Lamine Ba (born 24 August 1997) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defender for
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club
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. Born in France, he plays for the
Mauritania national team.
Club career
Ba is a graduate of the youth academy of
Guingamp,
he joined
Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2015.
He made his debut in an
UEFA Youth League match against
Real Madrid
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. During the same match, he was scouted by scouts of English club
Liverpool
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.
On 15 February 2017, he joined Italian club
Virtus Entella on a free transfer.
On 24 July 2017, Ba signed for Cypriot club
Doxa
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. He was assigned the number 4 jersey.
International career
On 26 March 2022, Ba made his first appearance for the
Mauritania national team in a 2–1
friendly
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win over
Mozambique
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. He scored the winning goal in
stoppage time
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.
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
Association football defenders
French footballers
Mauritanian footballers
French sportspeople of Mauritanian descent
Citizens of Mauritania through descent
En Avant Guingamp players
Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
Virtus Entella players
Doxa Katokopias FC players
FC Progrès Niederkorn players
Championnat National 3 players
Championnat National 2 players
Cypriot First Division players
French expatriate footballers
Mauritanian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
Expatriate footballers in Luxembourg
French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
French expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg
Mauritanian expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg
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