Badara Badji (born 24 February 1994) is a Senegalese professional footballer who last played for Inđija.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Badara Badji | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Académie Mawade Wade | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | ASC Yeggo | ||
| 2014–2016 | Dinamo Zagreb B | 53 | (25) |
| 2014–2016 | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | Odisha | 12 | (2) |
| 2018 | Mladost Lučani | 11 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Inđija | 27 | (8) |
| 2019 | Zvijezda 09 | 16 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Tuzla City | 27 | (4) |
| 2021 | Mornar | 7 | (1) |
| 2022 | Inđija | 11 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| Senegal U20 | |||
| Senegal U23 | |||
| 2013 | Senegal | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He had stints with ASC Yeggo, Dinamo Zagreb B, Odisha, Mladost Lučani, Inđija, Zvijezda 09 and Tuzla City, and has also represented the Senegal national team.[1]
Club career
Early career
Badji was born in Dakar, Senegal. He played in his home country with ASC Yeggo in the 2013 and 2013–14 Senegal Premier League.[2] He came to Yeggo from the Académie Mawade Wade.[3]
While playing with Yeggo, he was selected to be part of the Senegal national U20 team at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie[4]
Dinamo Zagreb
In the summer of 2014, Badji joined Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb on a two-year loan spell. He had also made appearances for the Senegal national team by the time he joined Dinamo.[5][6][7]
He was a regular and a prolific scorer for the Dinamo Zagreb B team during the two seasons he spent there, the first one playing in the 2014–15 3. HNL and next in the 2015–16 2. HNL.
Badji has also made a solitary appearance for the Dinamo Zagreb main team,[8] in a 2015–16 Croatian Cup first-round game against Oštrc Zlatar.[9]
Delhi Dynamos
Badji signed for Delhi Dynamos FC, 15 days before the start of the season to pair up with Richard Gadze and Marcelinho on the Odisha frontline.[10]
Mladost Lučani
On 21 January 2018, Badji signed with Serbian top-flight side Mladost Lučani.[11]
Inđija
Following summer, he moved to FK Inđija and played with them the 2018–19 Serbian First League season.[1]
Zvijezda 09
In July 2019, Badji signed a contract with Bosnian Premier League club Zvijezda 09.[12] He made his debut for Zvijezda 09 on 20 July 2019, in a 1–5 home league loss against Tuzla City.[13]
Tuzla City
On 11 January 2020, Badji left Zvijezda 09 and then signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with another Bosnian Premier League club, Tuzla City.[14] He made his official debut for Tuzla City on 22 February 2020, in a 6–2 home loss against Sarajevo, a game in which Badji earned a direct red card in the 42nd minute of the game.[15] He left Tuzla City in June 2021.[16]
International career
Badji made 3 appearances having scored 2 goals for the Senegal national U20 team.[11] He then made 7 appearances having scored 3 goals for the U23 national team.[11]
Badji also made 2 appearances for the main Senegal national team in 2013.[17]
Honours
Dinamo Zagreb[1]