{{short description|French footballer (born 2003)}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2025}} {{distinguish|Abdoul Bâ}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Abdoullah Ba | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|7|31|df=y}} | birth_place = Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, France | height = 1.80 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Sunderland | clubnumber = 46 | youthyears1 = 2010–2016 | youthclubs1 = CA Pitres | youthyears2 = 2016–2020 | youthclubs2 = Le Havre | years1 = 2020–2022 | clubs1 = Le Havre II | caps1 = 7 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2021–2022 | clubs2 = Le Havre | caps2 = 26 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2022– | clubs3 = Sunderland | caps3 = 66 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 2025 | clubs4 = → Dunkerque (loan) | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2019 | nationalteam1 = France U16 | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2019–2020 | nationalteam2 = France U17 | nationalcaps2 = 7 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2021–2022 | nationalteam3 = France U19 | nationalcaps3 = 15 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2022–2023 | nationalteam4 = France U20 | nationalcaps4 = 6 | nationalgoals4 = 1 | club-update = 11 May 2025 | nationalteam-update = 06:46, 3 June 2024 (UTC) }} '''Abdoullah Mustapha Ba''' (born 31 July 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{English football updater|Sunderld}} club Sunderland.
== Early life == Abdoullah Ba was born in Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, and started playing football in the Club Andelle of Pîtres.<ref name=":1" />
== Club career == Ba came through the ranks of Le Havre, where he was offered his first professional contract during the summer 2020, becoming one of the youngest players to turn pro in the Norman club, and entering Paul Le Guen's squad for the following season.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=24 August 2020|title=Paul Le Guen : "Je vais prolonger mon contrat de deux ans avec le HAC"|work=footnormand.fr|url=https://www.footnormand.fr/actualites/le-havre-ac/paul-le-guen-je-vais-prolonger-mon-contrat-de-deux-ans-avec-le-hac}}</ref> He made his professional debut for Le Havre on 4 May 2021, coming on as a substitute in the Ligue 2 game against Toulouse.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Donckele|first=Benoit|date=5 May 2021|title=Football – L2 : Abdoullah Ba, quelque chose en plus au Havre|url=https://www.paris-normandie.fr/id189716/article/2021-05-05/football-l2-abdoullah-ba-quelque-chose-en-plus|access-date=2021-05-15|work={{ill|Paris-Normandie|fr}}|language=fr}}</ref>
On 31 August 2022, Ba signed permanently for English EFL Championship club Sunderland, signing a five-year contract.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 August 2022 |title=Sunderland sign Man Utd's Diallo & French duo |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62738726 |access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref> He scored his first goal for Sunderland on 12 March 2023 in a 1–0 win against Norwich City.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64852027|title=Norwich 0–1 Sunderland|publisher=BBC |date=12 March 2023 |access-date=13 March 2023 }}</ref>
On 3 February 2025, Ba returned to France and joined Dunkerque in Ligue 2 on loan for the rest of the season.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=USL Dunkerque|url=https://www.usldunkerque.com/abdoullah-ba-rejoint-dunkerque-en-pret-pour-renforcer-le-flanc-nordiste/|title=Abdoullah Ba rejoint Dunkerque en prêt pour renforcer le flanc nordiste|trans-title=Abdoullah Ba joins Dunkirk on loan to strengthen the northern flank|date=3 February 2025|access-date=5 February 2025|language=fr}}</ref>
== International career == Abdoullah Ba is a youth international for France,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=12 June 2020|title=Le Havre : Abdoullah Ba va signer pro|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Le-havre-abdoullah-ba-va-signer-pro/1142709|access-date=2021-05-15|work=L'Équipe|language=fr}}</ref> making his debut for France U17 on 17 September 2019, in a friendly game against Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 September 2019|title=France – Netherlands|url=https://www.fff.fr/selection/matchs/2705-pays-bas-france.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-15|website=Fédération Française de Football|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515223311/https://www.fff.fr/selection/matchs/2705-pays-bas-france.html |archive-date=15 May 2021 }}</ref> He is of Mauritanian descent.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Abdoullah BA profile|url=https://www.unfp.org/joueur/abdoullah-ba-23911/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-15|website=UNFP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515224027/https://www.unfp.org/joueur/abdoullah-ba-23911/ |archive-date=15 May 2021 }}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 13 August 2024|<ref>{{Soccerway}}</ref>}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Le Havre II |2020–21 |Championnat National 3 |3||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||1 |- |2021–22 |Championnat National 3 |4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||0 |- ! colspan="2" | Total !7!!1!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!7!!1 |- |rowspan="4"|Le Havre |2020–21 |Ligue 2 |3||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||1 |- |2021–22 |Ligue 2 |18||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||0 |- |2022–23 |Ligue 2 |5||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0 |- ! colspan="2" | Total !26!!1!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!27!!1 |- |rowspan="4"|Sunderland |2022–23 |Championship |27||1||3||0||0||0||1{{efn|Appearance in Championship play-offs}}||0||31||1 |- |2023–24 |Championship |39||3||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||41||3 |- |2024–25 |Championship |0||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !66!!4!!4!!0!!2!!0!!1!!0!!73!!4 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !99!!6!!5!!0!!2!!0!!1!!0!!107!!6 |} {{Notelist}}
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|abdoullah-ba/640635}} *{{FFF player|id=9572-ba-abdoullah}} {{Sunderland A.F.C. squad}}
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