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Joseph Baffoe
Swedish-Ghananian footballer
Joseph Baffoe (born 7 November 1992) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Halmstads BK as a centre-back.
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Baffoe in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Baffoe | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Halmstads BK | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| IFK Värnamo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008 | IFK Värnamo | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Helsingborgs IF | 33 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | → IFK Värnamo (loan) | 39 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Vålerenga (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Halmstads BK | 34 | (1) |
| 2015–2018 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 53 | (3) |
| 2016 | → Eintracht Braunschweig II | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | MSV Duisburg | 1 | (0) |
| 2020– | Halmstads BK | 95 | (8) |
| International career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Sweden U17 | 4 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Sweden U19 | 10 | (1) |
| 2011–2015 | Sweden U21 | 17 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2023 | |||
Baffoe started off in IFK Värnamo and played there at senior level for one year. After that he signed for Allsvenska team HIF.[1]
Baffoe signed for Helsingborg as a 17-year-old. His first full game was when they played against F.C. Copenhagen at home at Olympia.
On 26 July 2015, Baffoe signed a three-year contract with German 2. Bundesliga side Eintracht Braunschweig.[2] He left the club at the end of his contract in summer 2018.[3]
In July 2018, Baffoe's planned trial with Hamburger SV, newly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, was called off due to lacking fitness.[4] On 7 January 2019, he joined MSV Duisburg.[5] He left Duisburg after the 2018–19 season.[6]
Baffoe's parents have their roots in Ghana.[7]
Helsingborgs IF
Sweden U21
- "Joseph Baffo". Eliteprospects.com. 7 November 1992. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- "Eintracht verpflichtet Joseph Baffo" [Eintracht signs Joseph Baffo] (in German). eintracht.com. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- "Boland & Co.: BTSV trennt sich von zehn Spielern". kicker Online (in German). 1 June 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- "Probetraining abgeblasen: Baffo kein Kandidat in Hamburg". kicker Online (in German). 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ""Passen sehr gut zusammen": Zebras verpflichten Joseph Baffoe". msv-duisburg.de (in German). 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- "Der neue MSV-Kader: Harte Arbeit & unbedingter Siegeswille" (in German). msv-duisburg.de. 20 May 2019.
- "Ghana/ Joseph Baffo : Ghanaian defender wins Swedish league title, Ghana, news, football". Starafrica.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- Joseph Baffoe at Soccerway
- Joseph Baffoe at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
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