Ibrahima Wadji

Ibrahima Wadji
in Qabala, 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Bignona, Senegal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Saint-Étienne
Number 25
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Mbour Petite-Côte
2016‐2017 Gazişehir Gaziantep 28 (1)
2017–2018 Molde 13 (2)
2018 → Haugesund (loan) 12 (6)
2019–2021 Haugesund 43 (19)
2021–2022 Qarabağ 36 (20)
2022– Saint-Étienne 41 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2024

Ibrahima Wadji (born 5 May 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne.

Career

On 8 August 2017, Wadji joined Molde from Gazişehir Gaziantep.

In July 2018, Wadji joined Haugesund on loan from Molde until the end of the 2018 season, with an opportunity to join Haugesund permanently at the end of the loan. On 4 December 2018, Haugesund confirmed the permanent signing of Wadji on a contract until the end of 2021.

On 21 June 2019, Haugesund confirmed that Wadji had tested positive for Morphine in an anti-doping test after their match against Kristiansund on 19 May 2019.

On 18 August 2021, Wadji signed for Qarabağ on a three-year contract.

On 30 August 2022, Qarabağ announced that Wadji had been sold to Saint-Étienne. He signed a three-year contract. On 2 June 2024, he scored an extra-time goal in a 2–2 away draw against Metz in the relegation play-offs second leg, securing his club's promotion to Ligue 1 by winning 4–3 on aggregate.

Career statistics

As of match played on 31 August 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gazişehir Gaziantep 2015–16 TFF First League 11 1 0 0 — 11 1
2016–17 TFF First League 17 0 2 0 — 19 0
Total 28 1 2 0 — 30 1
Molde 2017 Eliteserien 9 1 1 0 — 10 1
2018 Eliteserien 4 1 2 2 1 0 7 3
Total 13 2 3 2 1 0 17 4
Haugesund (loan) 2018 Eliteserien 12 6 1 0 — 13 6
Haugesund 2019 Eliteserien 10 4 1 1 — 11 5
2020 Eliteserien 20 7 0 0 — 20 7
2021 Eliteserien 13 8 0 0 — 13 8
Total 43 19 1 1 — 44 20
Qarabağ 2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League 16 11 4 4 8 1 28 16
2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League 0 0 0 0 8 4 8 4
Total 16 11 4 4 16 5 36 20
Saint-Étienne 2022–23 Ligue 2 30 12 1 0 — 31 12
2023–24 Ligue 2 9 0 0 0 1 1 10 1
2023–24 Ligue 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 41 12 1 0 1 1 43 13
Career total 153 51 12 7 18 6 183 64
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Appearance in the Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs

References

  1. ^ "WADJI KLAR FOR MOLDE FK". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Molde-spiller klar for Eliteserie-konkurrent". www.eurosport.no (in Norwegian). Eurosport. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  3. ^ "SIGNERTE FOR FKH". fkh.no/ (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  4. ^ "IBRAHIMA WADJI MED POSITIV DOPINGPRØVE". fkh.no/ (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  5. ^ "İbrahima Vadji "Qarabağ"ımızda!". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Təşəkkürlər, İbrahima Vadji!". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Ibrahima Wadji est Stéphanois !" (in French). Saint-Étienne. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Saint-Etienne earns Ligue 1 promotion with extra-time goal". ESPN. 3 June 2024.
  9. ^ Ibrahima Wadji at Soccerway
  10. ^ "Ibrahima Wadji". nifs.no. nifs. Retrieved 31 August 2017.