Ibrahima Baldé

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Ibrahima
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Baldé playing with Kuban in 2015
Personal information
Full name Ibrahima Baldé
Date of birth (1989-04-04) 4 April 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Kuban Krasnodar
Number 99
Youth career
2006–2007 Argentinos Juniors
2007–2008 Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Atlético Madrid B 18 (8)
2010–2011 Atlético Madrid 18 (3)
2010–2011 → Numancia (loan) 18 (6)
2011–2012 Osasuna 22 (7)
2012– Kuban Krasnodar 75 (23)
International career‡
2012– Senegal U23 3 (1)
2012– Senegal 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2012

Ibrahima Baldé (born 4 April 1989), known as Ibrahima and sometimes Ibra, is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays for Russian club FC Kuban Krasnodar as a forward.

Club career

Early years / Spain

Ibrahima was born in Dakar. In 2006 the 16-year-old arrived in Argentina after signing for Argentinos Juniors and, the following year, he joined another team in the country, Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield. He later said of his time in the country: "When I went to Argentina I could never imagine how many troubles and personal insults I would have to experience because of my skin colour there."[1]

In 2009–10 Ibrahima continued his football formation as he joined Atlético Madrid, being initially relocated with its B-side. Due to injuries to the first team's offensive line – Florent Sinama Pongolle had also just been sold – he made his La Liga debut on 2 January 2010, playing the full 90 minutes against Sevilla FC at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in a 2–1 win.

In the same month, on the 17th, Ibrahima scored his first goal with Atlético's main squad, in another home win, 3–2 against Sporting de Gijón: after just five minutes on the pitch, he tapped in Sergio Agüero's saved attempt to make it 3–1.[2]

On 6 March 2010 Ibrahima extended his contract with Atlético until 2013,[3] scoring a last-minute equalizer in a 1–1 draw at Real Zaragoza the following day.[4] He was loaned to CD Numancia in Segunda División in the summer, in a season-long move.[5]

Ibrahima's spell with the Soria club was greatly undermined by injury, as he appeared in less than half of the league's matches. On 13 April 2011 he agreed to join CA Osasuna on a three-year contract, effective as of July, with a buyout clause of €9 million.[6]

Kuban

On 23 August 2012 Ibrahima signed for Russia's FC Kuban Krasnodar, penning a three-year contract –[7] he stated he would not have problems adapting to the new reality even though his move was delayed due to visa issues.[8] Four days later he scored twice on his debut, and also set up a goal for Marcos Pizzelli in a 6–2 win over FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod, before coming off in the 71st minute.[9]

Honours

Atlético Madrid

References

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