Samson Baidoo

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Samson Baidoo
FC Red Bull Salzburg gegen FC Blau-Weiss Linz (2025-04-06 Osterreichische Bundesliga) 11.jpg
Baidoo with Red Bull Salzburg in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-03-31) 31 March 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth Graz, Austria
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Lens
Number 6
Youth career
2012–2013 Post SV Graz
2013–2018 Grazer AK
2018 FC Liefering
2018–2021 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 FC Liefering 46 (1)
2022–2025 Red Bull Salzburg 50 (2)
2025– Lens 2 (0)
International career
2019 Austria U15 9 (0)
2019 Austria U16 6 (0)
2020 Austria U17 1 (0)
2021 Austria U18 7 (1)
2023– Austria 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 October 2023

Samson Baidoo (born 31 March 2004) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Lens and the Austria national team.

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Club career

On 17 July 2025, Baidoo signed a five-year contract with Ligue 1 club Lens in France. [2]

International career

Born in Austria, Baidoo is of Ghanaian descent; he has represented the former country at youth international level. [3]

In October 2023, he received his first call-up to the Austrian senior national team for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Belgium and Azerbaijan. [4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 August 2025. [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Liefering 2021–22 2. Liga 25000250
2022–23 2. Liga21100211
Total46100461
Red Bull Salzburg 2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 40100050
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga172105 [a] 000232
2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga2902011 [a] 01 [b] 0430
Total5024016010712
Lens 2025–26 Ligue 1 200020
Career total98340160101193
Notes
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup

International

As of match played 13 October 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 202310
Total10

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

References

  1. "Samson Baidoo". FC Red Bull Salzburg. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  2. "SAMSON BAIDOO, LA FILIATION DÉFENSIVE" (in French). RC Lens. 17 July 2025.
  3. "Samson Baidoo: Meet the Ghanaian defender with similarities to Upamecano & Rüdiger". 1 December 2021.
  4. "Nationalteam-Kader mit einigen Rückkehrern". ÖFB (in Austrian German). 2 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. Samson Baidoo at Soccerway