Badara Badji (born 24 February 1994) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays for

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. He had stints with

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, Dinamo Zagreb B,

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, Zvijezda 09 and

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, and has also represented the Senegal national team.

Club career

Early career

Badji was born in

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Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

. He played in his home country with

in the 2013 and 2013–14

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. He came to Yeggo from the Académie Mawade Wade. While playing with Yeggo, he was selected to be part of the Senegal national U20 team at the

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Dinamo Zagreb

In the summer of 2014, Badji joined Croatian powerhouse

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on a two-year loan spell. He had also made appearances for the Senegal national team by the time he joined Dinamo. He was a regular and a prolific scorer for the Dinamo Zagreb B team during the two seasons he spent there, the first one playing in the 2014–15

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and next in the 2015–16 2. HNL. Badji has also made a solitary appearance for the Dinamo Zagreb main team, in a 2015–16 Croatian Cup first-round game against Oštrc Zlatar.

Delhi Dynamos

Badji signed for

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, 15 days before the start of the season to pair up with Richard Gadze and Marcelinho on the Odisha frontline.

Mladost Lučani

On 21 January 2018, Badji signed with Serbian top-flight side

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at

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, 21-1-2018 .

Inđija

Following summer, he moved to

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and played with them the

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season.

Zvijezda 09

In July 2019, Badji signed a contract with

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club Zvijezda 09. He made his debut for Zvijezda 09 on 20 July 2019, in a 1–5 home league loss against

Tuzla City

On 11 January 2020, Badji left Zvijezda 09 and then signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with another Bosnian Premier League club, Tuzla City. He made his official debut for Tuzla City on 22 February 2020, in a 6–2 home loss against

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, a game in which Badji earned a direct

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in the 42nd minute of the game. He left Tuzla City in June 2021.

International career

Badji made 3 appearances having scored 2 goals for the Senegal national U20 team. He then made 7 appearances having scored 3 goals for the U23 national team. Badji also made 2 appearances for the main Senegal national team in 2013.Badara Badji
at National-Football-Teams.com

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb * 1. HNL: 2015–16 *

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: 2015–16

References

External links

Badara Badji
at Sofascore {{DEFAULTSORT:Badji, Badara 1994 births Living people Footballers from Dakar Senegalese footballers Senegal men's international footballers GNK Dinamo Zagreb players Expatriate footballers in Croatia Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Odisha FC players Indian Super League players Expatriate footballers in India FK Mladost Lučani players FK Inđija players FK Zvijezda 09 players FK Tuzla City players Serbian SuperLiga players Serbian First League players Expatriate footballers in Serbia Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Expatriate footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Men's association football forwards