Aliou_Badji
Aliou Badji
Senegalese footballer (born 1997)
Aliou Badji (born 10 October 1997) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Gaziantep on loan from the French club Bordeaux.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Ziguinchor, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gaziantep | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Casa Sports | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Casa Sports | ||
| 2017–2019 | Djurgårdens IF | 48 | (11) |
| 2019–2020 | Rapid Wien | 29 | (8) |
| 2020–2022 | Al Ahly | 18 | (4) |
| 2021 | → Ankaragücü (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | → Amiens (loan) | 26 | (13) |
| 2022–2023 | Amiens | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Bordeaux (loan) | 29 | (4) |
| 2023– | Bordeaux | 12 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Gaziantep (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Senegal U20 | 21 | (13) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2024 | |||
Casa Sports was Badji's first club.[1] On 31 January 2017, he completed a transfer to Sweden to join Allsvenskan side Djurgårdens IF, signing a four-year contract.[2] His professional debut for the club came on 3 April in a league game against IK Sirius.[1] Badji scored his first professional goal on 23 July in the league versus Östersunds FK. In the next game, Badji started for the first time and scored after 30 minutes against AFC Eskilstuna.[1] While having difficulties establishing himself as a starter in his first seasons at Djurgårdens IF, Badji earned a reputation as a late-in-the-game goal scorer, with key goals scored late against Häcken, Mariupol and AIK.[3][4][5]
In January 2019, it was revealed Badji had rejected a move to Hebei China Fortune of the Chinese Super League.[6] On 6 February, Badji was transferred to Rapid Wien for an undisclosed fee; signing a three-a-half-year contract.[7] On 16 January 2020, Egyptian Premier League side Al Ahly announced the signing of Badji on a four-a-half-year contract for a reported fee of €2 million.[8] He netted on his league debut for the club, scoring the equaliser in an eventual 2–1 win away to Pyramids on 6 February.[1] In August 2021, Badji joined French club Amiens on a one-year loan with an option to buy.[9]
Badji has represented Senegal at U20 level, he scored 12 goals in 12 caps prior to participating in the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Zambia; he scored one goal (in the semi-final versus Guinea U20) as Senegal went onto finish as runners-up.[2][11][12] He also appeared for Senegal at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.[1]
- As of match played 17 November 2023.[1]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Djurgårdens IF | 2017 | Allsvenskan | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 21 | 5 | ||
| 2018 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | — | 33 | 10 | ||
| Total | 48 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 15 | ||
| Rapid Wien | 2018–19 | Austrian Football Bundesliga | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 18 | 6 | |
| 2019–20 | Austrian Football Bundesliga | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 3 | |||
| Total | 29 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | ||
| Al Ahly | 2019–20 | Egyptian Premier League | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 25 | 4 |
| Ankaragücü (loan) | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||
| Amiens (loan) | 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 31 | 14 | ||
| Amiens | 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bordeaux (loan) | 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 5 | ||
| Bordeaux | 2023–24 | Ligue 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Career totals | 177 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 204 | 50 | ||
- Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in the 2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga Europa League play-offs
- Appearances in the CAF Champions League
- Appearance in the Egyptian Super Cup
Djurgårdens IF[13]
Al Ahly
- Aliou Badji at Soccerway
- "Senegalesiske strikern Aliou Badji klar för DIF". Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- "TV: Badji stor hjälte för Djurgården - avgjorde på stopptid". Fotbollskanalen. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- "Badji räddade Djurgården – i 94:e". Sveriges Radio. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- "TV: Sen derbykvittering för Dif - men spöket lever efter stor miss". Fotbollskanalen. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- "Transferstatus för Aliou Badji". Djurgårdens IF. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- "Neuzugang in Hütteldorf und weitere Personalneuigkeiten". Rapid Wien. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- "Al Ahly sign Rapid Wien forward Aliou Badji". KingFut. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- "OFFICIAL: Ligue 2 side sign Al Ahly striker Badji on loan". KingFut. 4 August 2021.
- "TRANSFER | ALIOU BADJI GAZİANTEP'TE!" [TRANSFER | ALIOU BADJI IS IN GAZİANTEP!] (in Turkish). Gaziantep. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- "Senegal profile". Confederation of African Football. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- "Senegal 1-0 Guinea". Confederation of African Football. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- "Djurgården 3–0 Malmö FF". Swedish Football Association. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- Aliou Badji at Elite Football
- Aliou Badji at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)