Aliou Badji

Aliou Badji

Badji with Red Star in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Ziguinchor, Senegal
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Sivasspor
Youth career
	Casa Sports
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(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)
2023–2024	Bordeaux	12	(0)
2024	→ Gaziantep (loan)	14	(1)
2024–2025	Red Star	30	(7)
2025–	Sivasspor	0	(0)
International career
	Senegal U20	21	(13)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 May 2025

Aliou Badji (born 10 October 1997) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for TFF 1. Lig club Sivasspor. ^[1]

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-and-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 to Gaziantep. ^[10]

On 12 August 2024, Badji signed for Ligue 2 club Red Star. ^[11] On 30 July 2025, he signed for Sivasspor. ^[12]

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] [13] [14]} He also appeared for Senegal at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea. ^[1]

Career statistics

As of 1 July 2025 ^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Djurgårdens IF	2017	Allsvenskan	20	3	1	2	—		—		21	5
	2018	Allsvenskan	28	8	3	0	2 [a]	2	—		33	10
	Total		48	11	4	2	2	2	—		54	15
Rapid Wien	2018–19	Austrian Football Bundesliga	13	5	2	0	—		3 [b]	1	18	6
	2019–20	Austrian Football Bundesliga	16	3	0	0	—		—		16	3
	Total		29	8	2	0	—		3	1	34	9
Al Ahly	2019–20	Egyptian Premier League	18	4	2	0	4 [c]	0	1 [d]	0	25	4
Ankaragücü (loan)	2020–21	Süper Lig	13	3	0	0	—		—		13	3
Amiens (loan)	2021–22	Ligue 2	26	13	5	1	—		—		31	14
Amiens	2022–23	Ligue 2	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
Bordeaux (loan)	2022–23	Ligue 2	29	4	3	1	—		—		32	5
Bordeaux	2023–24	Ligue 2	12	0	3	0	—		—		15	0
Gaziantep (loan)	2023–24	TFF 1. Lig	14	1	1	0	—		—		15	1
Red Star	2024–25	Ligue 2	30	7	0	0	—		—		30	7
Sivasspor	2025–26	TFF 1. Lig	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Career totals			222	51	20	4	6	2	4	1	252	58

1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
2. Appearances in the 2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga Europa League play-offs
3. Appearances in the CAF Champions League
4. Appearance in the Egyptian Super Cup

Honours

Djurgårdens IF ^[15]

• Svenska Cupen: 2017–18

Al Ahly

• CAF Champions League: 2019–20
• Egypt Cup: 2019–20
• Egyptian Premier League: 2019-20

References

1. Aliou Badji at Soccerway
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. Hernu, Thomas (12 August 2024). "ALIOU BADJI SIGNE | Red Star Football Club". www.redstar.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 August 2024.
12. "Aliou Badji returns to Turkey and signs with Sivasspor". Foot Africa. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
13. "Senegal profile". Confederation of African Football. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
14. "Senegal 1-0 Guinea". Confederation of African Football. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
15. "Djurgården 3–0 Malmö FF". Swedish Football Association. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

External links

• Aliou Badji at Elite Football
• Aliou Badji at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)