Babacar Fati

Babacar Fati
Personal information
Date of birth	1 February 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Portugal
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	SJK
Number	2
Youth career
0000–2016	Unidos de Lisboa
2016–2020	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team
2020–2022	Sporting CP B
2022–2023	SJK II
2022–	SJK
International career‡
2025–	Guinea-Bissau
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2025

Babacar Fati (born 1 February 2000) is a professional football player who plays as a left-back for Veikkausliiga side SJK Seinäjoki. Born in Portugal, Fati plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Club career

Fati started football in the youth sector of Unidos de Lisboa, and later joined the youth academy of Sporting CP, and made his senior debut with the reserve team Sporting CP B in 2020.^[1]^[2]

On 16 August 2022, Fati moved to Finland after signing with SJK Seinäjoki in Veikkausliiga.^[3]^[4]^[5] Initially he featured for both the first team and the reserve team SJK Akatemia. On 26 March 2024, his deal with SJK was extended until the end of 2025, with an option for 2026.^[6]

International career

On 13 March 2025, Fati received his first call-up to the Guinea-Bissau national team, for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso.^[7] He made his international debut on 20 March, in a match against Sierra Leone.

Personal life

Fati is of Bissau-Guinean descent. His cousin Vítor Fati plays football for Machico.

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 February 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sporting CP B	2020–21	Campeonato de Portugal	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2021–22	Liga Portugal 3	3	0	–		–		–		3	0
	Total		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	0
SJK Akatemia	2022	Ykkönen	1	1	–		–		–		1	1
	2023	Ykkönen	14	4	–		3	0	–		17	4
	Total		15	5	–	–	3	0	–	–	18	5
SJK	2022	Veikkausliiga	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	2023	Veikkausliiga	3	0	1	0	0	0	–		4	0
	2024	Veikkausliiga	26	4	5	1	5	0	–		36	5
	2025	Veikkausliiga	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		37	4	6	1	9	0	0	0	52	5
Career total			58	9	6	1	12	0	0	0	76	10