Abdoulaye Ba

Abdoulaye Ba
Personal information
Full nameAbdoulaye Ba
Date of birth1 January 1991
Place of birthSaint-Louis, Senegal
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Rayo Vallecano (loan from Porto)
Number15
Youth career
2008–2010Porto
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–Porto15(0)
2010–2011→ Covilhã (loan)24(9)
2011–2012→ Académica (loan)21(1)
2012–Porto B9(2)
2013–2014→ Vitória Guimarães (loan)6(0)
2014–2015→ Rayo Vallecano (loan)16(0)
National team‡
2012Senegal U233(0)
2012–Senegal4(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 February 2013

Abdoulaye Ba (born 1 January 1991) is a Senegalese footballer who plays for Rayo Vallecano on loan from FC Porto as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Saint-Louis, Ba joined FC Porto's youth ranks in 2008, aged 17. He spent his first two seasons as a senior on loan to two other Portuguese clubs, S.C. Covilhã in the second division and Académica de Coimbra in the top level,[1] making his debut in the latter competition on 15 August 2011 in a 2–1 away win against U.D. Leiria and also playing the full 90 minutes against Sporting Clube de Portugal in the campaign's domestic cup final, which ended 1–0 for the Students.[2]

In September 2012 Porto bought back 25% of Ba's economic rights for €750,000 from investor "Pearl Design Holding Limited", with his value being estimated at €3 million at that time.[3] He made his first league appearance for the Dragons on 2 November ot that year, coming on as a substitute for injured Maicon in the first half of an eventual 5–0 home win over C.S. Marítimo.[4]

On 13 April 2013, Ba was sent off for two bookable offenses in the season's Portuguese League Cup final against S.C. Braga, the second of which also resulted in a penalty and the game's only goal, scored by Alan in the last minute of the first half.[5] On 3 September he moved to fellow league team Vitória de Guimarães, for one year.[6]

On 1 February 2014 Ba returned to Porto, after appearing sparingly with the Minho side.[7] On 4 August he joined La Liga's Rayo Vallecano, also in a temporary deal.[8]

Honours

Club

Académica
Porto

References

  1. ↑ Francisco Frederico (11 July 2011). "Académica: Abdoulaye (F.C. Porto) apresenta-se esta segunda-feira" [Académica: Abdoulaye (F.C. Porto) reports Monday] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Académica shock Sporting to lift Portuguese Cup". PortuGOAL. 19 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Relatório e contas consolidado 2012/2013 (1º Trimestre)" [Consolidated financial report of the first quarter of 2012/13] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Porto's official website. 28 November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  4. ↑ Tom Kundert (2 November 2012). "Colombian stars fire Porto to big win". PortuGOAL. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Tom Kundert (13 April 2013). "Braga win Taça da Liga". PortuGOAL. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  6. ↑ João Ruela (3 September 2013). "Abdoulaye e Tiago Rodrigues emprestados ao Vitória" [Abdoulaye and Tiago Rodrigues loaned to Vitória] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Bruno José Ferreira (1 February 2014). "Abdoulaye deixa Guimarães para regressar ao F.C. Porto" [Abdoulaye leaves Guimarães to return to F.C. Porto] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Abdoulaye Ba nuevo jugador del Rayo" [Abdoulaye Ba new Rayo player] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano's official website. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.

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