{{Short description|Senegalese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Badara Badji | image = | fullname = Badara Badji | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|02|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Dakar, Senegal | height = 1.92 m | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Forward | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2013 | youthclubs1 = Académie Mawade Wade | years1 = 2013–2014 | clubs1 = ASC Yeggo | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2014–2016 | clubs2 = Dinamo Zagreb B | caps2 = 53 | goals2 = 25 | years3 = 2014–2016 | clubs3 = Dinamo Zagreb | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2016 | clubs4 = Delhi Dynamos | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2018 | clubs5 = Mladost Lučani | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2018–2019 | clubs6 = Inđija | caps6 = 27 | goals6 = 8 | years7 = 2019 | clubs7 = Zvijezda 09 | caps7 = 16 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2020–2021 | clubs8 = Tuzla City | caps8 = 27 | goals8 = 4 | years9 = 2021 | clubs9 = Mornar | caps9 = 7 | goals9 = 1 | years10 = 2022 | clubs10 = Inđija | caps10 = 11 | goals10 = 2 | nationalyears1 = {{0|0000}} | nationalteam1 = Senegal U20 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = {{0|0000}} | nationalteam2 = Senegal U23 | nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 = | nationalyears3 = 2013 | nationalteam3 = Senegal | nationalcaps3 = 2 | nationalgoals3 = 0 }} '''Badara Badji''' (born 24 February 1994) is a Senegalese professional footballer who last played for Inđija.
He had stints with ASC Yeggo, Dinamo Zagreb B, Odisha, Mladost Lučani, Inđija, Zvijezda 09 and Tuzla City, and has also represented the Senegal national team.<ref name="soccerway">{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/badara-badji-/414362/|title=B. Badji: Summary|access-date=30 May 2021|language=en|website=Soccerway|publisher=Perform Group}}</ref>
==Club career== ===Early career=== Badji was born in Dakar, Senegal. He played in his home country with ASC Yeggo in the 2013 and 2013–14 Senegal Premier League.<ref>{{cite web|author=Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/52946/Badara_Badji.html |title=Badara Badji |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=2016-12-24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220172828/http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/52946/Badara_Badji.html |archive-date=2016-12-20 }}</ref> He came to Yeggo from the Académie Mawade Wade.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.galsenfoot.com/2013/04/23/badara-badji-yeggo-la-revelation/ |title=Badara Badji (Yeggo) : la révélation |website=Galsenfoot.com |date=2013-04-23 |access-date=2016-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013144328/http://www.galsenfoot.com/2013/04/23/badara-badji-yeggo-la-revelation/ |archive-date=13 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
While playing with Yeggo, he was selected to be part of the Senegal national U20 team at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie<ref>[http://www.rts.sn/articles-de-presse/sports/football/jeux-de-la-francophonie-28-joueurs-de-moins-de-20-ans-preselectionnes.html Jeux de la francophonie : 28 joueurs de moins de 20 ans présélectionnés] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605133000/http://www.rts.sn/articles-de-presse/sports/football/jeux-de-la-francophonie-28-joueurs-de-moins-de-20-ans-preselectionnes.html |date=5 June 2017 }} at Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise official website, retrieved 13-10-2016 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>
===Dinamo Zagreb=== In the summer of 2014, Badji joined Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb on a two-year loan spell. He had also made appearances for the Senegal national team by the time he joined Dinamo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/7083/isl/2016/09/18/27649882/indian-super-league-2016-delhi-dynamos-make-late-additions |title=Indian Super League 2016: Delhi Dynamos make late additions to squad, rope in Lalruatthara and Badara Badji |website=Goal.com |access-date=2016-12-24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024095847/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/7083/isl/2016/09/18/27649882/indian-super-league-2016-delhi-dynamos-make-late-additions |archive-date=2016-10-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.modernafricantimes.com/sports/five-u20-players-selected-in-the-olympic-team-to-play-the-african-games/ |title=Account Suspended |website=Modernafricantimes.com |access-date=2016-12-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013151357/http://www.modernafricantimes.com/sports/five-u20-players-selected-in-the-olympic-team-to-play-the-african-games/ |archive-date=2016-10-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/country/163/2013/Senegal.html# |title=Senegal (2013) |publisher=National Football Teams |date= |access-date=2016-12-24}}</ref>
He was a regular and a prolific scorer for the Dinamo Zagreb B team during the two seasons he spent there, the first one playing in the 2014–15 3. HNL and next in the 2015–16 2. HNL.
Badji has also made a solitary appearance for the Dinamo Zagreb main team,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/hr/news/7037/prva-hnl/2014/09/13/5101118/ekskluzivno-prvi-intervju-dinamova-senegalca-badjija-najbolji-su- |title=Ekskluzivno - prvi intervju Dinamova Senegalca Badjija: Najbolji su Ćorić i Ademi, a cilj mi je Real |language=hr|website=Goal.com |access-date=2016-12-24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013180707/http://www.goal.com/hr/news/7037/prva-hnl/2014/09/13/5101118/ekskluzivno-prvi-intervju-dinamova-senegalca-badjija-najbolji-su- |archive-date=2016-10-13 }}</ref> in a 2015–16 Croatian Cup first-round game against Oštrc Zlatar.<ref>[https://int.soccerway.com/players/badara-badji-/414362/ Badara Badji profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013220220/http://int.soccerway.com/players/badara-badji-/414362/ |date=2016-10-13 }} at Soccerway</ref>
===Delhi Dynamos=== Badji signed for Delhi Dynamos FC, 15 days before the start of the season to pair up with Richard Gadze and Marcelinho on the Odisha frontline.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/indian-super-league-2016-delhi-133852923.html |title=Indian Super League 2016: Delhi Dynamos make late additions to squad, rope in Lalruatthara and Badara Badji |website=Sports.yahoo.com |date=2016-09-18 |access-date=2016-12-24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215115416/https://sports.yahoo.com/news/indian-super-league-2016-delhi-133852923.html |archive-date=2016-12-15 }}</ref>
===Mladost Lučani=== On 21 January 2018, Badji signed with Serbian top-flight side Mladost Lučani.<ref name="zurnal">[http://www.zurnal.rs/fudbal/super-liga/58901/senegalac-badji-pojacao-mladost-nekada-igrao-za-zagrebacki-dinamo?lang=lat Senegalac Bađi pojačao Mladost, nekada igrao za zagrebački Dinamo] at Sportski žurnal, 21-1-2018 {{in lang|sr}}.</ref>
===Inđija=== Following summer, he moved to FK Inđija and played with them the 2018–19 Serbian First League season.<ref name="soccerway"/>
===Zvijezda 09=== In July 2019, Badji signed a contract with Bosnian Premier League club Zvijezda 09.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/zvijezda-09-potvrdila-dva-nova-imena/326022|title=Zvijezda 09 potvrdila dva nova imena|date=15 July 2019|access-date=15 July 2019|language=Bosnian|author=S. Mlaćo|publisher=sportsport.ba}}</ref> He made his debut for Zvijezda 09 on 20 July 2019, in a 1–5 home league loss against Tuzla City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/fk-tuzla-city-pregazio-fk-zvijezda-09/326675|title=FK Tuzla City pregazio FK Zvijezda 09|date=20 July 2019|access-date=20 July 2019|language=Bosnian|author=M. Šljivak|publisher=sportsport.ba}}</ref>
===Tuzla City=== On 11 January 2020, Badji left Zvijezda 09 and then signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with another Bosnian Premier League club, Tuzla City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/badara-badji-pronasao-novi-klub-u-premijer-ligi/347562|title=Badara Badji pronašao novi klub u Premijer ligi|date=11 January 2020|access-date=11 January 2020|language=Bosnian|author=S. Mlaćo|publisher=sportsport.ba}}</ref> He made his official debut for Tuzla City on 22 February 2020, in a 6–2 home loss against Sarajevo, a game in which Badji earned a direct red card in the 42nd minute of the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/sarajevo-u-spektakularnom-derbiju-razbilo-tuzla-city-hat-trick-ahmetovica/200222082|title=Sarajevo u spektakularnom derbiju razbilo Tuzla City, hat-trick Ahmetovića|date=22 February 2020|access-date=22 February 2020|language=Bosnian|author=E.B.|publisher=Klix.ba}}</ref> He left Tuzla City in June 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/fk-tuzla-city-badji-badara/401691|title=Maksimović i Badji više nisu članovi FK Tuzla City, šta će biti sa Ubiparipom?|date=17 June 2021|access-date=17 June 2021|language=bs|author=S. Mlaćo|publisher=sportsport.ba}}</ref>
==International career== Badji made 3 appearances having scored 2 goals for the Senegal national U20 team.<ref name="zurnal"/> He then made 7 appearances having scored 3 goals for the U23 national team.<ref name="zurnal"/>
Badji also made 2 appearances for the main Senegal national team in 2013.<ref>[https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/52946/Badara_Badji.html Badara Badji] at National-Football-Teams.com</ref>
==Honours== '''Dinamo Zagreb'''<ref name="soccerway"/> *1. HNL: 2015–16 *Croatian Cup: 2015–16
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{Sofascore|badara-badji/816084}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Badji, Badara}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Dakar Category:Senegalese men's footballers Category:Senegal men's international footballers Category:GNK Dinamo Zagreb players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Category:Odisha FC players Category:Indian Super League players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in India Category:FK Mladost Lučani players Category:FK Inđija players Category:FK Zvijezda 09 players Category:FK Tuzla City players Category:Serbian SuperLiga players Category:Serbian First League players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Category:Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Men's association football forwards Category:21st-century Senegalese sportsmen