Bobo Baldé
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dianbobo Baldé | ||
| Date of birth | 5 October 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Celtic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1999 | Marseille | 0 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | → Mulhouse (loan) | 33 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | → Cannes (loan) | 29 | (4) |
| 1999–2001 | Toulouse | 52 | (1) |
| 2001–2009 | Celtic | 161 | (9) |
| 2009–2011 | Valenciennes | 25 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Arles-Avignon | 40 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2012 | Guinea | 52 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2012. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 February 2012 |
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Dianbobo "Bobo" Baldé (born 5 October 1975) is a French-born Guinean former professional footballer. He has previously played for Mulhouse, AS Cannes, Toulouse, Celtic, Valenciennes and Arles-Avignon.
Balde was also a Guinean international and has represented them 52 times scoring 2 goals.
Baldé started his career in 1995 at centre back for Marseille, where he stayed until 1997 but could not make the first-team breakthrough, so he had to leave his hometown club to join second division outfit FC Mulhouse for the 1997–98 season, staying only that year. When Mulhouse were relegated he joined AS Cannes on loan in 1998 where he had little success, in the league making 29 appearances and scoring 4 goals. He left Marseille, moving to Toulouse, whom he helped to promotion during the 1999–00 season. In total he made 52 appearances for Toulouse, scoring one goal.
Baldé signed for Celtic on 21 July 2001 and became a regular player in Celtic's team. Balde made 232 appearances (51 as a sub) during his spell as a Hoops' player.
He made his debut on 8 September in a 3–1 win at home to Dunfermline Athletic. 4 SPL games later he scored his first Celtic goal on 20 October 2001 against Dundee United at Celtic Park. In that entire season Baldé scored a total of 6 goals including one in the Scottish Cup final against Rangers when he rose above Lorenzo Amoruso to score from a Neil Lennon free kick from six yards, on the 50th minute. Celtic lost that game 3–2. Balde also scored in the League Cup semi-final defeat to Rangers.
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