Sékou Baradji (footballer, born 1995)
_23_(cropped).jpg) Baradji in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 August 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Cergy, France | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Grasse | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2012 | Cergy Pontoise[a] | ||
| 2012 | Elche | ||
| 2013 | L'Entente SSG | ||
| 2013 | Racing CFF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Olympique Montigny | ||
| 2015–2016 | OFC Les Mureaux | ||
| 2016–2017 | Boulogne-Billancourt | 24 | (9) |
| 2017–2020 | Red Star | 37 | (4) |
| 2019 | → Bourg-Péronnas (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2020– | Grasse | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:39, 21 July 2020 (UTC) | |||
Sékou Baradji (born 30 August 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for RC Grasse.
Early life
[edit]Baradji was born in Cergy, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, to a Senegalese mother. He is also of Malian descent.[1] He acquired French nationality on 25 February 2002, through the collective effect connected to the reinstatement of his mother in French nationality.[2]
Career
[edit]Baradji was in the youth system of Cergy Pontoise from the age of 8 until 2012. He then trialled with Elche and signed a contract with the Under-19s. He returned to France after three months to complete his education, joining the Under-19 sides of L'Entente SSG and then Racing CFF.[3][4][5]
A knee injury sidelined him for 8 months, but he joined Olympique Montigny at level ten in the French football pyramid in January 2015, when contacted by a coach he had worked under at Racing CFF. He scored 15 goals in four months, and earned a move four levels up the pyramid to OFC Les Mureaux, where he was top scorer in Division d'Honneur with 18 goals in 20 matches.[3][4][5]
For the 2016–17 season, Baradji signed with Boulogne-Billancourt in Championnat National 2. After another good season he was signed by Red Star in June 2017.[4]
At the end of December 2018, Baradji was loaned to Bourg-Péronnas until the end of the 2018–19 season, due to limited first team opportunities at Red Star.[6]
In August 2020, Baradji left Red Star by mutual agreement.[7] Before the end of the same month he signed with RC Grasse.[8]
Notes
[edit]- ^ In 2005, US Cergy Clos merged with Olympique de Cergy-Pontoise to form Cergy Pontoise FC.
References
[edit]- ^ "🔴 National 2 : Sekou Baradji, troisième recrue !". FC FLEURY 91 (in French). 19 June 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "JORF n° 0048 du 26 février 2002 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 3642. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Sekou Baradji : " Il y a 3 Saisons Je Jouais en Excellence, Aujourd'Hui Je Suis en National "" (in French). actufoot.com. 8 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Bienvenue Sékou" (in French). Red Star F.C. 16 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Le buteur de DH court le 100 m en 10.60" (in French). Le Parisien. 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Bourg-en-Bresse : Un attaquant prêté par une L2 (off)" (in French). foot-national. 29 December 2018.
- ^ "Red Star : Un avant-centre quitte le club (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 26 August 2020.
- ^ "Officiel:Sekou Baradji rejoint le RC Grasse" (in French). actufoot.com. 27 August 2020.
External links
[edit]Sékou Baradji at Soccerway
- Living people
- 1995 births
- Men's association football forwards
- Senegalese men's footballers
- Naturalized citizens of France
- French men's footballers
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Cergy Pontoise FC players
- Elche CF players
- Entente SSG players
- Racing Club de France Football players
- AC Boulogne-Billancourt players
- Red Star FC players
- Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 players
- RC Grasse players
- French sportspeople of Malian descent
- French sportspeople of Senegalese descent
- Sportspeople from Pontoise
- Black French sportspeople
- Footballers from Val-d'Oise
- 21st-century French sportsmen