Demba Ba

Demba Ba is a striker, born on 25 May 1985 in Sèvres, which is a suburb of Paris, France.

In 1992 Demba began to play for local club Montgaillard. In 1999/2000 he moved to Port Autonome du Havre and then to Frileuse in 2000/2001.

In 2001 Ba went to Châtillon, where he played for Montrouge till 2004. After a while the representatives of Watford offered him to train with the first team. Demba spent five months with the first team of ‘The Hornets’, but soon he had to leave the club due to the appointment of a new head coach.

In July 2005 Ba was invited to the Rouen reserve team, but by the end of pre-season trainings he signed for the first team. In 2005/2006 Demba made 26 appearances and scored 22 goals, which could not be left unnoticed by Belgian side Mouscron.

Mouscron eventually offered to buy the footballer and Ba signed his first contract with the Belgian League club. During his debut match for Mouscron against Cercle Brugge in the first round of the Belgian Championship 2006/2007, Ba made an assist that helped his team to win 2-1. After that season, he moved to Germany.

On 29 August 2007, the footballer made his first appearance for 1899 Hoffenheim. Demba became the top goalscorer after netting 12 goals, which helped the club to get the promotion to the Bundesliga. Ba took part in 30 league matches and three DFB-Pokal matches.

On 28 January 2011, West Ham United signed Demba Ba till 2015. The striker took part in 12 matches of the season and contributed seven goals. However, that did not prevent the club from relegating to the Championship and as a result Ba left West Ham and became a free agent according to the terms of the contract.

On 17 June 2011, Demba joined Newcastle on a free transfer and signed a contract till 2014.

In 2013 though big-spending Chelsea activated his buy-out clause and signed him for 3.5 years. However, in the summer 2014 Ba completed a move to Besiktas.