Yasser Baldé (born 12 January 1993) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

Laval Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...

Career

A youth product of the youth academy of Fréjus Saint-Raphaël and

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, Baldé began his senior career with Auxerre's reserves in 2012 before returning to Fréjus Saint-Raphaël in 2015. He had a stint with Marseille Endoume in 2018. In 2019 he moved to Sedan, before signing a contract with

Cholet Cholet (, , probably from Latin language, Latin ''cauletum'', "cabbage") is a Communes of France, commune of western France in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France, department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous c ...

on 28 June 2020. On 20 May 2021 he signed with

, becoming their first recruit in the 2021-22 season. He helped Laval win the

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and achieved promotion into the Ligue 2 for the 2022-23 season.

Personal life

Baldé was born in France to a Guinean father and Moroccan mother. He holds

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, Guinean and Moroccan nationalities. He is the half-brother of the Guinea international footballer

Bobo Baldé Dianbobo "Bobo" Baldé (born 5 October 1975) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender and is the current manager of Guinea U20. He played for Mulhouse, AS Cannes, Toulouse, Celtic, Valenciennes and Arles-Avignon. Born in F ...

Honours

Laval *

Championnat National The Championnat de France National ( en, French National Championship), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, t ...

: 2021–22

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Balde, Yasser 1993 births Living people Footballers from Var (department) French men's footballers French sportspeople of Guinean descent Moroccan men's footballers Guinean men's footballers ÉFC Fréjus Saint-Raphaël players US Marseille Endoume players CS Sedan Ardennes players SO Cholet players Stade Lavallois players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Men's association football defenders