Ridle Baku

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Ridle Baku
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Baku with Mainz 05 in 2018
Personal information
Full name Bote Ridle Nzuzi Baku [1]
Birth name Bote Nzuzi Baku [2]
Date of birth (1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Mainz, Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [3]
Position(s) Right-back, winger, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 17
Youth career
2007–2018 Mainz 05
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Mainz 05 II 27 (1)
2018–2020 Mainz 05 50 (3)
2020–2025 VfL Wolfsburg 147 (17)
2025– RB Leipzig 3 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 Germany U18 10 (1)
2016–2017 Germany U19 10 (3)
2018–2019 Germany U20 3 (0)
2019–2021 Germany U21 14 (2)
2020– Germany 4 (1)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2021 Hungary–Slovenia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:27, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:57, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Bote Ridle Nzuzi Baku (born Bote Nzuzi Baku; 8 April 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right-back, winger or midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Germany national team. [4]

Contents

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. [5] 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. [6]

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. [7] 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. [8]

VfL Wolfsburg

2020–21 season

On 1 October 2020, Baku completed a move to fellow Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg, for an undisclosed fee on a five-year contract. [9] He made his club debut three days later in a 0–0 draw with Augsburg, replacing Renato Steffen who had tested positive for COVID-19. [10] He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Hertha Berlin on 1 November. [11]

Baku impressed in his first season at the club and was named to the Bundesliga Team of the Season. [12] He contributed with a league-leading 2583 intensive runs after 31 matchdays, including an also league-leading 993 sprints, over 150 more than the second name on that particular list. He scored six goals and supplied a further four assists to go with 82 crosses, 32 shots, and 305 successful tackles. [12]

2021–22 season

Baku scored in Wolfsburg's opening match of the 2021–22 season on 8 August 2021, a 3–1 win over fourth division club SC Preußen Münster in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. However, Wolfsburg used a total of six substitutes, while only five were allowed, and were disqualified after a protest by Preußen Münster. [13] Baku scored again two weeks later in a come-from-behind league win over Hertha Berlin. [14]

RB Leipzig

On 10 January 2025, Baku signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with RB Leipzig. [15]

International career

Baku earned his first call-up for the German senior team on 8 November 2020. [16] His debut came on 11 November 2020, in a friendly game against the Czech Republic. [17] On 6 June 2021, he won the UEFA Under-21 Euro 2021 with the Germany U21, giving the assist to the solitary goal against Portugal. [18]

Style of play

Baku has been described as an energetic right full-back who can both inflict damage going forward while possessing the defensive nous to hold things together defensively when on the back foot. [12]

Personal life

Born Bote Nzuzi Baku on 8 April 1998 in Mainz, Germany, Baku is of Congolese descent. He is the twin brother of Makana Baku, who is also a professional footballer. [19] He was given the nickname "Ridle" by his father, who was a fan of German footballer Karl-Heinz Riedle. [20] [21] In 2018, Baku had his name legally changed to include Ridle. [22]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 January 2025 [23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague DFB-Pokal Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mainz 05 2017–18 Bundesliga 3210—42
2018–19 15010—160
2019–20 30110—311
2020–21 2010—30
Total50340—543
VfL Wolfsburg 2020–21 Bundesliga32630—356
2021–22 343116 [a] 1415
2022–23 33530—365
2023–24 33131—362
2024–25 15230—182
Total147171326116620
RB Leipzig 2024–25 Bundesliga30000030
Career total200191726122322
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 14 November 2021 [23]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany
202010
202131
Total41
As of match played 14 November 2021
Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Baku goal [24]
List of international goals scored by Ridle Baku
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 November 2021 Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany3Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 7–09–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Germany U21

Individual

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References

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  2. ↑ "Bote Baku". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
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  4. ↑ Ridle Baku at kicker (in German) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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