Mama Baldé
Guinea-Bissauan footballer
Mama Samba Baldé (born 6 November 1995) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Brest and the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Club career
Sporting CP
Born in Bissau, Baldé moved to Portugal before his tenth birthday. In 2013, he signed with Sporting CP for his last year as a junior, arriving for free from Sintrense.
Baldé made his professional debut with the reserves on 11 May 2014, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute in a 1–0 away win against Braga B in the Segunda Liga. In January 2015, he was loaned to third division side Benfica de Castelo Branco until June.
Returned to Sporting B for 2015–16, Baldé scored his first league goal on 30 September 2015, but in a 1–3 home defeat to Olhanense. He totalled 38 appearances during the season, helping to a tenth-place finish in the second tier.
Baldé went on loan to Primeira Liga club Aves in the summer of 2017. His first match in the competition occurred on 11 September, when he started as a right-back in the 2–1 home victory over Belenenses.
In February 2019, Baldé became Aves' all-time scorer in the Portuguese top flight with nine goals.
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