Lamine Ba (footballer, born 1997)

Not to be confused with Lamine Bá (footballer, born 1994).

Lamine Ba
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth Villepinte, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender[1]
Team information
Current team
 Varaždin
Number 5
Youth career
2003–2012 CSL Aulnay
2012–2015 Guignamp
2015–2016 Paris Saint-Germain
2017 Virtus Entella
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Guingamp B 1 (0)
2015–2016 Paris Saint-Germain B 2 (0)
2017 Virtus Entella 0 (0)
2017–2020 Doxa 33 (0)
2020–2022 Progrès Niederkorn 54 (3)
2022– Varaždin 55 (1)
International career‡
2022– Mauritania 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:26, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Lamine Ba (born 24 August 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for HNL club Varaždin. Born in France, he plays for the Mauritania national team.

Club career

Ba is a graduate of the youth academy of Guingamp,[2] he joined Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2015.[3] He made his debut in an UEFA Youth League match against Real Madrid. During the same match, he was scouted by scouts of English club Liverpool.[3][4] On 15 February 2017, he joined Italian club Virtus Entella on a free transfer.[5]

On 24 July 2017, Ba signed for Cypriot club Doxa. He was assigned the number 4 jersey.[2]

International career

On 26 March 2022, Ba made his first appearance for the Mauritania national team in a 2–1 friendly win over Mozambique. He scored the winning goal in stoppage time.[6]

Personal life

Lamine is the younger brother of fellow Mauritania national football team player El Hadji Ba.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lamine Ba". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ LAMINE BA [Communication Lamine Ba]" (in Greek). 24 July 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Jurgen Klopp eyes double swoop after Liverpool scouts watch PSG's game with Real Madrid". Express. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Liverpool interested in PSG duo". Read Liverpool. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Tesserato il difensore francese Lamine Ba [Worried French defender Lamine Ba]" (in Italian). Virtus Entella. 15 February 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  6. ^ Pradayrol, François (28 March 2022). "Mauritanie : première sélection et premier but pour Lamine Ba !" [Mauritania: first selection and first goal for Lamine Ba!]. Moien.lu (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  7. ^ EA Guingamp. El-Hadji Ba : "Je relativise beaucoup, dans ma vie comme dans mon métier" at Ouest France


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