Loïc Séri Badé (; born 11 April 2000) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the France national team.

Personal life

Badé was born in

Sèvres Sèvres (, ) is a French Communes of France, commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris. It is located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department of the Île-de-France region. The commune, which had a populatio ...

, Hauts-de-Seine, and is of Ivorian descent.

Club career

Le Havre

On 30 December 2016, Badé joined

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from the youth academy of

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. He made his professional debut with Le Havre in a 1–0

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win over

Niort Niort (; Poitevin: ''Niàu''; ; ) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres. The population of Niort is 58,707 (2017) and more than 177,000 people live in the urban area. Geography T ...

on 10 January 2020. He signed his first professional contract with Lens on 20 June 2020.

Rennes

On 5 July 2021, Badé joined

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on five-year deal. He scored his first career goal on 4 November 2021 against Mura in the

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Nottingham Forest loan

On 1 September 2022, Badé joined

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side

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on a season-long loan, with the club holding an option to make the loan permanent. On 3 January 2023, Badé's loan to Nottingham Forest was terminated. He left Forest without making a single appearance for the club.

Sevilla

On 4 January 2023, Badé joined

side

until the end of the season with an option-to-buy. He contributed to the team's triumph in the

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, notably scoring in a 3–0 win over

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in the quarter-finals. After making twenty-seven appearances and scoring two goals for the club across six months, Sevilla signed Badé on a permanent deal.

International career

Badé made his debut for the France U21 national team in a 1–1 draw against the

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on 6 September 2021. On 1 September 2024, Badé received his first call-up to the France national team for two

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matches after Wesley Fofana pulled out due to injury. On 8 June 2025, Badé made his international debut for France in a 2–0 win over

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in the

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third-place play-off.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Sevilla *

: 2022–23 France U23 *

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silver medal:

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France *

third place: 2024–25 Orders *

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: 2024

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bade, Loic 2000 births Living people Footballers from Sèvres French men's footballers Footballers from Paris Men's association football central defenders AC Boulogne-Billancourt players Paris FC players Le Havre AC players RC Lens players Stade Rennais FC players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Sevilla FC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players La Liga players UEFA Europa League–winning players France men's under-21 international footballers France men's international footballers Olympic footballers for France Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Olympic silver medalists for France Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Spain Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Black French sportspeople French sportspeople of Ivorian descent 21st-century French sportsmen