Babacar Gueye
Babacar M'Baye Gueye (born 2 March 1986) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward. At international level, he represented the Senegal national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Babacar M'Baye Gueye | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2002 | Génération Foot | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2003 | Metz B | 23 | (12) |
| 2003–2009 | Metz | 148 | (30) |
| 2009 | → Sedan (loan) | 16 | (5) |
| 2009–2012 | Alemannia Aachen | 45 | (4) |
| 2009–2012 | Alemannia Aachen II | 5 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | → FSV Frankfurt (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → FSV Frankfurt II (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2016 | Shenzhen Ruby | 126 | (77) |
| 2017 | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | 25 | (15) |
| 2018 | Heilongjiang FC | 25 | (14) |
| 2019 | Inner Mongolia Zhongyou | 22 | (5) |
| National team | |||
| 2004–2008 | Senegal | 25 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2019 | |||
Club career
Born in Dakar, Gueye began his career with Génération Foot[1] and joined FC Metz in 2002. On 27 January 2009, the Senegalese striker was loaned to CS Sedan where he remained until June 2009.[2] On 23 July 2009, he signed a four-year contract with German club Alemannia Aachen[3] for a transfer fee of €500,000. During the summer break, he agreed to a one-year loan spell at FSV Frankfurt. Gueye made his first game for his new club on the season opener at home against Union Berlin, on 15 July 2011. He failed to score from the penalty spot in the dying seconds of injury time, thus the game ended in a 1–1 draw.
Gueye transferred to China League One club Shenzhen Ruby on 28 February 2012.[4] He won two successive top scorers of the league between 2012 and 2013.
International career
Gueye was a member of the Senegal national football team with 25 appearances and six goals.[5]
Personal life
His younger brother is ex-Metz midfielder Ibrahima Gueye who now plays for CS Louhans-Cuiseaux and his cousin is Momar N'Diaye, who also played for Metz.
Career statistics
- As of 31 December 2019.[6]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Metz B | 2002/03 | CFA | 14 | 6 | - | - | - | 14 | 6 | |||
| 2003/04 | 9 | 6 | - | - | - | 9 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | ||
| FC Metz | 2003/04 | Ligue 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 24 | 1 | |
| 2004/05 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 35 | 4 | |||
| 2005/06 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 24 | 4 | |||
| 2006/07 | Ligue 2 | 35 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 37 | 16 | ||
| 2007/08 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 30 | 10 | ||
| 2008/09 | Ligue 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | 13 | 3 | ||
| Total | 148 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 38 | ||
| CS Sedan (loan) | 2008/09 | Ligue 2 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 17 | 5 | |
| Alemannia Aachen | 2009-10 | 2. Fußball-Bundesliga | 30 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 32 | 6 | ||
| 2010-11 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6 | ||
| Alemannia Aachen II | 2009-10 | NRW-Liga | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2010-11 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| FSV Frankfurt (loan) | 2011-12 | 2. Fußball-Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 14 | 2 | ||
| FSV Frankfurt II (loan) | 2011-12 | Regionalliga Süd | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | |||
| Shenzhen Ruby | 2012 | China League One | 28 | 22 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 30 | 23 | ||
| 2013 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 28 | 24 | ||||
| 2014 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 28 | 15 | ||||
| 2015 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 28 | 12 | ||||
| 2016 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 16 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 126 | 77 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | 2017 | China League One | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 25 | 15 | ||
| Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 2018 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 26 | 15 | |||
| Inner Mongolia Zhongyou | 2019 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 22 | 5 | |||
| Career total | 450 | 167 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 477 | 181 | ||
References
- "Prestigious Sponsors". Génération Foot. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- "Babacar Gueye en renfort" (in French). cssedan.com. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- "Metz : Babacar Gueye file en Allemagne" (in French). foot-national.com. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- "Babacar Gueye wechselt nach China" (in German). kicker.de. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- "Gueye, Babacar". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- "B. GUEYE". soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
External links
- Babacar Gueye at National-Football-Teams.com
- Babacar Gueye at Soccerway
- Babacar Gueye – French league stats at LFP (also available in French)
- Babacar Gueye at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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