Demba Ba
Ba playing for Beşiktaş in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Demba Ba | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Sèvres, France | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Beşiktaş | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Port Autonome | ||
| 2000–2001 | Frileuse | ||
| 2001–2004 | Montrouge | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | Rouen | 26 | (22) |
| 2006–2007 | Mouscron | 12 | (8) |
| 2007–2011 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 97 | (37) |
| 2011 | West Ham United | 12 | (7) |
| 2011–2013 | Newcastle United | 54 | (29) |
| 2013–2014 | Chelsea | 33 | (7) |
| 2014–2015 | Beşiktaş | 29 | (18) |
| 2015– | Shanghai Shenhua | 29 | (20) |
| 2017– | → Beşiktaş (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007– | Senegal | 19 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 July 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2015 |
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Demba Ba (born 25 May 1985) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Beşiktaş and the Senegal national team.
He made his first-team debut with French team Rouen in 2005 before moving to Mouscron and onto 1899 Hoffenheim in Germany in 2007. In 2011, he moved to Premier League side West Ham United. He played only 12 games for West Ham and despite being their league top goal scorer in the 2010–11 season, they were relegated to the Championship and Ba moved to Newcastle United. In January 2013, he completed a move to Chelsea for an undisclosed fee, before joining Beşiktaş for €6 million 18 months later. After one season in Turkey, he moved to Shanghai Shenhua of the Chinese Super League.
Born and raised in France, Ba has been a full international for Senegal since 2007 and represented the country at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
Ba was born in Sèvres, Paris and is the sixth child of seven. He grew up in Saint-Valery-en-Caux, Seine-Maritime. He joined a youth club in Montgaillard in 1992, before playing for Port Autonome between 1999 and 2000, and then for Frileuse between 2000 and 2001.
In 2001, Ba returned to Châtillon and played for Montrouge. He played there until 2004, at which point he decided to concentrate on his football. Later that year, after unsuccessful trials at Lyon and Auxerre, Ba moved to the United Kingdom to seek a professional contract. He was recommended to Watford manager Ray Lewington through his friend Gauthier Diafutua, then a Watford player, but released shortly after Lewington's dismissal. Ba then spent a week on trial at Barnsley, and returned to France after two more unsuccessful trials at Football League sides Swansea City and Gillingham.
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