Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 February 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Portugal | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | SJK | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2016 | Unidos de Lisboa | ||
2016–2020 | Sporting CP | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2022 | Sporting CP B | 4 | (0) |
2022–2023 | SJK II | 15 | (5) |
2022– | SJK | 37 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 |
Babacar Fati (born 1 February 2000) is a Portuguese professional football player who plays as a left-back for Veikkausliiga side SJK.
Fati started football in the youth sector of Unidos de Lisboa, and later joined the youth academy of Sporting CP, and made his senior debut with the reserve team Sporting CP B in 2020. [1] [2]
On 16 August 2022, Fati moved to Finland after signing with SJK Seinäjoki in Veikkausliiga. [3] [4] [5] Initially he featured for both the first team and the reserve team SJK Akatemia. On 26 March 2024, his deal with SJK was extended until the end of 2025, with an option for 2026. [6]
Fati is of Bissau-Guinean descent. His cousin Vítor Fati plays football for GS Loures.
Club | Season | League | Cup [a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sporting CP B | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | Liga Portugal 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
SJK Akatemia | 2022 | Ykkönen | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||
2023 | Ykkönen | 14 | 4 | – | – | 3 [b] | 0 | 17 | 4 | |||
Total | 15 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | ||
SJK | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
2023 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
2024 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | 5 [c] | 0 | 36 | 5 | ||
Total | 37 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 5 | ||
Career total | 58 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 72 | 10 |
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