Stéphane Diarra Badji (born 18 January 1990) is a Senegalese professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Cypriot club Omonia Aradippou.[1]

Badji moved from Senegal to Norway in 2012, signing with Sogndal. The following year, he joined SK Brann, where spent two seasons before moved to Turkish club İstanbul Başakşehir in 2014.

Club career

Badji started his career alongside his brother Ismaïla Diarra Badji in the Ècole de football Mamadou Fayé.[2] In the winter of 2007–2008 he left the football school of Mamadou Fayé with his brother and joined to Championnat Professionnel Ligue 1 side Xam-Xam.[3]

After a successful first professional season the Badji brothers signed in Spring 2009 with Casa Sport.[4] On 31 December 2011, left his club Casa Sport and signed with Tippeligaen club Sogndal Fotball,[5] without his brother who plays today with Casa Sport.[6]

On 1 March 2013, he signed a four-year contract with Brann.[7]

On 28 June 2019, Badji signed a contract with Ludogorets Razgrad.[8]

On 2 February 2022, Badji signed a contract with Eyüpspor.[9]

On 17 July 2023, Badji signed a one-year contract with Olympiakos Nicosia and was named captain at the club.

International career

Badji played for Senegal national under-23 football team the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[10] He earned his first senior cap in November 2011 and played in 2011 the UEMOA Tournament.[11]

Badji received 21 team selections from Senegal between 2012 and 2015, without scoring a goal.[12]

He played his first national team match on 29 February 2012, friendly against South Africa. He then played five matches returning to the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 March 2022[13][14][15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sogndal 2012 Tippeligaen 24 0 1 0 — — 25 0
Brann 2013 Tippeligaen 28 0 0 0 — — 28 0
2014 21 0 3 0 — — 24 0
Total 49 0 3 0 — — 52 0
İstanbul Başakşehir 2014–15 Süper Lig 15 0 2 0 — — 17 0
2015–16 Süper Lig 15 0 5 0 2 0 — 22 0
Total 30 0 7 0 2 0 — 39 0
Anderlecht 2015–16 Belgian First Division A 6 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 18 0
2016–17 Belgian First Division A 10 0 1 0 7 0 — 18 0
Total 16 0 1 0 11 0 8 0 36 0
Kayserispor (loan) 2017–18 Süper Lig 31 3 4 0 — — 35 3
Bursaspor 2018–19 Süper Lig 29 0 1 0 — — 30 0
Ludogorets Razgrad 2019–20 Bulgarian First League 21 0 2 0 14 0 0 0 37 0
2020–21 Bulgarian First League 20 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 32 0
2021–22 Bulgarian First League 16 0 2 0 13 0 0 0 31 0
Total 57 0 7 0 36 0 0 0 100 0
Eyüpspor 2021–22 TFF First League 7 0 0 0 — 0 0 7 0
Career total 243 3 24 0 49 0 8 0 324 3

Honours

Casa Sport

Ludogorets

Senegal

References

  1. ^ "Senegal – S. Badji". soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Stéphane Badji, l'étoile filante de Ziguinchor". Senegal 2009. Aresca. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Stéphane Badji, l'étoile filante de Ziguinchor". Senegal 2009. PERLEBIZ.COM. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Senegal 2009". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Transferts : Stéphane Badji du Casa Sports à Sogndal". Le Soleil. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  6. ^ "Ismaila Diarra Badji". Ndamli.sn. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Badji har signert for Brann". brann.no. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Лудогорец с нов трансферен удар". Ludogorets.com. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Лудогорец продаде Стефан Баджи на Еюпспор". ludogorets.com (in Bulgarian). 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Stephane Badji – Football – Olympic Athlete". Ndamli.sn. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  11. ^ "Football : Stéphane Badji la clé du succès sénégalais". Au Senegal. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  12. ^ a b 46808 at National-Football-Teams.com
  13. ^ "Stéphane Badji » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  14. ^ "S. Badji". uk.soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  15. ^ "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 January 2018.


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