Shabazz Baidoo

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Shabazz Baidoo
Full name	Shabazz Kwame Baidoo
Date of birth	April 13, 1987 (1987-04-13) (age 21)
Place of birth	London, England
Height	1.727 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Dagenham & Redbridge
Number	32
Youth clubs
	Arsenal
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2008 2007 2008–	Queens Park Rangers → Gillingham (loan) Dagenham & Redbridge	28 (3) 00 (0) 01 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:09, 17 January 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Shabazz Kwame Baidoo (born April 13, 1987) is an English professional footballer of Ghanaian & Montserratian descent, who now plays for Dagenham & Redbridge after being released by Queens Park Rangers in January 2008.

As a youngster, Baidoo was on Arsenal's books. However, the Gunners released him and he had a trial at Norwich City before signing for QPR and then Dagenham & Redbridge^[1]

Baidoo burst onto the scenes rather prematurely, during an injury crisis for Ian Holloway’s team towards the end of the 2004/05 season. He made his debut aged just 16 and his blistering pace and skill immediately caught the eye of the QPR fans.

The following two seasons saw Baidoo feature slightly more regularly, scoring 4 goals and making numerous substitute appearances and a few starts. However, since John Gregory became manager, Baidoo had been used sparingly and out of position, on the wing. He was used even less frequently under Gary Waddock, Mick Harford and current QPR boss Luigi De Canio.

Baidoo went on loan to Gillingham in December 2007, but failed to make an appearance for the club, returning to Loftus Road in the New Year.^[2]

On 17th January 2008, Baidoo's contract was terminated by mutual consent by QPR. On the same day he joined Dagenham & Redbridge on a deal that lasts until the end of the 2007/08 season.

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