Bote Baku

Bote Baku
	Baku with Mainz 05 in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Bote Nzuzi Baku
Date of birth	8 April 1998 (age 22)
Place of birth	Mainz, Germany
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	VfL Wolfsburg
Number	20
Youth career
2007–2018	Mainz 05
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 01:55, 12 November 2020 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2020

Last updated November 13, 2020

Bote Nzuzi "Ridle" Baku (born 8 April 1998) is a German professional footballer of Congolese descent who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg.^[1]

Club career

Mainz 05

In the 2017–18 season, Baku joined the squad of Mainz 05 II, making his debut in the Regionalliga Südwest on 30 July 2017 in a 3–0 home win against FSV Frankfurt.^[2] Baku scored his first goal for the reserve team on 16 September 2017, scoring Mainz's second in the 82nd minute of the 2–0 home win against Kickers Offenbach.^[3]

Baku made his professional debut for Mainz 05 in the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal on 19 December 2017, starting in the 3–1 home win against VfB Stuttgart.^[4] He made his Bundesliga debut on 29 April 2018 in the 3–0 home win against RB Leipzig. Baku secured the victory for Mainz, scoring the final goal of the match in the 90th minute.^[5]

VfL Wolfsburg

On the 1 October 2020, Baku completed a move to fellow Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg, for an undisclosed fee on a five-year contract. ^[6]

International career

He earned his first call-up for the German senior team on 8 November 2020.^[7] His debut came on 11 November 2020, in a friendly game against the Czech Republic.^[8]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 11 November 2020^[9]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany
Germany	2020	1	0
Total		1	0

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References

↑ "Bote Baku". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
↑ "1. FSV Mainz 05 II – FSV Frankfurt 3:0 (Regionalliga Südwest 2017/2018, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
↑ "1. FSV Mainz 05 II – Kickers Offenbach 2:0 (Regionalliga Südwest 2017/2018, 9. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
↑ "1. FSV Mainz 05 – VfB Stuttgart 3:1 (DFB-Pokal 2017/2018, Round of 16)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
↑ "1. FSV Mainz 05 – RB Leipzig 3:0 (Bundesliga 2017/2018, 32. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
↑ https://bulinews.com/news/6233/official-ridle-baku-joins-wolfsburg-from-mainz
↑ "Löw nominiert Ridle Baku nach". dfb.de (in German). DFB. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
↑ "Junges DFB-Team siegt gegen Tschechien". dfb.de (in German). DFB. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
↑ Bote Baku at Soccerway

External links

Bote Baku at DFB (also available in German )
Bote Baku at kicker (in German)

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[1] "Bote Baku". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 19 December 2017.

[2] "1. FSV Mainz 05 II – FSV Frankfurt 3:0 (Regionalliga Südwest 2017/2018, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[3] "1. FSV Mainz 05 II – Kickers Offenbach 2:0 (Regionalliga Südwest 2017/2018, 9. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[4] "1. FSV Mainz 05 – VfB Stuttgart 3:1 (DFB-Pokal 2017/2018, Round of 16)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.

[5] "1. FSV Mainz 05 – RB Leipzig 3:0 (Bundesliga 2017/2018, 32. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[6] ttps://bulinews.com/news/6233/official-ridle-baku-joins-wolfsburg-from-mainz

[7] "Löw nominiert Ridle Baku nach". dfb.de (in German). DFB. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

[8] "Junges DFB-Team siegt gegen Tschechien". dfb.de (in German). DFB. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[9] Bote Baku at Soccerway

Personal information
Baku with Mainz 05 in 2018
Full name	Bote Nzuzi Baku
Date of birth	(1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 (age 22)
Place of birth	Mainz, Germany
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	VfL Wolfsburg
Number	20
Youth career
2007–2018	Mainz 05
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2019	Mainz 05 II	27	(1)
2018–2020	Mainz 05	43	(2)
2020–	VfL Wolfsburg	4	(1)
National team^‡
2015–2016	Germany U18	10	(1)
2016–2017	Germany U19	10	(3)
2018–2019	Germany U20	2	(0)
2019–	Germany U21	7	(0)
2020–	Germany	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 01:55, 12 November 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2020