Badara Badji


Badara Badji, known as Bado is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bosnian Premier League club Tuzla City.
He also had stints with ASC Yeggo, Dinamo Zagreb B, Odisha, Mladost Lučani, Inđija and Zvijezda 09, and has also represented the Senegal national team.

Club career

Early career

Badji was born in Dakar, Senegal. He played in his home country with ASC Yeggo in the 2013 and 2013–14 Senegal Premier League. He came to Yeggo from the Académie Mawade Wade.
While playing with Yeggo, he was selected to be part of the Senegal national U20 team at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie

Dinamo Zagreb

In the summer of 2014, Badji joined Croatian powerhouse Dinamo Zagreb on a two-year loan spell. He had also made appearances for the Senegal national team by the time he joined Dinamo.
He was a regular and a prolific scorer for the Dinamo Zagreb B team during the two seasons he spent there, the first one playing in the 2014–15 3. HNL and next in the 2015–16 2. HNL.
Badji has also made a solitary appearance for the Dinamo Zagreb main team, in a 2015–16 Croatian Cup first-round game against Oštrc Zlatar.

Odisha

Badji signed for Odisha, 15 days before the start of the season to pair up with Richard Gadze and Marcelo Leite Pereira on the Odisha frontline.

Mladost Lučani

On 21 January 2018, Badji signed with Serbian top-flight side Mladost Lučani.

Zvijezda 09

In July 2019, Badji signed a contract with Bosnian Premier League club Zvijezda 09. He made his debut for Zvijezda 09 on 20 July 2019, in a 1–5 home league loss against Tuzla City.

Tuzla CIty

On 11 January 2020, Badji left Zvijezda 09 and then signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with another Bosnian Premier League club, Tuzla City. He made his official debut for Tuzla City on 22 February 2020, in a 6–2 home loss against Sarajevo, a game in which Badji earned a direct red card in the 42nd minute of the game.

International career

Badji made 3 appearances having scored 2 goals for the Senegal national U20 team. He then made 7 appearances having scored 3 goals for the U23 national team.
Badji also made 2 appearances for the main Senegal national team in 2013.

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb