Abou Ba

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Abou Ba
Personal information
Full name Abou-Malal Ba
Date of birth (1998-07-29) 29 July 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Villefranche
Number 28
Youth career
2004–2009 SR Saint-Dié
2009–2011 US Raon-l'Étape
2011–2017 Nancy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2019 Nancy B 41 (3)
2017–2019 Nancy 42 (2)
2019–2023 Nantes 0 (0)
2019–2020Aris (loan) 18 (0)
2020–2021Cosenza (loan) 17 (0)
2021–2022Alessandria (loan) 26 (1)
2022–2023Seraing (loan) 9 (0)
2023–2024 Villefranche 4 (0)
2025– Villefranche 13 (0)
International career
2016 France U18 2 (0)
2018 France U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:23, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Abou-Malal Ba (born 29 July 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National club Villefranche. [1] [2]

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Club career

Ba made his professional debut with AS Nancy in a 0–0 Ligue 2 tie with Nîmes Olympique on 14 August 2017. [3] He signed his first professional contract with Nancy on 20 September 2017. [4]

On 5 September 2020, he joined Italian club Cosenza on a season-long loan. [5]

On 7 August 2021, he moved on loan to Alessandria. [6]

On 1 September 2022, Ba switched to Seraing in Belgium on a new loan. [7]

On 13 January 2025, Ba returned to Villefranche after not playing in the first half of the 2024–25 season. [8]

Personal life

Born in France, Ba is of Senegalese descent. [9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 October 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nancy 2017–18 Ligue 2 2521010272
2018–19 1700010180
Total422100020452
Aris (loan) 2019–20 Superleague 18030210
Career total602400020662

References

  1. "Football (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
  2. Abou Ba at Soccerway
  3. "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2017/2018 - 3ème journée - Nîmes Olympique / AS Nancy Lorraine". www.lfp.fr.
  4. "ASNL - Site officiel de l'AS Nancy Lorraine". www.asnl.net.
  5. "Abdou Ba è del Cosenza!" (Press release) (in Italian). Cosenza. 5 October 2020.
  6. "ABOU BA È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELL'ALESSANDRIA" (in Italian). Alessandria. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  7. "MERCATO : ABOU BA REJOINT NOS MÉTALLOS" (in French). Seraing. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  8. "Abou-Malal Ba de retour en Calade !" [Abou-Malal Ba back in Calade!] (in French). FC Villefranche Beaujolais. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  9. https://www.lyonfoot.com/article/4296/abou-ba-est-la-dixieme-recrue-du-fcvb