Stéphane Badji

Stéphane Badji
	Badji with Ludogorets Razgrad in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Stéphane Diarra Badji
Date of birth	18 January 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth	Ziguinchor, Senegal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Omonia Aradippou
Number	25
Youth career
	Ècole de football Mamadou Fayé
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008	ASC Xam-Xam
2009–2011	Casa Sport
2012–2013	Sogndal
2013–2015	SK Brann
2015–2016	İstanbul Başakşehir
2016–2018	Anderlecht
2017–2018	→ Kayserispor (loan)
2018–2019	Bursaspor
2019–2022	Ludogorets Razgrad
2022–2023	Eyüpspor
2023–2024	Olympiakos Nicosia
2024–	Omonia Aradippou
International career
2011–2012	Senegal U23
2012–	Senegal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:15, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Stéphane Diarra Badji (born 18 January 1990) is a Senegalese professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Cypriot club Omonia Aradippou.^[1]

Badji moved from Senegal to Norway in 2012, signing with Sogndal. The following year, he joined SK Brann, where spent two seasons before moved to Turkish club İstanbul Başakşehir in 2014.

Club career

Badji started his career alongside his brother Ismaïla Diarra Badji in the Ècole de football Mamadou Fayé.^[2] In the winter of 2007–2008 he left the football school of Mamadou Fayé with his brother and joined to Championnat Professionnel Ligue 1 side Xam-Xam.^[3]

After a successful first professional season the Badji brothers signed in Spring 2009 with Casa Sport.^[4] On 31 December 2011, left his club Casa Sport and signed with Tippeligaen club Sogndal Fotball,^[5] without his brother who plays today with Casa Sport.^[6]

On 1 March 2013, he signed a four-year contract with Brann.^[7]

On 28 June 2019, Badji signed a contract with Ludogorets Razgrad.^[8]

On 2 February 2022, Badji signed a contract with Eyüpspor.^[9]

On 17 July 2023, Badji signed a one-year contract with Olympiakos Nicosia and was named captain at the club.

International career

Badji played for Senegal national under-23 football team the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[10] He earned his first senior cap in November 2011 and played in 2011 the UEMOA Tournament.^[11]

Badji received 21 team selections from Senegal between 2012 and 2015, without scoring a goal.^[12]

He played his first national team match on 29 February 2012, friendly against South Africa. He then played five matches returning to the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.^[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 March 2022^[13]^[14]^[15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sogndal	2012	Tippeligaen	24	0	1	0	—		—		25	0
Brann	2013	Tippeligaen	28	0	0	0	—		—		28	0
	2014	Tippeligaen	21	0	3	0	—		—		24	0
	Total		49	0	3	0	—		—		52	0
İstanbul Başakşehir	2014–15	Süper Lig	15	0	2	0	—		—		17	0
	2015–16	Süper Lig	15	0	5	0	2	0	—		22	0
	Total		30	0	7	0	2	0	—		39	0
Anderlecht	2015–16	Belgian First Division A	6	0	0	0	4	0	8	0	18	0
	2016–17	Belgian First Division A	10	0	1	0	7	0	—		18	0
	Total		16	0	1	0	11	0	8	0	36	0
Kayserispor (loan)	2017–18	Süper Lig	31	3	4	0	—		—		35	3
Bursaspor	2018–19	Süper Lig	29	0	1	0	—		—		30	0
Ludogorets Razgrad	2019–20	Bulgarian First League	21	0	2	0	14	0	0	0	37	0
	2020–21	Bulgarian First League	20	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	32	0
	2021–22	Bulgarian First League	16	0	2	0	13	0	0	0	31	0
	Total		57	0	7	0	36	0	0	0	100	0
Eyüpspor	2021–22	TFF First League	7	0	0	0	—		0	0	7	0
Career total			243	3	24	0	49	0	8	0	324	3

Honours

Casa Sport

Senegal FA Cup: 2011^{[citation needed]}

Ludogorets

Senegal

UEMOA Tournament: 2011^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Senegal – S. Badji". soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
^ "Stéphane Badji, l'étoile filante de Ziguinchor". Senegal 2009. Aresca. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ "Stéphane Badji, l'étoile filante de Ziguinchor". Senegal 2009. PERLEBIZ.COM. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ "Senegal 2009". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ "Transferts : Stéphane Badji du Casa Sports à Sogndal". Le Soleil. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
^ "Ismaila Diarra Badji". Ndamli.sn. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ "Badji har signert for Brann". brann.no. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
^ "Лудогорец с нов трансферен удар". Ludogorets.com. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
^ "Лудогорец продаде Стефан Баджи на Еюпспор". ludogorets.com (in Bulgarian). 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^ "Stephane Badji – Football – Olympic Athlete". Ndamli.sn. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ "Football : Stéphane Badji la clé du succès sénégalais". Au Senegal. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b 46808 at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "Stéphane Badji » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ "S. Badji". uk.soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^ "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 January 2018.

External links

Stéphane Badji at Soccerway
Stéphane Badji at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] "Senegal – S. Badji". soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 July 2012.

[2] "Stéphane Badji, l'étoile filante de Ziguinchor". Senegal 2009. Aresca. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

[3] "Stéphane Badji, l'étoile filante de Ziguinchor". Senegal 2009. PERLEBIZ.COM. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

[4] "Senegal 2009". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

[5] "Transferts : Stéphane Badji du Casa Sports à Sogndal". Le Soleil. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2011.

[6] "Ismaila Diarra Badji". Ndamli.sn. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

[7] "Badji har signert for Brann". brann.no. Retrieved 2 March 2013.

[8] "Лудогорец с нов трансферен удар". Ludogorets.com. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

[9] "Лудогорец продаде Стефан Баджи на Еюпспор". ludogorets.com (in Bulgarian). 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[10] "Stephane Badji – Football – Olympic Athlete". Ndamli.sn. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

[11] "Football : Stéphane Badji la clé du succès sénégalais". Au Senegal. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

[NFT-12] 46808 at National-Football-Teams.com

[13] "Stéphane Badji » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

[14] "S. Badji". uk.soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

[15] "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". nifs.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 January 2018.

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