Baboucarr Gaye

Baboucarr Gaye (born 24 February 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bulgarian First League club Lokomotiv Sofia. Born in Germany, he plays for the Gambia national team.

Baboucarr Gaye
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-02-24) 24 February 1998
Place of birth Bielefeld, Germany
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Lokomotiv Sofia
Number 1
Youth career
2007–2017 Arminia Bielefeld
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Arminia Bielefeld II 19 (0)
2016–2019 Arminia Bielefeld 0 (0)
2019–2020 Wattenscheid 09 8 (0)
2020 VfB Stuttgart II 0 (0)
2020–2022 FC Rot-Weiß Koblenz[lower-alpha 1] 65 (0)
2022–2023 SV Rödinghausen 0 (0)
2023– Lokomotiv Sofia 14 (0)
International career‡
2020– Gambia 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 May 2023

Club career

Having spent his youth career with Arminia Bielefeld, it was announced that Gaye would leave the club on 30 June 2019, having never appeared for the first team. On 21 July 2019, he subsequently joined SG Wattenscheid 09.[1] After just nine games, Gaye was forced to find another new club after Wattenscheid filed for bankruptcy in mid-October 2019, forfeiting the rest of their season.[2] In January 2020, the young goalkeeper joined VfB Stuttgart II.[3]

In July 2020, Gaye moved to TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz.[4] In January 2023, he signed a one-and-a-half year contract with Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Sofia.[5]

International career

Gaye debuted with the Gambia national team in a friendly 1–0 win over Congo on 9 October 2020.[6]

He played in the 2021 Africa cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.[7][8]

Notes
  1. Known as TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz until 2021

References
  1. Keeper Baboucarr Gaye kommt von Arminia Bielefeld, sgwattenscheid09.de, 21 July 2019
  2. Wuppertal und Essen: Hier halten sich Wattenscheid-Spieler fit, reviersport.de, 16 November 2019
  3. , vfb.de, Januar 2020
  4. TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz verpflichtet 22-Jährigen wunsch Torhüter, regio-sw.de, 19 July 2020
  5. "Локо (Сф) подписа с двамата нови" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. "Gambia 1-0 Congo In Friendly International". THE GFF | Official Website. 9 October 2020.
  7. https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa -cup-of-nations/matches/2021/2243295/lineups
  8. "The Gambia name squad for first Nations Cup finals". BBC Sport.
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