Abdoulaye Ba

Abdoulaye Ba (born 1 January 1991) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Rayo Vallecano as a central defender.

Abdoulaye Ba
Personal information
Full name Abdoulaye Ba[1]
Date of birth (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991[1]
Place of birth Saint-Louis, Senegal[1]
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Rayo Vallecano
Youth career
2008–2010 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2017 Porto 15 (0)
2010–2011 → Covilhã (loan) 24 (9)
2011–2012 → Académica (loan) 21 (1)
2012–2013 Porto B 9 (2)
2013–2014 → Vitória Guimarães (loan) 6 (0)
2014–2015 → Rayo Vallecano (loan) 20 (0)
2015–2016 → Fenerbahçe (loan) 6 (1)
2016–2017 → Alanyaspor (loan) 10 (1)
2017 → 1860 Munich (loan) 15 (3)
2017– Rayo Vallecano 44 (1)
2020 → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 3 (0)
National team‡
2012 Senegal U23 3 (0)
2012– Senegal 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 February 2013

Club career

Born in Saint-Louis, Ba joined FC Porto's youth ranks in 2008, aged 17. He spent his first two seasons as a senior on loan to two other Portuguese clubs, S.C. Covilhã in the second division and Académica de Coimbra in the Primeira Liga,[2] making his debut in the latter competition on 15 August 2011 in a 2–1 away win against U.D. Leiria[3] and also playing the full 90 minutes against Sporting CP in the campaign's domestic cup final, which ended 1–0 for the Students.[4]

In September 2012, Porto bought back 25% of Ba's economic rights for €750,000 from investor "Pearl Design Holding Limited", with his value being estimated at €3 million at that time.[5] He made his first league appearance for the Dragons on 2 November of that year, coming on as a substitute for injured Maicon in the first half of an eventual 5–0 home win over C.S. Marítimo.[6]

On 13 April 2013, Ba was sent off for two bookable offenses in the season's Portuguese League Cup final against S.C. Braga, the second of which also resulted in a penalty and the game's only goal, scored by Alan in the last minute of the first half.[7] On 3 September, he moved to fellow league team Vitória S.C. for one year.[8]

On 1 February 2014, Ba returned to Porto after appearing sparingly with the Minho Province side.[9] On 4 August, he joined La Liga's Rayo Vallecano also in a temporary deal;[10] in the following summer more of the same, as he moved to Fenerbahçe SK.[11]

For 2016–17, Ba continued in the Turkish Süper Lig, joining Alanyaspor also on loan.[12] After a spell at TSV 1860 Munich marred by injury problems, even though he was an automatic first-choice when available,[13][14][15] he returned to Rayo on 30 August 2017 after agreeing to a four-year contract.[16]

Ba returned to the Spanish second tier on 11 March 2020, signing for Deportivo de La Coruña on a short loan due to Michele Somma's serious injury.[17][18]

International career

Ba represented Senegal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[19] He had won his first cap for the full side on 29 February of that year, in a 0–0 friendly draw to South Africa.

Personal life

Ba's older brothers, Mamadou and Pape Samba, were also footballers.[20]

Honours

Club

Académica

Porto

Rayo Vallecano

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References
  1. "Abdoulaye Ba". Eurosport. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  2. Frederico, Francisco (11 July 2011). "Académica: Abdoulaye (F.C. Porto) apresenta-se esta segunda-feira" [Académica: Abdoulaye (F.C. Porto) reports Monday] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  3. "Emanuel entra com pé direito" [Emanuel starts off on the right foot]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 16 August 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. "Académica shock Sporting to lift Portuguese Cup". PortuGOAL. 19 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  5. "Relatório e contas consolidado 2012/2013 (1º trimestre)" [Consolidated financial report 2012/13 (1st trimester)] (PDF) (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 28 November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  6. Kundert, Tom (2 November 2012). "Colombian stars fire Porto to big win". PortuGOAL. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  7. Kundert, Tom (13 April 2013). "Braga win Taça da Liga". PortuGOAL. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  8. Ruela, João (3 September 2013). "Abdoulaye e Tiago Rodrigues emprestados ao Vitória" [Abdoulaye and Tiago Rodrigues loaned to Vitória]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  9. Ferreira, Bruno José (1 February 2014). "Abdoulaye deixa Guimarães para regressar ao F.C. Porto" [Abdoulaye leaves Guimarães to return to F.C. Porto] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  10. "Abdoulaye Ba nuevo jugador del Rayo" [Abdoulaye Ba new Rayo player] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  11. "Abdoulaye ve Fabiano Fenerbahçe'de" [Abdoulaye and Fabiano set for Fenerbahçe] (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  12. "Alanyaspor, Abdoulaye Ba'yı kiraladı" [Alanyaspor, Abdoulaye Ba hired]. Habertürk (in Turkish). 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  13. "Ba mit toller Geste: Videobotschaft an verletzten Würzburg-Keeper" [Ba with nice gesture: Videomessage to injured Würzburg keeper]. Tz (in German). 23 March 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  14. "Löwen-Lebensversicherung Ba: Jetzt droht eine Gelbsperre" [Lions life insurance Ba: Now a yellow threat looms]. Tz (in German). 7 April 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  15. Mayer, Patrick (16 May 2017). "Abdoulaye Ba muss Training verletzt abbrechen" [Abdoulaye Ba has to stop training injured]. Abendzeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  16. "Abdoulaye Ba nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano para las próximas cuatro temporadas" [Abdoulaye Ba new player of Rayo Vallecano for the following four seasons] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  17. Sande, Alex (11 March 2020). "Abdoulaye Ba, nuevo jugador del Deportivo 2019–2020" [Abdoulaye Ba, new 2019–2020 Deportivo player] (in Spanish). Depor Sempre. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  18. "Abdoulaye Ba cedido al Real Club Deportivo" [Abdoulaye Ba loaned to Real Club Deportivo] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  19. "Senegal leave Papiss Cisse out of Olympic squad". BBC Sport. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  20. Suárez, Isaac (27 September 2014). "Un pívot en la Liga" [A center in the League]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  21. Martín, Maite (2 June 2018). "El Rayo es campeón de Segunda por primera vez en su historia" [Rayo are Segunda champions for the second time in their history]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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