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Ivorian footballer (born 1979)
Georges Ba
Personal information
Full name Georges Ba
Date of birth (1979-01-21) January 21, 1979 (age 45)
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 20 (9)
International career
2003 Ivory Coast 2 (0)
*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

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, 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. 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. 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

Georges Ba runs a Professional Soccer Training Business in Irvine, California, as of October 2023.

Personal life

Born in Abidjan, Ba holds both Ivorian and French nationalities. His son, Oliver, played soccer in Southern California, but now plays in an academy in France.

Honours

References

  1. "Georges Ba - Unknown".
  2. Sky Sports
  3. Official Gillingham website
  4. Georges Ba at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. "Georges Ba | Coach | Irvine, California – Former International Pro Soccer Player". Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  6. "Georges BA". unfp.org. Retrieved 2023-08-11.


External linkshttps://georgesba.soccer (Official Website)

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