Sékou Baradji (footballer, born 1995)

Not to be confused with Sekou Baradji (footballer, born 1984).

Sékou Baradji
Baradji in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-08-30) 30 August 1995 (age 29)
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

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

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

  1. ^ In 2005, US Cergy Clos merged with Olympique de Cergy-Pontoise to form Cergy Pontoise FC.

References

  1. ^ "🔴 National 2 : Sekou Baradji, troisième recrue !". FC FLEURY 91 (in French). 19 June 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ "JORF n° 0048 du 26 février 2002 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 3642. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c "Bienvenue Sékou" (in French). Red Star F.C. 16 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Le buteur de DH court le 100 m en 10.60" (in French). Le Parisien. 11 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Bourg-en-Bresse : Un attaquant prêté par une L2 (off)" (in French). foot-national. 29 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Red Star : Un avant-centre quitte le club (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 26 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Officiel:Sekou Baradji rejoint le RC Grasse" (in French). actufoot.com. 27 August 2020.

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