Ibrahima Mbaye (born 19 November 1994) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Mbaye was born in

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, a suburb of

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, Senegal. He joined youth football academy

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before being signed by Italian club Internazionale in summer 2010. Mbaye formally joined Inter in January 2011 following his 16th birthday and entered the Inter U17 youth squad. In 2011–12, Mbaye was promoted to Inter Primavera, the club's reserve team coached by Andrea Stramaccioni. The primavera team won the 2011–12 NextGen Series under Stramaccioni and the

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, after Stramaccioni was promoted to first team coach. Stramaccioni then promoted Mbaye to the first team on 28 April 2012. However, the footballer was initially excluded from the team line-up, including the bench. In July 2012, Stramaccioni named Mbaye in Inter's pre-season training camp. The squad consisted of 26 players who were not involved in the

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tournament. Mbaye played in pre-season friendlies, winning the 2012

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. On 27 July 2012, Mbaye was named in List B—Inter's main squad for

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—as he was not yet eligible for List A. Mbaye made his debut in the return leg of the third qualifying round after Inter had defeated

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3–0 away.

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was rested and Mbaye occupied the left-back position. However, in September, Mbaye was dropped from the squad for the group stage as there was no room for him in the quota of 17 foreign players. A few weeks after his 18th birthday, Mbaye signed a new contract with Inter. On 23 January 2015, Mbaye was signed on loan by

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until the end of the season, with obligation to buy set at €3 million, depending on whether or not the club was promoted to Serie A next season. Bologna was promoted to Serie A at the end of the season, with Mbaye playing a major role in returning the club to the Italian top league. He was offered a contract to stay permanently at Bologna, leaving Inter Milan after more than five years. On 1 September 2022, his contract with Bologna was terminated by mutual consent.

International career

Mbaye made his international debut in October 2014 during the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. He was called up by head coach Alain Giresse for the game against

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. He was then re-called for the return leg game in

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, where Senegal lost 1–0 despite dominating the game. Mbaye earned his third international cap a few weeks later when Senegal faced

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. They won the game 1–0 and Senegal qualified to the

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competition with one game against

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left to play, in which Mbaye also featured In total, he has earned four international caps with the Lions of Teranga and is the youngest Senegalese player to ever wear the national jersey.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Senegal U20 * Jeux de la Francophonie bronze medalist:

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References

External links

Inter profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mbaye, Ibrahima 1994 births Living people People from Dakar Region Senegalese footballers Association football defenders Senegal international footballers 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players Serie A players Serie B players Liga I players Liga III players Inter Milan players U.S. Livorno 1915 players Bologna F.C. 1909 players CFR Cluj players Senegalese expatriate footballers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate footballers in Romania