Georges Ba | |
Fullname: | Georges Ba |
Birth Date: | 21 January 1979 |
Birth Place: | Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
Height: | 1.860NaN0 |
Position: | Striker |
Years1: | 1997–2001 |
Years2: | 2001–2002 |
Years3: | 2002–2003 |
Years4: | 2003–2005 |
Years5: | 2004–2005 |
Years6: | 2005 |
Years7: | 2005–2007 |
Years8: | 2007 |
Years9: | 2008 |
Years10: | 2008 |
Years11: | 2009–2010 |
Years12: | 2010–2011 |
Years13: | 2012– |
Clubs1: | Tours FC |
Clubs2: | Sannois Saint-Gratien |
Clubs3: | Besançon |
Clubs4: | OGC Nice |
Clubs5: | → Montpellier |
Clubs6: | → Le Mans |
Clubs7: | Troyes |
Clubs8: | Maccabi Netanya |
Clubs9: | Gillingham |
Clubs10: | Maccabi Netanya |
Clubs11: | AC Ajaccio |
Clubs12: | Vendée Poiré sur Vie |
Clubs13: | SS Saint-Louisienne[1] |
Caps1: | 69 |
Caps2: | 26 |
Caps3: | 32 |
Caps4: | 21 |
Caps5: | 6 |
Caps6: | 13 |
Caps7: | 27 |
Caps8: | 8 |
Caps9: | 4 |
Caps10: | 10 |
Caps11: | 10 |
Caps12: | 13 |
Caps13: | 20 |
Goals1: | 25 |
Goals2: | 6 |
Goals3: | 15 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Goals6: | 7 |
Goals7: | 4 |
Goals8: | 2 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Goals10: | 1 |
Goals11: | 1 |
Goals12: | 2 |
Goals13: | 9 |
Nationalyears1: | 2003 |
Nationalteam1: | Ivory Coast |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 18 November 2011 |
Ntupdate: | 8 October 2010 |
Georges Ba (born 21 January 1979) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Georges Ba has played for a number of clubs in France and also for Israel's Maccabi Netanya. He traveled to England in early 2008 for a trial with Leeds United,[2] and on 29 March 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 1 April, but he was released at the end of the season after four games for the Kent-based club, and rejoined Maccabi Netanya.On 17 December he was released from his contract with Netanya for the second time. He has since returned to France. and recently moved to America to start his own professional soccer training business. He coached an Under-16 team called Capistrano FC, from San Juan Capistrano.
Georges Ba runs a Professional Soccer Training Business in Irvine, California, as of October 2023.[4]
Born in Abidjan, Ba holds both Ivorian and French nationalities.[5] His son, Oliver, plays soccer in Southern California