Georges Ba

Georges Ba

Personal information
Full name	Georges Ba
Date of birth	January 21, 1979
Place of birth	Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2001	Tours FC	69	(25)
2001–2002	Sannois Saint-Gratien	26	(6)
2002–2003	Besançon	32	(15)
2003–2005	OGC Nice	21	(3)
2004–2005	→ Montpellier	6	(0)
2005	→ Le Mans	13	(7)
2005–2007	Troyes	27	(4)
2007	Maccabi Netanya	8	(2)
2008	Gillingham	4	(0)
2008	Maccabi Netanya	10	(1)
2009–2010	AC Ajaccio	10	(1)
2010–2011	Vendée Poiré sur Vie	13	(2)
2012–	SS Saint-Louisienne[1]	20	(9)
National team^‡
2003	Côte d'Ivoire	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 November 2011. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2010

Georges Ba (born January 21, 1979 in Abidjan) is an Ivory Coast born football striker.

Career

Ba has played for a number of clubs in France and also for Israel's Maccabi Netanya. He travelled to England in early 2008 for a trial with Leeds United,^[2] but was not signed by the club and on March 29, 2008 instead joined another League One side, Gillingham, on a deal which ran until the end of the 2007–08 season.^[3] He made his Gillingham debut in a 2–1 home win against Luton Town on April 1, but he was released at the end of the season after only four games for the Kent club, and rejoined Maccabi Netanya. On the 17th of December he was released from his contract with Netanya for the second time. He has since returned to France.^[4] He recently went to America to coach young kids. He is currently coaching a Boys Under-16 team called Capistrano FC, from San Juan Capistrano.

Honours

• Championnat de France amateur (1):
  • 2010-11
• Réunion Premier League (1):
  • 2012
• Réunion Premier League - 2012 Top Goalscorer (9 goals)

References

1. http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.georges.ba.975.en.html
2. Sky Sports
3. Official Gillingham website
4. Georges Ba at National-Football-Teams.com