Demba Ba is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club İstanbul Başakşehir and the Senegal national team. He made his first-team debut with French team Rouen in 2005 before moving to Mouscron and onto 1899 Hoffenheim in 2007. In 2011, he moved to Premier League side West Ham United. In January 2013, he completed a move to Chelsea for an undisclosed fee, before joining Beşiktaş for €6 million 18 months later. After one season in Turkey, he move to Shanghai Shenhua of the Chinese Super League.
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Demba Ba is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club İstanbul Başakşehir and the Senegal national team. He made his first-team debut with French team Rouen in 2005 before moving to Mouscron and onto 1899 Hoffenheim in 2007. In 2011, he moved to Premier League side West Ham United. Despite being their league top goal scorer in the 2010–11 season, they were relegated to the Championship and Ba moved to Newcastle United. In January 2013, he completed a move to Chelsea for an undisclosed fee, before joining Beşiktaş for €6 million 18 months later. After one season in Turkey, he move to Shanghai Shenhua of the Chinese Super League. Ba has been a full international for Senegal since 2007 and represented the country at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. He was born in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine and is the sixth child of seven. He joined the youth section of ES Mont-Gaillard, located in Le Havre, in 1992, before playing for Port Autonome between 1999 and 2000, and then for Frileuse between 2000 and 2001. In 2001, Ba returned to Châtillon and played for Montrouge. He played there until 2004, at which point he decided to concentrate on his football. Ba signed with manager Alain Michel because they were both moving to French club Rouen on a one-year contract, and Ba enjoyed a highly successful season with the club.
On 29 August 2007, Ba move to 2. Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffensheim for €3 million. In July 2009, he was due to move to VfB Stuttgart, but the move fell through after he failed a medical. The club later agreed to a transfer to Stoke City for a reported fee of £7. 1 million, but it fell through when Ba had agreed personal terms but failed his medical for undisclosed reasons. After the deal collapsed, Ba was sold to West Ham. Despite finishing as top scorer for West Bromwich Albion, Ba’s Premier League debut came on 6 February 2011, as a 75th-minute substitute for Robbie Keane in a 1–0 home defeat by Birmingham City. He followed that up by scoring twice in a 3–3 draw against West Brom six days later during his full debut. In December of that year Ba extended his contract at Hoffenheimer to 2013. He then signed a three-year deal with Turkish club Beşktaş. In April 2013, Ba signed a two-and-a-half year deal with Premier League club Chelsea. He has also played for QPR, Newcastle United, Aston Villa, West Brom and Hull City. Ba was part of Senegal’s World Cup squad in 2010 and 2011. He is also a member of the Senegal squad at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and the 2014 African Nations Cup in South Africa. He also played in the 2014 European Championships in Brazil.
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