Personal information | |||
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Full name | Baba Alhassan | ||
Date of birth | 3 January 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FCSB | ||
Number | 42 | ||
Youth career | |||
African Talent Football Academy | |||
–2019 | Real Valladolid | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Real Valladolid B | 2 | (0) |
2020–2024 | Hermannstadt | 97 | (16) |
2024– | FCSB | 33 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2024 |
Baba Alhassan (born 3 January 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club FCSB.
Born in Accra, Alhassan started out as a junior at the African Talent Football Academy in Ghana. He then moved to the youth setup of Spanish club Real Valladolid, making his senior debut for the reserves in a 2–3 away Segunda División B loss to Navalcarnero on 28 October 2018.
On 7 October 2020, Alhassan joined Romanian team Hermannstadt as a free agent. [1] Eleven days later, he made his Liga I debut in a 1–1 draw with UTA Arad. He scored his first goal—and the only of the match—in a league fixture against Politehnica Iași on 15 May 2021. [2] Alhassan amassed 24 appearances in all competitions in the 2020–21 season, with his club losing the relegation play-offs against Mioveni 1–2 on aggregate.
The following campaign, Alhassan aided with seven goals from 27 league appearances as "the Red and Blacks" finished as Liga II runners-up and returned to the top division. On 15 July 2022, in the season's opener, he scored his first Liga I double in a 3–0 Liga I home defeat of Mioveni. [3]
In October 2023, Alhassan agreed to a contract extension lasting until 2026. [4] On 9 December, Hermannstadt chairman Dănuț Coman stated that he was in negotiations with fellow league clubs and rivals FCSB and Rapid București for the transfer of Alhassan. [5]
On 12 December 2023, FCSB general manager Mihai Stoica announced the signing of Alhassan, [6] with the player due to join the team in the winter transfer window. The Roș-albaștrii paid €600,000 and Hermannstadt also retained 20% interest on the capital gain of a possible future transfer. [7] The move was confirmed by FCSB on 23 December. [8]
Alhassan recorded his debut on 21 January 2024, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute for Octavian Popescu in a 4–0 Liga I thrashing of UTA Arad.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Real Valladolid B | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Hermannstadt | 2020–21 | Liga I | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | Liga II | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 7 | ||||
2022–23 | Liga I | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 7 | ||||
2023–24 | Liga I | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 3 | ||||
Total | 97 | 16 | 10 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 109 | 18 | ||||
FCSB | 2023–24 | Liga I | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
2024–25 | Liga I | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
Total | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | |||
Career total | 132 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 161 | 18 |
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