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Senegal · 2011–20Demba Ba
Rating
83
Caps
22
Goals
3
Life
1985
Clubs
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Newcastle United, İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.
#11
Editorial rank of 33 for Senegal
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The people's rank, live from duel votes
Steven Gerrard's touch got away from him at Anfield on 27 April 2014, and Ba was on to the ball before anyone else moved; the finish turned the title race toward Manchester City. He won the Süper Lig twice, with Beşiktaş in 2017 and Başakşehir in 2020, their first championship; he scored 16 Premier League goals for Newcastle in 2011-12 and the 87th-minute goal that put Chelsea past PSG into the 2014 Champions League semi-finals. Career record: 22 caps and 3 goals for Senegal; club career at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Newcastle United, İstanbul Başakşehir F.K..
Career record
| 2005–2006 | FC Rouen |
| 2006–2007 | Royal Excelsior Mouscron |
| 2007–2011 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |
| 2011–2011 | West Ham United |
| 2011–2013 | Newcastle United |
| 2013–2014 | Chelsea |
| 2014–2015 | Beşiktaş J.K. (Football) |
| 2015–2018 | Shanghai Shenhua |
| 2017–2017 | Beşiktaş J.K. (Football) |
| 2018–2018 | Göztepe S.K. |
| 2018–2019 | Shanghai Shenhua |
| 2019–2021 | İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. |
| Senegal | 22 caps, 3 goals |
Shared the era
Senegal legends whose careers overlapped Ba's