Ousseynou Ba (born 11 November 1995) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Ba was a youth product from the Senegalese SMASH academy, before moving to

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in the summer of 2016. Unable to get a work permit for them, after a year of not playing Ba managed to get a work permit when he signed with

Gazélec Ajaccio Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio (), commonly referred to as GFC Ajaccio, GFCA, Gazélec Ajaccio or simply Gazélec (), is a French football club from Ajaccio, Corsica. Founded in 1910, Gazélec played one season in Ligue 1 in the 2015–16 seaso ...

in June 2017. He made his professional debut for Gazélec Ajaccio in a 1–1 tie with FC Valenciennes on 28 July 2017. In January 2019 Ba signed with the Greek club Olympiakos for an undisclosed fee, but it is decided to play till the end of the season in Ajaccio. His first appearance came against

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on 28 September 2019. During the 2019–20 season,

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’ injuries along with those of

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and

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suddenly brought the previously fifth-choice center-back, Ba into the side. This was the opportunity the player needed. After coming into the starting line-up in early December versus

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, Ba remained there until the season was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. During that stretch, Ba played 16 matches in less than 100 days, participating as a starter in every one of those games. On 29 August 2023, Ba joined

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club

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on a season-long loan deal with the option to make the transfer permanent.

International career

On 8 March 2020, the 25-year-old central defender was called to the Senegal national team for the first time in his career. Within six months, the African has managed to win a place in

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squad, play in the

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and called for the two upcoming matches for the 2020 African Cup Qualifiers, against

Guinea Bissau Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to its north and Guinea to its southeast. Guinea-Bissau was once part of the kin ...

on 28 and 31 March. He first represented the Senegal national team in a friendly 3-1 loss to

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on 9 October 2020.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

;Olympiacos *

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: 2019–20,

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, 2021–22 *

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: 2019–20

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ba, Ousseynou Living people 1995 births Footballers from Dakar Men's association football defenders Senegalese men's footballers Senegal men's international footballers Gazélec Ajaccio players Olympiacos F.C. players İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players Ligue 2 players Super League Greece players Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen