Carlos Baleba

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Carlos Baleba
Personal information
Full name Carlos Noom Quomah Baleba
Date of birth (2004-01-03) 3 January 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 20
Youth career
Futur Soccer FC
2017–2022 EF Brasseries du Cameroun
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Lille B 13 (1)
2022–2023 Lille 21 (0)
2023– Brighton & Hove Albion 27 (0)
International career‡
2024– Cameroon 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:42, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024

Carlos Noom Quomah Baleba (born 3 January 2004) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Cameroon national team.

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Early life

Carlos Noom Quomah Baleba was born on 4 January 2004 in Douala, Cameroon. [1] His father is a former professional footballer who played in South Africa and Cameroon. [2] He grew up in the neighbourhood of Akwa and is of Bassa descent. [2] Baleba started playing football at Futur Soccer FC in Douala and then joined École de Football des Brasseries du Cameroun academy centre at the age of 13. [2]

Club career

Lille

Baleba was transferred to French team Lille in January 2022, [3] [4] having already attracted the scouts of several other European clubs. [5] [6] Having arrived in the Nord along with another youngster Joffrey Bazié; the two Africans first joined Lille's reserve team, that played in National 3 that season. [5] [7]

Despite being in the matchday squad multiple times towards the end of the 2021–22 Ligue 1 season, Baleba's professional debut had to wait until the 2022–23 Ligue 1 season where he would break into the first team of newly appointed manager, Paulo Fonseca. [8] [9] [10]

He made his professional debut for Lille on 7 August 2022, replacing Angel Gomes during a 4–1 Ligue 1 win against Auxerre. [11] [12] [13]

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 29 August 2023, Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion announced the signing of Baleba on a five-year contract. [14] According to various reports, the financial details of the transfer include an initial and base fee of €27 million, a maximum of €3 million add-ons depending on sporting conditions and a 15% sell-on clause. [15] [16] [17] [18] Baleba made his debut for the Albion in a 3–1 home victory against AFC Bournemouth on 24 September, coming on as a 73rd minute substitute for Mahmoud Dahoud. [19] On 8 October, Baleba made his first start for the Albion in a 2–2 draw against Liverpool. [20]

International career

Baleba made his debut for the Cameroon national team on 8 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier 4–1 victory against Cape Verde at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium. He started the game and played 80 minutes. [21]

Style of play

Known for his stamina, dribbling and passing range, Baleba is a complete and powerful central midfielder who can play in a box-to-box role or as a holding midfielder. He grew up idolising Paul Pogba, Kevin De Bruyne, Thiago Alcântara as well as former Lille players Nicolas Pépé and Idrissa Gueye, a collection of unrelated players either theirs roles, positions, and skills. [2]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 May 2024 [22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lille B 2021–22 Championnat National 3 91———91
2022–23 Championnat National 340———40
Total131———131
Lille 2022–23 Ligue 1 19020——210
2023–24 Ligue 120———20
Total21020——230
Brighton & Hove Albion 2023–24 Premier League 27030106 [lower-alpha 1] 0370
Career total611501060731
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Pousset, Maxime (24 January 2023). "Dans les pas de Carlos Baleba". LOSC (in French). Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Carlos Baleba est Lillois". efbc-cm.com. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Carlos Baleba, un nouveau Camerounais au LOSC". LOSC (in French). 14 January 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. 1 2 Guilbaud, Philippe (14 January 2022). "Mercato : la pépite Carlos Baleba s'engage pour cinq ans au LOSC". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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