Abou Ba

Abou Ba
Personal information
Full name Abou-Malal Ba
Date of birth (1998-07-29) 29 July 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Villefranche
Number 28
Youth career
2004–2009 SR Saint-Dié
2009–2011 US Raon-l'Étape
2011–2017 Nancy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Nancy B 41 (3)
2017–2019 Nancy 42 (2)
2019–2023 Nantes 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Aris (loan) 18 (0)
2020–2021 → Cosenza (loan) 17 (0)
2021–2022 → Alessandria (loan) 26 (1)
2022–2023 → Seraing (loan) 9 (0)
2023– Villefranche 4 (0)
International career‡
2016 France U18 2 (0)
2018 France U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:23, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Abou-Malal Ba (born 29 July 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National club Villefranche.[1][2]

Club career

Ba made his professional debut with AS Nancy in a 0–0 Ligue 2 tie with Nîmes Olympique on 14 August 2017.[3] He signed his first professional contract with Nancy on 20 September 2017.[4]

On 5 September 2020, he joined Italian club Cosenza on a season-long loan.[5]

On 7 August 2021, he moved on loan to Alessandria.[6]

On 1 September 2022, Ba switched to Seraing in Belgium on a new loan.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 October 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nancy 2017–18 Ligue 2 25 2 1 0 — 1 0 27 2
2018–19 17 0 0 0 — 1 0 18 0
Total 42 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 45 2
Aris (loan) 2019–20 Superleague 18 0 3 0 — — 21 0
Career total 60 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 66 2

References

  1. ^ "Football (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
  2. ^ Abou Ba at Soccerway
  3. ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2017/2018 - 3ème journée - Nîmes Olympique / AS Nancy Lorraine". www.lfp.fr.
  4. ^ "ASNL - Site officiel de l'AS Nancy Lorraine". www.asnl.net.
  5. ^ "Abdou Ba è del Cosenza!" (Press release) (in Italian). Cosenza. 5 October 2020.
  6. ^ "ABOU BA È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELL'ALESSANDRIA" (in Italian). Alessandria. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  7. ^ "MERCATO : ABOU BA REJOINT NOS MÉTALLOS" (in French). Seraing. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.