El Hadji Ba

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El Hadji Ba
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Ba in training with Lens in 2018
Personal information
Full name El Hadji Ba [1]
Date of birth (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Apollon Limassol
Number 8
Youth career
1999–2007 Aulnay
2007–2011 Le Havre
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2018–2019 Lens 30 (0)
2019–2020 Guingamp B 3 (0)
2019–2022 Guingamp 48 (2)
2022–2023 Apollon Limassol 8 (0)
2023– FC Nouadhibou 0 (0)
International career‡
2010–2011 France U18 6 (0)
2012 France U19 8 (0)
2012–2013 France U20 5 (0)
2022– Mauritania 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 March 2024

El Hadji Ba (born 5 March 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot club Apollon Limassol. Born in France, he plays for the Mauritania national team.

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Career

Ba made his professional debut on 24 February 2012 in a league match against Guingamp appearing as a substitute. [3] 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. [4]

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]

On 23 June 2022, Ba agreed to join Apollon Limassol in Cyprus. [9]

International career

Born in France, Ba's parents hail from Senegal and Mauritania. [10] He was a French youth international, having represented his nation at under-18 level. [4]

In 2022, he received his first invitation to represent Mauritania. He debuted with Mauritania in a 3–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Sudan on 4 June 2022. [11]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 July 2023
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Le Havre 2011–12 Ligue 2 10————10
2012–13 1213100——152
Total1313100——162
Sunderland 2013–14 Premier League 102100——31
Bastia (loan) 2014–15 Ligue 1 700000——70
Charlton Athletic 2015–16 Championship 2500030——280
Stabæk 2017 Eliteserien 11011———121
Sochaux 2017–18 Ligue 2 2103010——250
Lens 2018–19 3001011——321
Guingamp 2019–20 700000——70
2020–21 1501000——160
2021–22 2623000——292
Total4824000——522
Apollon Limassol 2022–23 Cypriot First Division 3000—401080
Career total15931415140101837

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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. ↑ "Le Havre v. Guingamp Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 24 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Le Havrais E.Ba à Tottenham". L'Equipe (in French). 22 August 2011. Archived from the original on 25 January 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. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "El-Hadji Ba contract terminated". Charlton Athletic F.C. 1 February 2017. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Franskmann klar for Stabæk". stabak.no (in Norwegian). Stabæk Fotball. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE WITH EL HADJI BA". Apollon Limassol. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "El Hadji Ba postule chez les Lions du Sénégal pour la CAN 2019". 20 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "Elim CAN 2023 (J1) : Algérie et Mauritanie font le job". 5 June 2022.
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