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Aliou Badji
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Senegal
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al Ahly
Number 18
Youth career
Casa Sports
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Casa Sports
2017–2019 Djurgårdens IF 48 (11)
2019–2020 Rapid Wien 32 (9)
2020– Al Ahly 1 (1)
International career
Senegal U20 21 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 February 2020

Aliou Badji (born 10 October 1997) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Al Ahly as a forward.[1]

Club career

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, Mariupol and AIK.[3][4][5]

In January 2019, it was revealed Badji had rejected a move to Hebei China Fortune of the Chinese Super League.[6] On 6 February, Badji was transferred to Rapid Wien for an undisclosed fee; signing a three-a-half-year contract.[7]

On 16 January 2020, Egyptian Premier League side Al Ahly announced the signing of Badji from Rapid Wien on a four-a-half-year contract for a reported fee of €2 million.[8]

International career

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][9][10] He also appeared for Senegal at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.[1]

Career statistics

As of 16 January 2020.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Djurgårdens IF 2017 Allsvenskan 20 3 1 2 — — 21 5
2018 28 8 4 0 2[a] 2 — 34 10
Total 48 11 5 2 2 2 0 0 55 15
Rapid Wien 2018–19 Bundesliga 16 6 2 0 — 0 0 18 6
2019–20 16 3 1 0 — 0 0 17 3
Total 32 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 35 9
Al Ahly 2019–20 Egyptian Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 80 20 8 2 2 2 0 0 90 23
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League

Honours

Djurgårdens IF[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Aliou Badji profile". Soccerway. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Senegalesiske strikern Aliou Badji klar för DIF". Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 4 April 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. ^ "Transferstatus för Aliou Badji". Djurgårdens IF. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Neuzugang in Hütteldorf und weitere Personalneuigkeiten". Rapid Wien. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Al Ahly sign Rapid Wien forward Aliou Badji". KingFut. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Senegal profile". Confederation of African Football. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Senegal 1-0 Guinea". Confederation of African Football. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Djurgården 3–0 Malmö FF". Swedish Football Association. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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