is a Japanese professional

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who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

for

J1 League The , the J.League or the for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Japan and the highest level of the Japanese football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation ...

club

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo is a Japanese professional football club based in Sapporo, on the island of Hokkaido. They will play in the 2025 J2 League, the second tier league of Japanese football, after relegation from the J1 League at conclusion of the 2024 season. Th ...

Career

Baba began his professional career with

Tokyo Verdy is a Japanese professional football club based in Inagi, Tokyo. The club currently competes in the J1 League, following promotion from the J2 League in 2023. History Founded as Yomiuri Football Club in 1969, Tokyo Verdy is one of the mo ...

in 2020 after being promoted to the first team. On 22 December 2022, Baba transferred to J1 club

for the upcoming 2023 season.

International career

Baba was part of the Japan squad for the

2022 Asian Games The 2022 Asian Games (), officially the 19th Asian Games () and also known as Hangzhou 2022 ( zh, c=, s=杭州2022, labels=no), were a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The ...

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* 2001 births Living people Association football people from Chiba Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders J1 League players J2 League players Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players Tokyo Verdy players Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games 21st-century Japanese sportsmen Asian Games silver medalists in football {{Japan-footy-defender-2000s-stub