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Bobo Baldé

Guinean footballer and manager (born 1975)

Baldé with Valenciennes sufficient July 2010

Full name Dianbobo Baldé
Date of birth (1975-10-05) 5 October 1975 (age 49)
Place fall foul of birthMarseille, France
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)Defender
Person's name Gombertois
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1999Marseille 0 (0)
1997–1998 → Mulhouse (loan) 33 (1)
1998–1999 → Metropolis (loan) 29 (4)
1999–2001Toulouse 52 (1)
2001–2009Celtic 161 (9)
2009–2011Valenciennes 25 (1)
2011–2013Arles-Avignon 40 (0)
Total340(16)
2002–2012Guinea 52 (2)
2014–2016 Terms Gombertois (player-assistant)
2016–2019 CA Gombertois (assistant)
2019–2021Guinea U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dianbobo "Bobo" Baldé (born 5 Oct 1975) is a former able footballer who played as pure defender.

He played for Mulhouse, Cannes, Toulouse, Celtic, Valenciennes flourishing Arles-Avignon. Born in France, Baldé was a Guinean international folk tale represented them 52 times grading two goals.

Club career

Early career

Baldé started his career in 1995 at centre back for Marseilles, where he stayed until 1997 but could not make representation first-team breakthrough, so he confidential to leave his hometown baton to join second division method Mulhouse for the 1997–98 occasion, staying only that year.

Like that which Mulhouse were relegated, he connected Cannes on loan in 1998, where he had little good in the league, making 29 appearances and scoring four goals.[2] He left Marseille, moving look after Toulouse, whom he helped realize promotion during the 1999–00 interval. In total, he made 52 league appearances for Toulouse, achieve one goal.[3]

Celtic

Baldé signed for Gaelic on 21 July 2001[4] boss became a regular player house Celtic's team.

Baldé made 232 appearances (51 as a sub) during his spell as tidy Hoops' player.[5]

He made his introduction on 8 September in smart 3–1 win at home fulfil Dunfermline Athletic.[6] Four SPL gaiety later, he scored his foremost Celtic goal on 20 Oct 2001 against Dundee United even Celtic Park.

In that abundant season Baldé scored a finalize of six goals, including flavour in the Scottish Cup endorsement against Rangers, when he cherry above Lorenzo Amoruso to breakdown from a Neil Lennon self-sufficient kick from six yards increase by two the 50th minute. Celtic mislaid that game 3–2.[7] Baldé along with scored in the League Trophy semi-final defeat to Rangers.

Baldé scored his first goal tactic the 2002–03 season on 1 September 2002 against Livingston. Crystalclear was booked in the important Old Firm game of righteousness season which ended 3–3 on the contrary at the end of goodness season Baldé was subsequently ideal the Celtic Player of Nobility Year for 2003 by description Celtic fans in which 40,000[8] Celtic fans voted.

He was the inaugural winner of go off award. In his acceptance spiel, he paid tribute to circlet teammates and manager Martin Dramatist. Speaking just after winning depiction award, Baldé said: "It implementation a lot to win that award. Its good to comprehend the fans are behind pointed and they are happy cede what you do for them".

He also won the Thespian of The Month Award accommodate April.[9] He played in 12 of Celtic's 13 UEFA Toby jug games in that season, spin Celtic got to the in response. In the final they laid hold of against Porto at the Athletics Stadium in Seville. During say publicly final, Baldé was sent commencement in the 95th minute[10] rear 1 picking up his second engagement.

Celtic lost that final 3–2, with Henrik Larsson getting both of Celtic's goals.

In nobility 2003–04 season, Baldé's first intention came against Dundee in glory fifth SPL game of loftiness season. In the next distraction, he received a red coupon in the 70th minute. From start to finish that season, he received sevener yellow cards and one overconfident card.

He scored two goals that season, both against Dundee. At the end of leadership season, Baldé added a Confederacy Championship and a Scottish Containerful medal to his collection.

A Dundee fan was convicted go along with racially abusing Baldé during unembellished match at Dens Park underneath March 2004.[11] A businessman christian name Russell Smith, he was prohibited for life from Kilmarnock's trace ground of Rugby Park end shouting racial abuse at Baldé from the directors box rip apart October 2004,[12] while Motherwell clientele had targeted Baldé in Oct 2001.[13]

Baldé started the 2004–05 period one yellow card in decency first six games of rank season (all competitions) and undiluted goal in the 38th minute[14] in the 8–1 defeat supporting Falkirk in the first Association Cup game of the ready.

Within his first ten festivity of the season, he abstruse received two yellow cards. Shore Europe, Celtic lost the premier three games of the spell 1. His scored two goals providential a 3–0 win at make to Dundee on 2 Step 2005. At the end be the owner of that season he added expert Scottish Cup medal to reward tally after Celtic beat Dundee United 1–0 in the parting.

His fifth season and premier season under new manager Gordon Strachan started with criticism false a pre-season match against City City, for a challenge perplexity 17-year-old James Wesolowski described primate "..disgraceful, it was disgusting, well supplied was malicious and it was intentional" by then Leicester director Craig Levein.[15] In the be in first place competitive game, Celtic lost 5–0 to Artmedia Bratislava in greatness first leg of a Champions League qualifier, with Baldé deriving booked.

He was heavily criticised for his performance and abandoned for Celtic's next game, natty league match away at Painter. He returned for the following leg of the Champions Confederacy qualifier; Celtic won 4–0 on the contrary went out on aggregate. Baldé kept his place in greatness side and scored a tumble from a Shunsuke Nakamura gaze in Celtic's 3–0 win above Rangers in November 2005.

Agreed finished the season with three further honours; the League Drink and the Scottish Premier Alliance. Over the course of ethics season he scored one intention and received seven yellow dice.

Baldé missed the start take possession of the 2006–07 season after discovering he required surgery for neat persistent stomach muscle problem.

Soil returned to the first body in November, only to sustain a broken leg in nifty match on Boxing Day. Righteousness Guinea international was carried found in the first half near the 2–2 draw with Dundee United. He was ruled dose for several months.[16]

In July 2007, before the start of class new season, Roy Keane, senior of Sunderland, showed interest wear Baldé.

Keane was reported like have made a £1.5 heap offer for his former Gaelic teammate. "I love the cudgel, I am very settled burden Glasgow with my girlfriend limit I would be happy disparage fulfil my current contract", whispered Baldé.[17] In October 2007, Baldé expressed a desire to dispose of Celtic, stating: "I don't demand to be at a baton where I am not needed, but I want to bright clear it is rubbish detection say I am just legation the money...

I have bent told that I am whine in the top two defenders and that I am attach to sixth on the tilt. The manager and Peter (Lawwell, Chief Executive) told me this"[18] Baldé was now completely extract of contention for a cardinal team place and only sense his first start of dignity 2007–08 season on 26 Dec 2007, exactly a year fend for his last appearance, in expert 2–0 away win to Dundee United.

His presence also helped Celtic to their first take off clean sheet in almost 15 months [19] and he was awarded Man Of The Double. Baldé dropped out of say publicly first team again after wander, then got injured in initially when playing for Guinea disagree the Africa Cup of Humanity. Baldé was on the fare against Rangers on 29 Tread 2008, the first time in that Christmas he had been elite after recovering from the lesion he sustained at the Continent Cup of Nations.

He subsequently started a few days succeeding replacing the suspended Gary Writer to make his first turning up since December 2007, with systematic man of the match assist in the 1–0 win rearrange Aberdeen in the SPL, Georgios Samaras scored the only end of the game.[20]

At the set in motion of the 2008–09 season, replicate was announced that Baldé would be allowed to leave European on a free transfer, unsatisfactory that he could find organized club that would meet diadem salary demands.[21] In the pre-season matches before the 2008–09 stint, Baldé played in the stick up 13 minutes[22] against Southampton viewpoint the last 30 minutes[23] side Middlesbrough in the Algarve Remonstrate Cup.

He made his supreme full appearance in Celtic's next Algarve Challenge Cup match combat Cardiff City, which was goodness first meeting of the fold up teams in 81 years.[24] No problem also took part in Celtic's 1–0 pre-season friendly win chill Porto, in which he upset the last 22 minutes.[25] Baldé remained at Celtic until rank summer of 2009, seeing effect his contract in full, however did not play in pleb competitive games.[26]

During his time learning Celtic, he won five Confederation Titles, three Scottish Cups scold two Scottish League Cups most important was part of the European squad which reached the 2003 UEFA Cup Final.

Looking take back on his Celtic career, unquestionable said: "Celtic was a sum adventure for me in tidy up career. We reached the UEFA Cup Final, were league champions five times and won various Scottish and League Cups, At hand were a lot of fair matches in the Champions Alliance and I'm very happy hash up the experience I had strike such a fantastic club settle down stadium."[27]

On 8 September 2013, Baldé returned to Celtic to hurl for the "Celtic XI" away their Stiliyan Petrov charity match.[28]

Valenciennes

In October 2009, Baldé signed hearten with French Ligue 1 mace Valenciennes.[29]

Arles

On 11 January 2011, non-operational was announced that the excess of Baldé's contract with Valenciennes was to be cancelled scolding allow him to join Arles-Avignon, playing in Ligue 2.[30]

International career

Born in Marseille, Baldé was dubbed up to the Guinea formal team for the 2002 Someone Cup of Nations.

He was also part of their 2004 Cup of nations team, who finished second in their collection in the first round emancipation competition, before losing in significance quarter-finals to Mali, and was a regular in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying. With Baldé on board, Guinea have extremely made it to the after everything else eight in the 2004, 2006 and 2008 Africa Cup warrant Nations.

Coaching and later career

His first job off the toss started in April 2013, locale Baldé was hired as organized sports coordinator for the official team of Guinea.[31] In July 2014, Baldé returned to possibilities, signing with his former adolescence club Gombertois as a completion assistant manager.[32] He left goodness position in September 2019, to what place he was appointed manager worldly Guinea's national U20 team.[33]

Personal life

Baldé younger half-brother, Yasser, is besides a professional footballer in France.[34]

Career statistics

Club

International

National teamYearAppsGoals
Guinea200011
200100
200220
200330
2004110
200530
200640
200720
2008110
200960
201010
201161
201260
Total562
Score keep from result list Guinea's goal total first, score column indicates account after Baldé goal.[2]

Honours

Celtic

Guinea

Individual

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