Sekou Baradji (footballer, born 1984)

Last updated

Sekou Baradji
Sekou Baradji.JPG
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-04-24) 24 April 1984 (age 39)
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.

Contents

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]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Jones (footballer, born 1984)</span> English footballer

David Frank Llwyd Jones is an English professional football coach and former player who is currently the first team coach at Welsh club Wrexham. Jones began his playing career at Manchester United, but struggled to get into the first team and spent loan spells at Preston North End, NEC and Derby County, before joining Derby on a permanent basis in 2007. However, he left Derby after just one season to join Wolverhampton Wanderers. He spent three years with Wolves before joining Wigan Athletic. At the end of his second season there, he went on a brief loan spell with Blackburn Rovers, before joining Burnley. After three years with Burnley, he left for Sheffield Wednesday, where he spent another three years before being released at the end of the 2018–19 season. He joined Oldham Athletic on a free transfer but was released in January 2020. He was without a club while football was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but in August 2021, he signed for Wrexham as a player-coach. In June 2022, he retired from football to become a coach full-time at Wrexham.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ali Al-Habsi</span> Omani footballer

Ali Abdullah Harib Al-Habsi is an Omani retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kevin Kilbane</span> Irish footballer

Kevin Daniel Kilbane is a former professional footballer who played as a left winger or full back. Kilbane won 110 caps for the Republic of Ireland national team, fourth behind only Robbie Keane, Shay Given and John O'Shea as the most capped Irish player of all time.

Christopher John McCann is an Irish professional footballer who plays for League One club Burton Albion

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andy Liddell</span> Footballer (born 1973)

Andrew Mark Liddell is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Barnsley, Sheffield United, Wigan Athletic and Oldham Athletic and Rotherham United. Born in England, he played for the Scotland U21 national team.

The 2005–06 Football League was the 107th completed season of The Football League.

The 2004–05 Football League was the 106th completed season of The Football League.

The 2005–06 season was Reading's 135th year in existence and fourth consecutive season in the Championship, since their promotion from the Second Division in 2002, and covers the period from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006.

Reading Football Club played the season 2004–05 in the Football League Championship.

The 2003–04 Football League was the 105th completed season of The Football League.

Reading Football Club played the 2008–09 season in the Football League Championship, having been relegated on the final day of the 2007–08 Premier League season. Despite a strong start to the season, especially at home, Reading were unable to secure promotion at the first attempt; a poor run of form in 2009 saw Reading win just 5 of their last 17 league games, the Royals finishing 4th in the league. Reading were defeated 3–0 on aggregate by Burnley in the play-off semi-finals.

Jordan John Obita is an English professional footballer who plays for Hibernian in the Scottish Premiership.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012–13 FA Cup</span> Football tournament season

The 2012–13 FA Cup was the 132nd season of the FA Cup, the main domestic cup competition in English football, and the oldest football knock-out competition in the world. It was sponsored by Budweiser for a second consecutive season, thus the competition name was The FA Cup with Budweiser.

The 1999–2000 season was Reading F.C.'s second consecutive season in Division Two, following their relegation from the Division One in 1998.

The 2015–16 season was Reading's 145th year in existence and third consecutive season in the Championship, and covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. Reading finished the season 17th in the Championship, whilst also reaching the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and the Third Round of the League Cup.

The 2015–16 season was Middlesbrough's seventh consecutive season in the Football League Championship in their 140th year in existence. Along with the Championship, the club also competed in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

The 2020–21 Reading F.C. Women season was the club's 14th season and their sixth in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid. Reading finished the season in 7th place, were knocked out of the FA Cup in the fourth round and finished second in their League Cup group.

The 2020–21 season was Reading's 150th year in existence and eighth consecutive season in the Championship, and covers the period from 23 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

The 2021–22 season was Reading's 151st year in existence and ninth consecutive season in the Championship, and covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

The 2022–23 season was Reading's 152nd year in existence and tenth consecutive season in the Championship, and covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

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". Soccernet.espn.go.com. 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.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.