Georges Ba

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Georges Ba
Personal information
Full name Georges Ba
Date of birth (1979-01-21) January 21, 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Career

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.

Current

Georges Ba runs a Professional Soccer Training Business in Irvine, California, as of October 2023. [5]

Personal life

Born in Abidjan, Ba holds both Ivorian and French nationalities. [6] His son, Oliver, plays soccer in Southern California

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ "Georges Ba - Unknown".
  2. ↑ Sky Sports [ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ Official Gillingham website
  4. ↑ Georges Ba at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ↑ "Georges Ba | Coach | Irvine, California – Former International Pro Soccer Player" . Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  6. ↑ "Georges BA". unfp.org. Retrieved 2023-08-11.


External linkshttps://georgesba.soccer (Official Website)

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