Personal information | |||
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Full name | Georges Ba | ||
Date of birth | January 21, 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2001 | Tours FC | 69 | (25) |
2001–2002 | Sannois Saint-Gratien | 26 | (6) |
2002–2003 | Besançon | 32 | (15) |
2003–2005 | OGC Nice | 21 | (3) |
2004–2005 | → Montpellier | 6 | (0) |
2005 | → Le Mans | 13 | (7) |
2005–2007 | Troyes | 27 | (4) |
2007 | Maccabi Netanya | 8 | (2) |
2008 | Gillingham | 4 | (0) |
2008 | Maccabi Netanya | 10 | (1) |
2009–2010 | AC Ajaccio | 10 | (1) |
2010–2011 | Vendée Poiré sur Vie | 13 | (2) |
2012– | SS Saint-Louisienne [1] | 20 | (9) |
International career‡ | |||
2003 | Ivory Coast | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 November 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2010 |
Georges Ba (born 21 January 1979) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Georges Ba has played for a number of clubs in France and also for Israel's Maccabi Netanya. He traveled to England in early 2008 for a trial with Leeds United, [2] and on 29 March 2008 instead joined another League One side, Gillingham, on a deal which ran until the end of the 2007–08 season. [3] He made his Gillingham debut in a 2–1 home win against Luton Town on 1 April, but he was released at the end of the season after four games for the Kent-based club, and rejoined Maccabi Netanya. On 17 December he was released from his contract with Netanya for the second time. He has since returned to France. [4] and recently moved to America to start his own professional soccer training business. He coached an Under-16 team called Capistrano FC, from San Juan Capistrano.
Georges Ba runs a Professional Soccer Training Business in Irvine, California, as of October 2023. [5]
Born in Abidjan, Ba holds both Ivorian and French nationalities. [6] His son, Oliver, plays soccer in Southern California
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