Aliou Badji


Aliou Badji is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian Premier League side Al Ahly.

Club career

were Badji's first club. On 31 January 2017, he completed a transfer to Sweden to join Allsvenskan side Djurgårdens IF, signing a four-year contract.U20 stats"> His professional debut for the club came on 3 April in a league game against IK Sirius. Badji scored his first professional goal on 23 July in the league versus Östersunds FK. In the next game, Badji started for the first time and scored after 30 minutes against AFC Eskilstuna. While having difficulties establishing himself as a starter in his first seasons at Djurgårdens IF, Badji earned a reputation as a late-in-the-game goal scorer, with key goals scored late against Häcken, Mariupol and AIK.
In January 2019, it was revealed Badji had rejected a move to Hebei China Fortune of the Chinese Super League. On 6 February, Badji was transferred to Rapid Wien for an undisclosed fee; signing a three-a-half-year contract. On 16 January 2020, Egyptian Premier League side Al Ahly announced the signing of Badji on a four-a-half-year contract for a reported fee of €2 million. He netted on his league debut for the club, scoring the equaliser in an eventual 2–1 win away to Pyramids on 6 February.

International career

Badji has represented Senegal at U20 level, he scored 12 goals in 12 caps prior to participating in the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Zambia; he scored one goal as Senegal went onto finish as runners-up. He also appeared for Senegal at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

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Honours

;Djurgårdens IF