Mama Samba Baldé (born 6 November 1995) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a winger and right-back for Ligue 1 club Troyes and the Guinea-Bissau national team. He also holds Portuguese citizenship.
![]() Baldé in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mama Samba Baldé[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1995-11-06) 6 November 1995 (age 27)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[1] | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger, right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Troyes | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2007 | Recreios Algueirão | ||
2007–2013 | Sintrense | ||
2013–2014 | Sporting CP | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013 | Sintrense | 1 | (0) |
2014−2019 | Sporting CP B | 58 | (1) |
2015 | → Benfica Castelo Branco (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2017–2019 | → Aves (loan) | 41 | (11) |
2019−2021 | Dijon | 53 | (13) |
2021− | Troyes | 43 | (10) |
National team‡ | |||
2019– | Guinea-Bissau | 16 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:05, 19 January 2022 (UTC) |
Born in Bissau, Baldé moved to Portugal before his tenth birthday. In 2013, he signed with Sporting CP for his last year as a junior, arriving for free from Sintrense.[2]
Baldé made his professional debut with the reserves on 11 May 2014, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute in a 1–0 away win against Braga B in the Segunda Liga.[3] In January 2015, he was loaned to third division side Benfica de Castelo Branco until June.[4]
Returned to Sporting B for 2015–16, Baldé scored his first league goal on 30 September 2015, but in a 1–3 home defeat to Olhanense.[5] He totalled 38 appearances during the season, helping to a tenth-place finish in the second tier.
Baldé went on loan to Primeira Liga club Aves in the summer of 2017.[6] His first match in the competition occurred on 11 September, when he started as a right-back in the 2–1 home victory over Belenenses.[7]
In February 2019, Baldé became Aves' all-time scorer in the Portuguese top flight with nine goals.[2]
On 27 June 2019, Baldé joined Dijon on a three-year contract.[8] He made his Ligue 1 debut on 10 August, playing the first half of a 1–2 home loss against Saint-Étienne.[9]
Baldé scored seven times during the 2020–21 campaign, but his team suffered relegation as last.[10]
On 31 July 2021, Baldé agreed to a four-year deal at Troyes in the same country and league.[11]
Baldé won his first cap for Guinea-Bissau on 8 June 2019, in a friendly against Angola where he replaced Toni Silva (2–0 loss in Penafiel).[12] He was selected in the squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations tournament.[13]
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