Aliou Badji (born 10 October 1997) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a

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for French club

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on loan from

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side

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Club career

Casa Sports was Badji's first club. On 31 January 2017, he completed a transfer to Sweden to join

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side

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, signing a four-year contract. His professional debut for the club came on 3 April in a league game against IK Sirius. Badji scored his first professional goal on 23 July in the league versus

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. In the next game, Badji started for the first time and scored after 30 minutes against AFC Eskilstuna. While having difficulties establishing himself as a starter in his first seasons at

, Badji earned a reputation as a late-in-the-game goal scorer, with key goals scored late against Häcken,

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and

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. In January 2019, it was revealed Badji had rejected a move to

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of the

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. On 6 February, Badji was transferred to Rapid Wien for an undisclosed fee; signing a three-a-half-year contract. On 16 January 2020,

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announced the signing of Badji on a four-a-half-year contract for a reported fee of

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2 million. He netted on his league debut for the club, scoring the equaliser in an eventual 2–1 win away to

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on 6 February. In August 2021, Badji joined French club

on a one-year loan with an option to buy.

International career

Badji has represented Senegal at

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level, he scored 12 goals in 12 caps prior to participating in the

2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations The 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total U-20 Africa Cup Of Nations, Zambia 2017, was the 14th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (21st edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial internationa ...

in Zambia; he scored one goal (in the semi-final versus Guinea U20) as Senegal went onto finish as runners-up. He also appeared for Senegal at the

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in South Korea.

Career statistics

Honours

;Djurgårdens IF * Svenska Cupen: 2017–18 ;Al Ahly *

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: 2019–20 *

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: 2019–20 *

: 2019-20

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Badji, Aliou 1997 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Senegalese footballers Senegal men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Senegalese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Austria Expatriate footballers in Egypt Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in France Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Austria Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France Senegal Premier League players Allsvenskan players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Egyptian Premier League players Ligue 2 players Casa Sports players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players SK Rapid Wien players Al Ahly SC players Amiens SC players MKE Ankaragücü footballers FC Girondins de Bordeaux players