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Fodé Ballo-Touré (born 3 January 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club AC Milan. Born in France, he plays for the Senegal national team.[3]
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Fodé Ballo-Touré[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 3 January 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | AC Milan | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | AS Éragny | ||||||||||||||||
2005–2017 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Paris Saint-Germain B | 53 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Lille | 45 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Monaco | 63 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | AC Milan | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | → Fulham (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | France U16 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | France U21 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Senegal | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:16, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:11, 23 January 2024 (UTC) |
Ballo-Touré developed through the Paris Saint-Germain academy. On 1 July 2017, his contract with PSG expired and he signed with Lille managed by Marcelo Bielsa.[4] He made his Ligue 1 debut on 6 August 2017 in a 3–0 home win against Nantes. He started the match and was replaced by Rominigue Kouamé at halftime.[5]
On 18 July 2021, Ballo-Touré signed a contract with AC Milan until June 2025.[7]
On 1 September 2023, Ballo-Touré joined Premier League club Fulham on a season-long loan.[8]
Ballo-Touré was born in France to Malian father and Senegalese mother. He was a youth international for France.[9] However, he decided to represent Senegal on senior level, over France and Mali. He made his debut for Senegal in a 0–0 draw against Congo on 26 March 2021.[10]
He was part of Senegal's squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations; the Lions of Teranga went on to win the tournament for the first time in their history.[11][12]
Ballo-Touré was appointed a Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion by President of Senegal Macky Sall following the nation's victory at the tournament.[13]
He was a member of Senegal's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, making one appearance as a substitute[14] in the 3–0 round of 16 loss to England on 4 December.[15]
In December 2023, he was named in Senegal's squad for the postponed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in the Ivory Coast.[16]
Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lille | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
Total | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
Monaco | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
2019–20 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
Total | 63 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 | ||
AC Milan | 2021–22 | Serie A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
2022–23 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 14 | 1 | |||
Total | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
Fulham (loan) | 2023–24 | Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
Career total | 134 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 155 | 1 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Senegal | 2021 | 8 | 0 |
2022 | 7 | 0 | |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 16 | 0 |
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