Badara Badji
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Delhi Dynamos | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Académie Mawade Wade | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Yeggo Dakar | ||
| 2014–2016 | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | → Dinamo Zagreb B | 53 | (25) |
| 2016– | Delhi Dynamos | 3 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013– | Senegal | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2016 | |||
Badara Badji (born 24 February 1994) is a Senegalese footballer playing for Indian Super League side Delhi Dynamos.[1] He had stints with Dinamo Zagreb B and ASC Yeggo.
Career
Early career
Badji was born in Dakar, Senegal. He played in his home country with ASC Yeggo in the 2013 and 2013–14 Senegal Premier League.[2] He came to Yeggo from the Académie Mawade Wade.[3] While playing with Yeggo, he was selected to be part of the Senegalese U-20 squad at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie[4]
In summer 2014 Badji joined Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb on a two year loan spell. Badji has also made appearances for the Senegalese national team.[5][6][7]
Dinamo Zagreb
He was a regular and a prolific scorer for Dinamo Zagreb B team during the two seasons he spent there, the first one playing at 2014–15 Croatian Third League and next in the 2015–16 Croatian Second League. He has also made a solitary appearance for Dinamo Zagreb main team,[8] in a 2015–16 Croatian Cup first-round game against Oštrc Zlatar.[9]
Delhi Dynamos
Badji signed for the Delhi Dynamos FC, 15 days before the start of the season to pair up with Richard Gadze and Marcelo Leite Pereira on the Dynamos frontline.[10]
References
- ↑
- ↑ Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Badara Badji". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
- ↑ "Badara Badji (Yeggo) : la révélation". Galsenfoot.com. 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
- ↑ Jeux de la francophonie : 28 joueurs de moins de 20 ans présélectionnés at Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise official website, retrieved 13-10-2016 (in French)
- ↑ "Indian Super League 2016: Delhi Dynamos make late additions to squad, rope in Lalruatthara and Badara Badji". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
- ↑ "Account Suspended". Modernafricantimes.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
- ↑ Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Senegal (2013)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
- ↑ "Ekskluzivno - prvi intervju Dinamova Senegalca Badjija: Najbolji su Ćorić i Ademi, a cilj mi je Real". Goal.com (in (in Croatian)). Archived from the original on 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
- ↑ Badara Badji profile Archived 2016-10-13 at the Wayback Machine. at Soccerway
- ↑ "Indian Super League 2016: Delhi Dynamos make late additions to squad, rope in Lalruatthara and Badara Badji". Sports.yahoo.com. 2016-09-18. Archived from the original on 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2016-12-24.