Aliou Badji

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Aliou Badji
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Ziguinchor, Senegal
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Gaziantep
Number 7
Youth career
Casa Sports
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Casa Sports
2017–2019 Djurgårdens IF 48 (11)
2019–2020 Rapid Wien 29 (8)
2020–2022 Al Ahly 18 (4)
2021 → Ankaragücü (loan) 13 (3)
2021–2022 → Amiens (loan) 26 (13)
2022–2023 Amiens 3 (0)
2022–2023 → Bordeaux (loan) 29 (4)
2023– Bordeaux 12 (0)
2024– → Gaziantep (loan) 5 (0)
International career
Senegal U20 21 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2024

Aliou Badji (born 10 October 1997) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Gaziantep on loan from the French club Bordeaux. [1]

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Club career

Casa Sports was Badji's first club. [1] On 31 January 2017, he completed a transfer to Sweden to join Allsvenskan side Djurgårdens IF, signing a four-year contract. [2] His professional debut for the club came on 3 April in a league game against IK Sirius. [1] Badji scored his first professional goal on 23 July in the league versus Östersunds FK. In the next game, Badji started for the first time and scored after 30 minutes against AFC Eskilstuna. [1] While having difficulties establishing himself as a starter in his first seasons at Djurgårdens IF, Badji earned a reputation as a late-in-the-game goal scorer, with key goals scored late against Häcken, Mariupol and AIK. [3] [4] [5]

In January 2019, it was revealed Badji had rejected a move to Hebei China Fortune of the Chinese Super League. [6] On 6 February, Badji was transferred to Rapid Wien for an undisclosed fee; signing a three-a-half-year contract. [7] On 16 January 2020, Egyptian Premier League side Al Ahly announced the signing of Badji on a four-a-half-year contract for a reported fee of €2 million. [8] He netted on his league debut for the club, scoring the equaliser in an eventual 2–1 win away to Pyramids on 6 February. [1] In August 2021, Badji joined French club Amiens on a one-year loan with an option to buy. [9]

On 31 January 2024, Badji was loaned by Gaziantep. [10]

International career

Badji has represented Senegal at U20 level, he scored 12 goals in 12 caps prior to participating in the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Zambia; he scored one goal (in the semi-final versus Guinea U20) as Senegal went onto finish as runners-up. [2] [11] [12] He also appeared for Senegal at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea. [1]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 November 2023. [1]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Djurgårdens IF 2017 Allsvenskan 20312——215
2018 Allsvenskan288302 [lower-alpha 1] 2—3310
Total48114222005415
Rapid Wien 2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga 13520—3 [lower-alpha 2] 1186
2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga16300——163
Total298200031349
Al Ahly 2019–20 Egyptian Premier League 184204 [lower-alpha 3] 01 [lower-alpha 4] 0254
Ankaragücü (loan) 2020–21 Süper Lig 13300——133
Amiens (loan) 2021–22 Ligue 2 261351——3114
Amiens 2022–23 Ligue 23000——30
Bordeaux (loan) 2022–23 Ligue 229431——325
Bordeaux 2023–24 Ligue 211010——120
Career totals17743174624120450

Honours

Djurgårdens IF [13]

Al Ahly

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Senegalesiske strikern Aliou Badji klar för DIF". Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "TV: Badji stor hjälte för Djurgården - avgjorde på stopptid". Fotbollskanalen. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Badji räddade Djurgården – i 94:e". Sveriges Radio. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "TV: Sen derbykvittering för Dif - men spöket lever efter stor miss". Fotbollskanalen. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Transferstatus för Aliou Badji". Djurgårdens IF. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Neuzugang in Hütteldorf und weitere Personalneuigkeiten". Rapid Wien. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Al Ahly sign Rapid Wien forward Aliou Badji". KingFut . 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Ligue 2 side sign Al Ahly striker Badji on loan". KingFut. 4 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "TRANSFER | ALIOU BADJI GAZİANTEP'TE!" [TRANSFER | ALIOU BADJI IS IN GAZİANTEP!] (in Turkish). Gaziantep. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "Senegal profile". Confederation of African Football. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "Senegal 1-0 Guinea". Confederation of African Football. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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