El Hadji Ba
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | El-Hadji Ba[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Charlton Athletic | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| 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 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | → Bastia (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Bastia B (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2015– | Charlton Athletic | 25 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | France U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2012 | France U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | France U20 | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2015 ‡ 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 Charlton Athletic.
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]
References
- ^ "EFL: Retained list: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. p. 19. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "Ligue 1 - El hadji BA". www.lfp.fr/. 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Le Havrais E.Ba à Tottenham". L'Equipe (in French). 22 August 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ "Le Havre v. Guingamp Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 24 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ "Sunderland 3-1 Carlisle". BBC. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ "El-Hadji Ba becomes Charlton's second summer signing". Charlton Athletic F.C. 29 June 2015.
External links
- Club profile
- El-Hadji Ba – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- France profile at FFF
- Use dmy dates from February 2012
- 1993 births
- Living people
- French footballers
- France youth international footballers
- French expatriate footballers
- Le Havre AC players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- SC Bastia players
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Premier League players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- French people of Senegalese descent
- Sportspeople from Paris