Issa Ba

Ba was born on 7 October 1981 in Dakar, Senegal. He began playing football in 1998 at local club, AS Police. In 2000, he moved to the French club Laval, making his Ligue 2 debut on 18 November when coach Hervé Gauthier sent him in the 85th minute to replace Cyril Yapi in a 0–0 draw against Nancy. His following appearance took place on 3 February 2001, when he scored a goal in a 2–1 win over Le Mans. In 2004, Ba joined fellow Ligue 2 side Châteauroux. There, he played in both legs of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup where they were defeated 6–1 on aggregate by Club Brugge. In the same season, he scored a career-best seven goals in the league. Subsequently, Ba joined Auxerre in 2006, making his Ligue 1 debut on 27 August when coach Jean Fernandez sent him in the 76th minute to replace Frédéric Thomas in a 1–0 away loss to Nancy. He helped his side win the 2006 Intertoto Cup, playing in the 4–1 win against Farul Constanța in the first leg of the final. Afterwards, the team played in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup, reaching the group stage where Ba made four appearances. On 2 November 2008, he made his last Ligue 1 appearance in Auxerre's 1–0 loss to Caen, having a total of 24 matches in the competition. In 2009, Ba joined Spanish third league team Terrassa, but did not make a single league appearance there. Then he went to play for Wisła Kraków, making his Ekstraklasa debut on 27 February 2010, as coach Maciej Skorża sent him in the 70th minute to replace Tomáš Jirsák in a 1–0 away loss to GKS…

Ba made his debut for Senegal on 9 July 2000 under coach Peter Schnittger in a 0–0 draw against Egypt in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers. Subsequently, he played in a 1–0 loss to Togo during the 2002 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. Then he made six appearances during the 2006 World Cup qualifiers. Coach Abdoulaye Sarr selected Ba to be part of the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations squad where he made five appearances and scored once in the 2–0 group stage victory against Zimbabwe. Senegal reached the semi-finals where they were defeated 2–1 by Egypt. Ba made his last appearance for the national team on 1 March 2006 in a 2–1 friendly win against Norway, having a total of 18 matches with one goal for the Lions of Teranga.

Score and result list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Ba goal.

Auxerre

Intertoto Cup: 2008 Dinamo București

Supercupa României: 2012