Demba Ba
Demba Ba ( 2011)
Demba Ba (born 25 May 1985 in Sèvres, Hauts -de- Seine) is a French- Senegalese football player.
Career
His professional career began in the striker who had played in the Youth for SM Montrouge, 2005 at FC Rouen. After a year he moved to Belgium to Excelsior Mouscron.
In August 2007 he went to TSG Hoffenheim, where he signed a contract until 2011. His debut in the 2nd Bundesliga he gave on 3 September 2007 in the 2:3 defeat in the away match against SC Freiburg. In his first game in the Bundesliga, he scored 16 August 2008 his first Bundesliga against Energie Cottbus. In his first Bundesliga season he played 33 Bundesliga matches, scoring 14 goals and provided seven assists.
In July 2009, Ba was before a change to VfB Stuttgart. Due to a medical examination discovered in the sport still unhealed wound that stemmed from a previous surgery on the fibula, the transfer but failed. In December of that year Ba extended his contract at Hoffenheim to 2013. Kraichgauer For the Ba played in three and a half seasons in the Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga and the DFB Cup 106 times and scored 40 goals.
In January 2011, Ba refused to travel to Hoffenheim to their winter training camp. He justified this by claiming that Hoffenheim have an assurance not met, after which he could change under conditions that have fulfilled an offer from West Ham United. Hoffenheim manager Ernst Tanner dismissed the allegations and stated that a use of Ba for TSG Hoffenheim was no longer employable. 15 January 2011 Ba fell through at the sports medical examination at Stoke City after all parties had reached agreement on a change. Stoke City thereupon declared that the player a permanent obligation not out of the question.
On January 28, 2011 Ba joined West Ham United. There, he signed a contract for three and a half years until 30 June 2014. He made his debut on 6 February, 2011 at the 0:1 home defeat against Birmingham City when he came on in the 76th minute for Robbie Keane. In his second game for West Ham Ba scored in the 3-3 draw against West Bromwich Albion 's first two goals in the Premier League. At the end of the season West Ham relegated as Table. Then Ba joined the 2011/12 season at Newcastle United.
On the 6th Round (24 September 2011) of the 2011/12 season he scored in the home game against Blackburn Rovers his first hat-trick in a Premier League game. In his first season for United, he scored 16 goals this season and reached the club on the fifth place to qualify for the European Cup. In the first half of the following season he scored 13 goals and was one of the few players of his club, which stood at the end of the first round at No. 15 that could convince.
On January 4, 2013 Ba signed a three and a half year contract with Chelsea. In his first competitive match on 5 January in the FA Cup against Southampton FC, he scored twice and helped Chelsea to victory so.
Internationally
Ba plays since 2007 for the Senegalese national, as his parents are from Senegal.