Pape Ibnou Ba
 Ba in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 January 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Louis, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Troyes | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Linguère | ||
| 2016–2017 | Stade de Mbour | ||
| 2017 | → Al Ahed (loan) | 5 | (3) |
| 2017–2020 | Athlético Marseille | 58 | (48) |
| 2020–2021 | Niort | 41 | (14) |
| 2021–2024 | Le Havre | 26 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | → Pau (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Pau B (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Concarneau (loan) | 15 | (5) |
| 2024 | Concarneau | 16 | (7) |
| 2024– | Troyes | 20 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Mauritania | 26 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 April 2025 | |||
Pape Ibnou Ba (born 5 January 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 2 club Troyes. Born in Senegal, he plays for the Mauritania national team.
Club career
Ba is a youth product of his local club Linguère, and was the record top scorer in a single Senegal Premier League, with 17 goals in the 2015–16 season.[1]
On 3 January 2017, Ba signed for Lebanese Premier League side Ahed, scoring three goals in five matches.[2]
On 29 June 2020, Ba signed with Niort after a prolific stint with Athlético Marseille in the amateur leagues of France.[3] He made his professional debut with Niort in 1–0 Ligue 2 win over En Avant Guingamp on 22 August 2020, scoring his side's only goal of the game.[4]
On 1 September, Ba joins Pau on a one season loan deal.[5]
International career
Born in Senegal, Ba is of Mauritanian descent. He was called up to represent the Mauritania national team for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.[6] He debuted for the team in a 0–0 friendly tie with Burkina Faso on 30 December 2021.[7]
References
- ^ "Pape Ibnou BA de la Linguère, couronné après son sacre". NDARINFO.COM.
- ^ "حدث في مثل هذا اليوم | صفقات نجماوية وعهداوية وأنصارية.. العمري في النصر وتمرين أخير للمنتخب". lebanonfg.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Football Ligue 2 Pape Ibnou Ba Chamois gagner ma place". ouest-france.fr.
- ^ "Guingamp vs. Niort - 22 August 2020 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
- ^ "Mercato – Officiel : Le Havre prête Pape Ibnou Ba au Pau FC !". maligue2.fr (in French). September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Mauritania includes 16-year-old 'prodigy' in provisional squad". CAFOnline.com.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Mauritania vs. Burkina Faso (0:0)". national-football-teams.com.
Honours
Al Ahed
External links
- Pape Ibnou Ba at Soccerway
- Pape Ibnou Ba at National-Football-Teams.com
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