Sanoussy Ba

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Sanoussy Ba
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Ba in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth Hof, Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Left-back, wing-back
Team information
Current team
LASK
(on loan from RB Leipzig)
Number 25
Youth career
0000 VfB Moschendorf
0000–2016 Bayern Hof
2016–2022 RB Leipzig
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– RB Leipzig 1 (0)
2023–LASK (loan) 6 (0)
International career
2021–2022 Germany U18 4 (0)
2022– Germany U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:18, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Sanoussy Ba (born 5 January 2004) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back and wing-back for Austrian Bundesliga club LASK, on loan from RB Leipzig. [2]

Contents

Early life

Sanoussy Ba was born in Hof, Bavaria, where he started playing football with VfB Moschendorf, [3] before joining the town's main club, SpVgg Bayern Hof. [4]

Club career

Sanoussy Ba joined RB Leipzig in 2016, [5] [6] where he entered the first team on the summer 2022. [3] [5] [7] During the pre-season, he played the friendly against Klopp's Liverpool. [4] [8]

Ba made his professional debut for RB Leipzig on the 30 August 2022, replacing Mohamed Simakan at the hour mark of a 8–0 away Cup win to FC Teutonia Ottensen. [6] [9] [10] [11] He became a regular feature in the match-day squad, both in Bundesliga, and in the Champions League, figuring on the bench during the 2–0 away win against Celtic FC. [12]

International career

Born in Germany, Ba is of Senegalese descent. [13] He is a youth international for Germany, having started playing with the under-18s in the late summer 2021. [5] [14]

Style of play

An ambidextrous footballer, [5] Sanoussy Ba is able to play both as a full-back or higher, as a wing-back even an offensive winger, always on the left side. [7]

Honours

RB Leipzig

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