Amido Baldé

Amido Baldé (born 16 May 1991 Bissau ) is a Portuguese footballer, who hails from Guinea- Bissau and therefore has both citizenships. He is since 2013 the Scottish club Celtic tradition under contract.

Career

Association

Amido Baldé, who was born in Bissau, the capital of the West African country of Guinea- Bissau, began his career at Sporting Clube de Bissau, which serves as a farm team of Sporting Lisbon. There we played until 2007 before he joined the youth academy of Sporting along with his teammates Zezinho to Portugal. From 2010 to 2012 he stood as a professional cadre of Lisbon, was there but not used, so it was awarded at this time three times, first to CD Santa Clara in the Portuguese Liga Segunda, later for CD Badajoz in Spain and the Belgian club Cercle Brugge.

In summer 2012 he left Sporting and moved to league rivals Vitória Guimarães. With the club from Guimarães he won the Portuguese Cup final in 2013 against Benfica. With nine goals in 27 league games of the Primeira Liga in 2012/13 he was one of the best scorers of his team.

After one season at Vitória Baldé moved to the reigning Scottish champions Celtic FC, in which the striker signed for four years. There he was to compensate for the departure of Gary Hooper, who had moved to Norwich City. After his debut for Celtic in the Champions League game at home in Paradise against FC Cliftonville, which should still remain without a goal for Baldé, he scored on Matchday 8 of the Scottish Premiership 2013/14 against FC Kilmarnock his first goal. Due to the hitherto disappointing goal tally and overall performance of the Portuguese undertook to Celtic team manager Neil Lennon before the end of the transfer window next to the Finns Teemu Pukki also Derk Boerrigter the Dutchman, so Baldé barely came to use minutes. In addition, on the striker Georgios Samaras also position and Anthony Stokes, who had previously been standing at Celtic under contract.

National

After amido Baldé had decided to play for the Portuguese national team, he made his debut in 2009 in the U -19 in the country. By the end of next 2010, he came in this age group to 16 international matches, where he was able to achieve 3 goals. With Portugal's U -20, he participated in the World Cup 2011 in Colombia. Here he came to a use in the 1-0 group match victory over Cameroon when he came on in the 83rd minute for Caetano. With the team he reached the final against Brazil, which was lost with 2:3 after extra time.

Achievements

• Portuguese Cup Winners: 2012/13