Baboucarr_Gaye
Baboucarr Gaye
Gambian footballer
Baboucarr Gaye (born 24 February 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bulgarian First League club Lokomotiv Sofia. Born in Germany, he plays for the Gambia national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Bielefeld, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lokomotiv Sofia | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2017 | Arminia Bielefeld | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Arminia Bielefeld II | 19 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Arminia Bielefeld | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Wattenscheid 09 | 8 | (0) |
| 2020 | VfB Stuttgart II | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | FC Rot-Weiß Koblenz[lower-alpha 1] | 65 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | SV Rödinghausen | 0 | (0) |
| 2023– | Lokomotiv Sofia | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020– | Gambia | 14 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 May 2023 | |||
Having spent his youth career with Arminia Bielefeld, it was announced that Gaye would leave the club on 30 June 2019, having never appeared for the first team. On 21 July 2019, he subsequently joined SG Wattenscheid 09.[1] After just nine games, Gaye was forced to find another new club after Wattenscheid filed for bankruptcy in mid-October 2019, forfeiting the rest of their season.[2] In January 2020, the young goalkeeper joined VfB Stuttgart II.[3]
In July 2020, Gaye moved to TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz.[4] In January 2023, he signed a one-and-a-half year contract with Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Sofia.[5]
Gaye debuted with the Gambia national team in a friendly 1–0 win over Congo on 9 October 2020.[6]
He played in the 2021 Africa cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.[7][8] Gaye was also included in the country's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[9]
- Keeper Baboucarr Gaye kommt von Arminia Bielefeld, sgwattenscheid09.de, 21 July 2019
- Wuppertal und Essen: Hier halten sich Wattenscheid-Spieler fit, reviersport.de, 16 November 2019
- TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz verpflichtet 22-Jährigen wunsch Torhüter, regio-sw.de, 19 July 2020
- "Локо (Сф) подписа с двамата нови" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- "Gambia 1-0 Congo In Friendly International". THE GFF | Official Website. 9 October 2020.
- https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa -cup-of-nations/matches/2021/2243295/lineups
- "Gambia - final squad for 2023 AFCON" (PDF). cafonline.com. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- Baboucarr Gaye at DFB (also available in German)
- Baboucarr Gaye at kicker (in German)
- Baboucarr Gaye at WorldFootball.net
- Baboucarr Gaye at Soccerway
- Baboucarr Gaye at FootballDatabase.eu
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