Aliou Badji

Aliou Badji (born 10 October 1997) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian Premier League side Al Ahly.[1]

Aliou Badji
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997
Place of birth Senegal
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Ankaragücü (loan)
Youth career
Casa Sports
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Casa Sports
2017–2019 Djurgårdens IF 48 (11)
2019–2020 Rapid Wien 32 (9)
2020– Al Ahly 18 (4)
2021– Ankaragücü (loan) 0 (0)
National team
Senegal U20 21 (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 January 2021

Club career

Casa Sports were 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]

International career

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][9][10] He also appeared for Senegal at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.[1]

Career statistics
As of 31 August 2020.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Djurgårdens IF 2017 Allsvenskan 20312——215
2018 288402[lower-alpha 1]2—3410
Total 48115222005515
Rapid Wien 2018–19 Bundesliga 16620—00186
2019–20 16310—00173
Total 329300000359
Al Ahly 2019–20 Premier League 83004[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0133
Total 93004010143
Career total 892382621010427
  1. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance(s) in the CAF Champions League
  3. Appearance(s) in the Super Cup

Honours
Djurgårdens IF[11]
Al Ahly

References
  1. "Aliou Badji profile". Soccerway. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. "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.
  3. "TV: Badji stor hjälte för Djurgården - avgjorde på stopptid". Fotbollskanalen. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  4. "Badji räddade Djurgården – i 94:e". Sveriges Radio. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. "TV: Sen derbykvittering för Dif - men spöket lever efter stor miss". Fotbollskanalen. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  6. "Transferstatus för Aliou Badji". Djurgårdens IF. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  7. "Neuzugang in Hütteldorf und weitere Personalneuigkeiten". Rapid Wien. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  8. "Al Ahly sign Rapid Wien forward Aliou Badji". KingFut. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  9. "Senegal profile". Confederation of African Football. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  10. "Senegal 1-0 Guinea". Confederation of African Football. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  11. "Djurgården 3–0 Malmö FF". Swedish Football Association. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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