Abdulai Bell-Baggie

Abdulai Bell-Baggie

Bell-Baggie on the Port Vale bench.
Personal information
Full name Abdulai Hindolo Bell-Baggie[1]
Date of birth 28 April 1992 (1992-04-28) (age 19)
Place of birth Sierra Leone[2]
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position Winger
Youth career
Reading
Southampton
2007–2009 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2009–2011 Reading 0 (0)
2010 → Rotherham United (loan) 11 (0)
2010 → Port Vale (loan) 3 (0)
2010–2011 → Crawley Town (loan) 0 (0)
2011 Yeovil Town 0 (0)
National team
2007 England U16 2 (0)
2008 England U17 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:36, 29 December 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Abdulai Hindolo Bell-Baggie (born 28 April 1992) is a professional football winger who is currently a free agent.

Born in Sierra Leone, Bell-Baggie has represented both the England under-16 and England under-17 national teams. A former Reading player, he has played on loan for Rotherham United, Port Vale, and Crawley Town and was briefly contracted to Yeovil Town.

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Club career

Bell-Baggie became a part of the set-up at Reading at age nine,[3] and though he spent some time at Southampton's youth team, he returned to Reading in 2007. He was awarded a club number in December 2009.

He joined Rotherham United on a one month loan in March 2010,[4] making his professional debut as a substitute on 16 March 2010 in a 2–1 defeat at Accrington Stanley, replacing Marcus Marshall a few minutes before full time.[5] His first start came in a 3–0 defeat at Aldershot on 5 April, after this game the loan spell was extended until the end of the season.[6] However his twelfth and final match for the club was the most significant game of his season, as he replaced Kevin Ellison late into the play-off final defeat to Dagenham and Redbridge at Wembley on 30 May 2010.[7]

In August 2010 he was brought in by Port Vale's Micky Adams on a one month loan to cover for Lewis Haldane, who was recovering from illness.[8] This move came despite an offer of another loan spell from Rotherham United, and talk of Aldershot expecting the winger to join them on loan.[9] After one substitute appearances he stated his aim to win a place in the starting eleven,[10] however he finished his loan spell with only one start – in the Football League Trophy, and four substitute appearances to his name. At the end of November he joined Conference National high-flyers Crawley Town on loan,[11] but only made one FA Cup appearance. At the end of the 2010–11 season Bell-Baggie was released by Reading.[12]

In August 2011, Bell-Baggie signed a contract with Yeovil Town to keep him at the League One club until January 2012.[13] Bell-Baggie and fellow Yeovil Town team-mate Flavien Belson were imformed in December 2011 that their short term contracts would not be exetended and Bell-Baggie was released without making a single appearance.[14]

International career

Bell-Baggie turned out for England at both under-16 and under-17 levels.[15] He lifted the Victory Shield in 2007 with the under-16s, Bell-Baggie starting in the 2–0 win over Wales and the 2–1 win against Scotland.[16] In August 2008 he made two appearances for the under-17s, in a 2–1 defeat by Portugal and a 2–0 win over Italy.[17]

Style of play

Rotherham United manager Ronnie Moore considered him to be an "impact player". He went on to say "he's got electric pace. He's brave and strong and has got a lot of goals for the Reserves and kids. He's two footed and can play on the left wing and gets into little pocket. He turns and twists and, even at his young age, he knows the game."[18]

Personal life

He attended Hillside and Bulmershe College in Berkshire as a youth.[7]

Statistics

Club level

As of 29 December 2011.
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup Total
2009–10[19] Reading Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009–10[19] Rotherham United League Two 11 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2010–11[20] Reading Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010–11[20] Port Vale League Two 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2010–11[20] Crawley Town Conference National 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2011–12[21] Yeovil Town League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total England 14 0 1 0 1 0 18 0
Career total 14 0 1 0 1 0 18 0
Notes

International level

under-16 caps

Scores and results list England's goal tally first. The "Caps" figures are in bold for games in which he scored
Caps Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Scored Location
01 (00) 2007-11-02 New Bucks Head, Telford  Wales 2–0 2007 Victory Shield 0
02 (00) 2007-11-29 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk  Scotland 2–1 2007 Victory Shield 0

under-17 caps

Scores and results list England's goal tally first. The "Caps" figures are in bold for games in which he scored
Caps Date Opponent Result Competition Scored Location
01 (00) 2008-08-27  Portugal 1–2 Friendly Tournament 0
02 (00) 2008-08-29  Israel 1–0 Friendly Tournament 0

Honours

with Rotherham United
with England under-16s

References

  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2010 and 31/07/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesandRegulations/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/Rules_Regs/July%202010.ashx/July%202010.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-20. 
  2. ^ Rollin, Jack; Rollin, Glenda. Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010–2011. ISBN 0-7553-6107-5. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sky-Sports-Football-Yearbook-2010-2011/dp/0755361075. 
  3. ^ "NEW LOAN SIGNING". port-vale.co.uk. 13 August 2010. http://www.port-vale.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10381~2120959,00.html. Retrieved 13 August 2010. 
  4. ^ "Rotherham United sign Reading's Bell-Baggie on loan". BBC Sport. 12 March 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rotherham_utd/8565165.stm. Retrieved 13 August 2010. 
  5. ^ "Accrington Stanley 2–1 Rotherham". BBC Sport. 2010-03-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/8558263.stm. Retrieved 17 March 2010. 
  6. ^ "Rotherham United hang on to Bell-Baggie and McAllister". BBC Sport. 9 April 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rotherham_utd/8612205.stm. Retrieved 13 August 2010. 
  7. ^ a b Fordham, Jonny (7 June 2010). "Bell-Baggie absolutely delighted after Wembley run-out". Reading Post. http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/readingfc/s/2072269_bellbaggie_absolutely_delighted_after_wembley_runout. Retrieved 13 August 2010. 
  8. ^ "Port Vale sign winger Abulai Bell-Baggie on loan". BBC Sport. 13 August 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/8912208.stm. Retrieved 13 August 2010. 
  9. ^ "Moore loses out on Bell-Baggie". rotherhamunited-mad.co.uk. 5 August 2010. http://www.rotherhamunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/moore_loses_out_on_bellbaggie_543241/index.shtml. Retrieved 13 August 2010. 
  10. ^ "Port Vale winger Bell-Baggie vows to make first team". BBC Sport. 16 August 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/8917174.stm. Retrieved 16 August 2010. 
  11. ^ "Crawley Town sign Reading winger Abdulai Bell-Baggie". BBC Sport. 25 November 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crawley_town/9229950.stm. Retrieved 26 November 2010. 
  12. ^ "Icelandic defender Ivar Ingimarsson to leave Reading". BBC Sport. 2 June 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/reading/9502761.stm. Retrieved 2 June 2011. 
  13. ^ "Kerrea Gilbert and Abdulai Bell-Baggie join Yeovil Town". BBC Sport. 9 August 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14459877.stm. Retrieved 10 August 2011. 
  14. ^ "Yeovil Town FC duo told future as attacker sounds off on Twitter". Western Gazette. 8 December 2011. http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Yeovil-Town-FC-duo-told-future-attacker-sounds/story-14080186-detail/story.html. 
  15. ^ "England Under 17's lose out to Portugal at Nene Park". thediamondsfc.com. 29 August 2008. http://www.thediamondsfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10784~1377943,00.html. Retrieved 27 August 2010. 
  16. ^ "Royals win trophy with England". readingfc.co.uk. 3 December 2007. http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/ReserveAcademyNews/0,,10306~1182388,00.html. Retrieved 27 August 2010. 
  17. ^ "Abdulai Baggie". thefa.com. http://www.thefa.com/England/All-Teams/Players?p=341317. Retrieved 27 August 2010. 
  18. ^ "RUFC – Ronnie talks about Bell-Baggie". rotherham.vitalfootball.co.uk. 15 March 2010. http://www.rotherham.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=191732. Retrieved 13 August 2010. 
  19. ^ a b "Games played by Abdulai Bell-Baggie in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=53459&season_id=139. Retrieved 5 September 2011. 
  20. ^ a b c "Games played by Abdulai Bell-Baggie in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=53459&season_id=140. Retrieved 5 September 2011. 
  21. ^ "Games played by Abdulai Bell-Baggie in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=53459&season_id=141. Retrieved 5 September 2011. 

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