Georges Ba

Georges Ba

Personal information
Full name	Georges Ba
Date of birth	(1979-01-21) January 21, 1979
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2001	Tours FC	69	(25)
2001–2002	Sannois Saint-Gratien	26	(6)
2002–2003	Besançon	32	(15)
2003–2005	OGC Nice	21	(3)
2004–2005	→ Montpellier	6	(0)
2005	→ Le Mans	13	(7)
2005–2007	Troyes	27	(4)
2007	Maccabi Netanya	8	(2)
2008	Gillingham	4	(0)
2008	Maccabi Netanya	10	(1)
2009–2010	AC Ajaccio	10	(1)
2010–2011	Vendée Poiré sur Vie	13	(2)
2012–	SS Saint-Louisienne	20	(9)
International career‡
2003	Ivory Coast	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 November 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2010

Georges Ba (born 21 January 1979) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Georges Ba has played for a number of clubs in France and also for Israel's Maccabi Netanya. He traveled to England in early 2008 for a trial with Leeds United, and on 29 March 2008 instead joined another League One side, Gillingham, on a deal which ran until the end of the 2007–08 season. He made his Gillingham debut in a 2–1 home win against Luton Town on 1 April, but he was released at the end of the season after four games for the Kent-based club, and rejoined Maccabi Netanya. On 17 December he was released from his contract with Netanya for the second time. He has since returned to France. and recently moved to America to start his own professional soccer training business. He coached an Under-16 team called Capistrano FC, from San Juan Capistrano.

Current

Georges Ba runs a Professional Soccer Training Business in Irvine, California, as of October 2023.

Personal life

Born in Abidjan, Ba holds both Ivorian and French nationalities. His son, Oliver, played soccer in Southern California, but now plays in an academy in France.

Honours

• Championnat de France amateur (1):
  • 2010-11
• Réunion Premier League (1):
  • 2012
• Réunion Premier League - 2012 Top Goalscorer (9 goals)