Sekou Baradji (footballer, born 1984)

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Sekou Baradji
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Personal information
Date of birth (1984-04-24) 24 April 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Istres
Number 7
Youth career
?–2002 Le Mans
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2005 Le Mans 21 (2)
2005–2006 West Ham United 0 (0)
2005 → Reading (loan) 1 (0)
2006–2007 Tours 12 (0)
2007–2008 Martigues 22 (1)
2008–2010 Naval 1º de Maio 31 (1)
2011 Hapoel Ra'anana 11 (0)
2011–2014 Dijon 78 (1)
2014–2017 Valenciennes 40 (1)
2017–2018 Amiens 1 (0)
2018– Istres 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2019

Sekou Baradji (born 24 April 1984) is a French professional footballer. [1] A midfielder, he plays for FC Istres. He also holds Senegalese citizenship.

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Career in England

Baradji signed for West Ham United on the transfer deadline, 31 August 2005. He was immediately loaned to Reading. He had been on trial with Derby; Burnley tried to offer him a contract before West Ham signed the midfielder. [2] He only made three appearances for the Royals, twice in the Football League Cup [3] and once in the league, a substitute appearance against Sheffield United in which Baradji's free kick allowed Brynjar Gunnarsson to score the winner in a pivotal first-against-second match. [4] Reading did not extend Baradji's loan [5] and West Ham later released him. [6]

In 2010 Baradji was on trial with Premier League club Wigan Athletic and played in their pre-season friendly draw with Oldham Athletic. [7] He also travelled to Austria with the team and played in their 4–1 victory over NK Rudar on 26 July 2010. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Sekou Baradji at Soccerbase
  2. ↑ "Football News | Championship | Reading | Baradji shunned Burnley". Sky Sports. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  3. ↑ Sekou Baradji (24 April 1984). "Sekou Baradji Profile, Statistics, News, Game Log - Naval 1º Maio, Portuguese Liga - ESPN Soccernet". ESPN. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "Gunnarsson's late winner gives Royals three points". Readingfc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Transfer update – Baraji to leave but Howell & Rendell both expected to return". Readingfc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  6. ↑ "Pardew wields Hammers axe". Skysports.com. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  7. ↑ Kendrick, Paul. "Oldham Athletic 1 Wigan Athletic 1 - Wigan Athletic". Wigan Today. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  8. ↑ "Wigan Athletic - Wigan Athletic 4-1 NK Rudar Velenje". Wigan.vitalfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2010.


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