Demba Ba (born 25 May 1985) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club İstanbul Başakşehir and the Senegal national team.
He made his first-team debut with French team Rouen in 2005 before moving to Mouscron and onto 1899 Hoffenheim in Germany in 2007. In 2011, he moved to Premier League side West Ham United. He played only 12 games for West Ham and despite being their league top goal scorer in the 2010–11 season, they were relegated to the Championship and Ba moved to Newcastle United. In January 2013, he completed a move to Chelsea for an undisclosed fee, before joining Beşiktaş for €6 million 18 months later. After one season in Turkey, he moved to Shanghai Shenhua of the Chinese Super League.
Born and raised in France, Ba has been a full international for Senegal since 2007 and represented the country at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
Career Honours
![]() ![]() 2019-2020 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | ![]() ![]() 2016-2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua |
![]() 2005-2006 |
![]() 2006-2007 |
![]() 2007-2011 |
![]() 2011-2011 |
![]() 2011-2013 | |||||
![]() 2013-2014 |
![]() 2014-2015 |
![]() 2015-2018 |
![]() 2017-2017 (Loan) |
![]() 2018-2018 | |||||
![]() 2018-2019 |
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