Bobo Baldé
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| Bobo Baldé | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bobo Baldé | |
| Date of birth | 5 October 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Marseille, France | |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |
| Playing position | Centre back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Wolverhampton Wanderers (Trial) | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1995–1999 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2001 2001–2009 |
Marseille → FC Mulhouse (loan) → AS Cannes (loan) Toulouse Celtic |
3 (4) 33 (19) 29 (4) 52 (27) 161 (33) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002– | Guinea | 27 (4) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Dianbobo Balde (born 5 October 1975 in Marseille, France), known simply as Bobo Baldé, is a French-born Guinean professional footballer current on trial at Wolverhampton Wanderers, following the expiration of his contract at Celtic. He is a Guinea international central defender who was one of Celtic's longest serving players having been at the club for 8 years.
During his time at Celtic he won five League Titles, three Scottish Cups and two Scottish League Cups and was part of the Celtic squad which reached the 2003 UEFA Cup Final.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Early career
Baldé started his career in 1995 at centre back for Marseille, where he stayed until 1997 but could not make the first-team breakthrough, so he had to leave his hometown club to join second division outfit FC Mulhouse for the 1997-98 season, staying only that year. When Mulhouse were relegated he joined AS Cannes on loan in 1998 where he had little success, in the league making 29 appearances and scoring 4 goals.[1] He left Marseille, moving to Toulouse, whom he helped to promotion during the 1999-00 season. In total he made 52 appearances for Toulouse and scoring 1 goal.[2]
[edit] Celtic
Baldé signed for Celtic on 21 July 2001[3] and became a regular player in Celtic's defence. Baldé is currently in his 7th season at Celtic and has made 232 appearances (1 as a sub) and has scored 16 goals for the club.[4]
He made his debut on 8 September in a 3–1 win at home to Dunfermline Athletic[5]. 4 SPL games later he scored his first Celtic goal on 20 October 2001 against Dundee United at Celtic Park. In that entire season Baldé scored a total of 6 goals including one in the Scottish Cup final against Rangers when the big defender rose above Lorenzo Amoruso to power home a Neil Lennon free kick into the net from six yards, on the 50th minute. Celtic lost that game 3–2.[6].
Baldé scored his first goal of the 2002-03 season on 1 September 2002 against Livingston. He was booked in the first Old Firm game of the season which ended 3–3 but at the end of the season Baldé was subsequently voted the Celtic Player of The Year for 2003 by the Celtic fans in which 40,000[7] Celtic fans voted. He was the inaugural winner of that award. In his acceptance speech he paid tribute to his team mates and manger Martin O'Neill. Speaking just after winning the award, Baldé said "It means a lot to win this award. Its good to know the fans are behind you and they are happy with what you do for them". He also won the Player of The Month Award for April[8]. He played in 12 of Celtic's 13 UEFA Cup games in that season, where Celtic got to the final. In the final they played against FC Porto at the Olympic Stadium in Seville. During the final, Baldé was sent off in the 95th minute[9] after picking up his second booking. Celtic lost that final 3-2 with Henrik Larsson getting both of Celtic's goals.
In the 2003-04 season, Baldé achieved a moderate start, his first goal coming against Dundee in the fifth SPL game of the season. In the next game, he received a red card in the 70th minute. He played solidly throughout that season only receiving seven yellow cards and one red card. He scored two goals that season, both against Dundee. At the end of the season, Baldé added a League Championship and a Scottish Cup medal to his collection.
Baldé started the 2004–05 season well with only one yellow card in the first six games of the season (all competitions) and a goal in the 38th minute[10] in the 8-1 thrashing of Falkirk in the first League Cup game of the season. Within his first ten games of the season, he had only received two yellow cards and performed well in the league but not well in Europe losing the first three games of the season. His next big thing that season was scoring 2 goals in a 3–0 win at home to Dundee on 2 March 2005. At the end of that season he added a Scottish Cup medal to his tally after Celtic beat Dundee United 1–0 in the final.
His fifth season and first season under new manager Gordon Strachan got off to a bad start. In a preseason match against Leicester City, Baldé was sent off for a challenge on 17 year old James Wesolowski. The tackle was described as "..was disgraceful, it was disgusting, it was malicious and it was intentional." by then Leicester manager Craig Levein.[11]
In the first game Celtic lost 5-0 to Artmedia Bratislava in a Champions League qualifier with Baldé getting booked. In the second leg Celtic won 4-0 and went out on aggregate. Baldé got booked in both legs of the tie. He received seven yellow cards and scored one goal in that season and won the League Cup and the Scottish Premier League, before taking time out to recover from his abdominal injury.
Baldé missed the start of the 2006-07 season after discovering he required surgery for a persistent stomach muscle problem. He returned to the first team in November, only to suffer a broken leg in a match on Boxing Day. The Guinea international was carried off in the first half during the 2-2 draw with Dundee United. He would be ruled out for several months. [12]
In July before the start of the new season, Roy Keane, manager of Sunderland, showed interest in Baldé. Keane was reported to have made a £1.5m offer for his former Celtic team-mate. "I love the club, I am very settled in Glasgow and I would be happy to fulfil my current contract", said Baldé. [13]
Baldé made his first start of the 2007/08 season on the 26 December 2007 exactly a year after his last appearance, in a 2-0 away win to Dundee United. His presence also helped Celtic to their first away clean sheet in almost 15 months. [14]He was also awarded Man Of The Match for his brilliant display.
Baldé was back in the first team squad, but not in the starting 11 against Rangers on 29 March, for the first time since Christmas after recovering from the injury he sustained at the Africa Cup of Nations. He then started a few days later replacing the suspended Gary Caldwell to make his first appearance since December 2007, with a man of the match performance in the 1-0 win over Aberdeen in the SPL, Georgios Samaras scored the only goal of the game.[15]
At the start of the 2008-09 season it was announced that Baldé would be allowed to leave Celtic on a free transfer provided that he could find a club that would meet his salary demands.[16]
In the pre-season matches before the 2008-09 season Baldé has played his part in some of the matches so far playing the last 13 minutes[17] against Southampton, the last 30 minutes[18] against Middlesbrough in the Algarve Challenge Cup. He made his first full appearance in Celtic's second Algarve Challenge Cup match against Cardiff City which was the first meeting of the two teams in 81 years.[19] He also took part in Celtic's 1-0 pre-season friendly win over Porto in which he played the last 22 minutes.[20]
[edit] Free agent
On 21 May 2009, Birmingham City offered Baldé a trial with a view to earning a contract with the Premier League newcomers, when his contract expired.[21]
Baldé will link up with Wolverhampton Wanderers to fly out to Australia on 7 July 2009 for their pre-season tour, with the aim of earning a contract.[22] He was previously linked to the Midlands side before the 2008-09 season but the club, then in the Championship, could not meet his wage demands.[23]
[edit] International career
Born in Marseille, Baldé was called up by Guinea for the 2002 African Cup of Nations. He was part of their 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition, before losing in the quarter finals to Mali, and was a regular in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying. With Baldé on board, Guinea have also made it to the last eight in the 2004, 2006 and 2008 African Cup of Nations.
[edit] Career stats
15 June 2009
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Olympique Marseille | |||||||||
| 1995-96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1996-97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FC Mulhouse | |||||||||
| 1997-98 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| AS Cannes | |||||||||
| 1998-99 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | |
| Toulouse | |||||||||
| 1999-00 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 2000-01 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
| Celtic | |||||||||
| 2001-02 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 6 | |
| 2002-03 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 53 | 4 | |
| 2003-04 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 49 | 2 | |
| 2004-05 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 3 | |
| 2005-06 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| 2006-07 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2007-08 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2008-09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 230 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 347 | 22 | |
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
- Toulouse
- Winners
- Promotion to Ligue 1 - 1999-00
- Celtic
- Winners
- Scottish Premier League (5) - 2001-02, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08
- Scottish Cup (3) - 2003-04, 2004-05, 2006-07
- Scottish League Cup (2) - 2005-06, 2008-09
- Runners-Up
- Scottish Cup (1) - 2001-02
- UEFA Cup (1) - 2002-03
- Scottish League Cup (1) - 2002-03
- Scottish Premier League (2) - 2002-03, 2004-05
[edit] International
- Guinea
- Winners
- Amilcar Cabral Cup - 2005
- Quarter-finals
- African Cup of Nations - 2004, 2006, 2008
[edit] Individual
- Celtic player of the year - 2002-03
- SPL Player of the Month - April 2003
[edit] References
- ^ ..::National Football Teams::.. Player - Dianbobo Balde
- ^ BALDÉ (Dianbobo Baldé) - Celtic and Guinea
- ^ Profile - Bobo Balde
- ^ Celticfc.net Profile - Bobo Balde
- ^ Bobo Balde - Celtic FC - Sporting Heroes.net
- ^ Rangers win Old Firm final
- ^ The Official Celtic Football Club Annual 2004 - pg. 34
- ^ Balde wins April award
- ^ Porto end Celtic's Uefa dream
- ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Other Scottish | Celtic 8-1 Falkirk
- ^ [1]
- ^ Celtic's Balde suffers broken leg
- ^ Balde not tempted by Sunderland
- ^ Dundee United 0-2 Celtic
- ^ Celtic 1-0 Aberdeen
- ^ "Celtic to release Balde on free". BBC Sport. 2008-07-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/7509396.stm.
- ^ Southampton v Celtic: Live Minute by Minute
- ^ Minute by Minute:Celtic v Middlesbrough
- ^ Celtic v Cardiff City: Match Report
- ^ Minute by Minute: FC Porto v Celtic
- ^ "Balde offered trial at Birmingham". BBC Sport. 2009-05-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/8061610.stm. Retrieved on 2009-05-21.
- ^ "Zubar Makes It Six!". wolves.co.uk. 2009-07-04. http://www.wolves.co.uk/page/News/0,,10307~1713495,00.html.
- ^ "Balde salary hinders Wolves move". BBC Sport. 2008-07-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/7523251.stm.
[edit] External links
- Bobo Balde career stats at Soccerbase
- Celticfc.net Profile
- Football Dateabase Profile
- Player Profile At Carling
- Interview with Goal.com
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