his debut for Zvijezda 09 on 20 July 2019, in a 1–5 home league loss against Tuzla City.[13]

Tuzla CIty

On 11 January 2020, Badji left Zvijezda 09 and then signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with another Bosnian Premier League club, Tuzla City.[14] He made his official debut for Tuzla City on 22 February 2020, in a 6–2 home loss against Sarajevo, a game in which Badji earned a direct red card in the 42nd minute of the game.[15]

International career

Badji made 3 appearances having scored 2 goals for the Senegal national U20 team.[11] He then made 7 appearances having scored 3 goals for the U23 national team.[11]

Badji also made 2 appearances for the main Senegal national team in 2013.[16]

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb[1]

References
  1. "B. Badji: Summatry". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Badara Badji". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  3. "Badara Badji (Yeggo) : la révélation". Galsenfoot.com. 23 April 2013. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  4. Jeux de la francophonie : 28 joueurs de moins de 20 ans présélectionnés Archived 5 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine at Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise official website, retrieved 13-10-2016 (in French)
  5. "Indian Super League 2016: Delhi Dynamos make late additions to squad, rope in Lalruatthara and Badara Badji". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  6. "Account Suspended". Modernafricantimes.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  7. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Senegal (2013)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  8. "Ekskluzivno - prvi intervju Dinamova Senegalca Badjija: Najbolji su Ćorić i Ademi, a cilj mi je Real". Goal.com (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  9. Badara Badji profile Archived 2016-10-13 at the Wayback Machine at Soccerway
  10. "Indian Super League 2016: Delhi Dynamos make late additions to squad, rope in Lalruatthara and Badara Badji". Sports.yahoo.com. 18 September 2016. Archived from the original on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  11. Senegalac Bađi pojačao Mladost, nekada igrao za zagrebački Dinamo at Sportski žurnal, 21-1-2018 (in Serbian)
  12. S. Mlaćo (15 July 2019). "Zvijezda 09 potvrdila dva nova imena" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  13. M. Šljivak (20 July 2019). "FK Tuzla City pregazio FK Zvijezda 09" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  14. S. Mlaćo (11 January 2020). "Badara Badji pronašao novi klub u Premijer ligi" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  15. E.B. (22 February 2020). "Sarajevo u spektakularnom derbiju razbilo Tuzla City, hat-trick Ahmetovića" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  16. Badara Badji at National-Football-Teams.com
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