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Georges Ba
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Georges Ba | ||
| Date of birth | January 21, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2001 | Tours FC | 69 | (25) |
| 2001–2002 | Sannois Saint-Gratien | 26 | (6) |
| 2002–2003 | Besançon | 32 | (15) |
| 2003–2005 | OGC Nice | 21 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | → Montpellier | 6 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Le Mans | 13 | (7) |
| 2005–2007 | Troyes | 27 | (4) |
| 2007 | Maccabi Netanya | 8 | (2) |
| 2008 | Gillingham | 4 | (0) |
| 2008 | Maccabi Netanya | 10 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | AC Ajaccio | 10 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Vendée Poiré sur Vie | 13 | (2) |
| 2012– | SS Saint-Louisienne[1] | 20 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003 | Ivory Coast | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 November 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2010 | |||
Georges Ba (born 21 January 1979) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Career
[edit]Georges Ba has played for a number of clubs in France and also for Israel's Maccabi Netanya. He traveled to England in early 2008 for a trial with Leeds United,[2] and on 29 March 2008 instead joined another League One side, Gillingham, on a deal which ran until the end of the 2007–08 season.[3] He made his Gillingham debut in a 2–1 home win against Luton Town on 1 April, but he was released at the end of the season after four games for the Kent-based club, and rejoined Maccabi Netanya. On 17 December he was released from his contract with Netanya for the second time. He has since returned to France.[4] and recently moved to America to start his own professional soccer training business. He coached an Under-16 team called Capistrano FC, from San Juan Capistrano.
Current
[edit]Georges Ba runs a Professional Soccer Training Business in Irvine, California, as of October 2023.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Born in Abidjan, Ba holds both Ivorian and French nationalities.[6] His son, Oliver, plays soccer in Southern California
Honours
[edit]- Championnat de France amateur (1):
- Réunion Premier League (1):
- 2012
- Réunion Premier League - 2012 Top Goalscorer (9 goals)
References
[edit]- ^ "Georges Ba - Unknown".
- ^ Sky Sports[permanent dead link]
- ^ Official Gillingham website
- ^ Georges Ba at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Georges Ba | Coach | Irvine, California – Former International Pro Soccer Player". Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ "Georges BA". unfp.org. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
External linkshttps://georgesba.soccer (Official Website)
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