Bio

Mama Samba Baldé (born 6 November 1995) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a winger and right-back for Ligue 1 club Troyes and the Guinea-Bissau national team. He also holds Portuguese citizenship. Club career Sporting Born in Bissau, Baldé moved to Portugal before his tenth birthday. In 2013, he signed with Sporting CP for his last year as a junior, arriving for free from S.U. Sintrense. On 11 May 2014, Baldé made his professional debut with the reserves, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute in a 1–0 away win against S.C. Braga B for the Segunda Liga. In January 2015, he was loaned to third division side Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco until June. Returned to Sporting B for 2015–16, Baldé scored his first league goal on 30 September 2015, but in a 1–3 home defeat to S.C. Olhanense. He totalled 38 appearances during the season, helping to a tenth-place finish in the second level. In the summer of 2017, Baldé went on loan to Primeira Liga club C.D. Aves. His first match in the competition occurred on 11 September, when he started as a right back in the 2–1 home victory over C.F. Os Belenenses. In February 2019, Baldé became Aves' all-time scorer in the Portuguese top division with nine goals. Dijon On 27 June 2019, Baldé joined Dijon FCO on a three-year contract. International career Baldé won his first cap for Guinea-Bissau on 8 June 2019, in a friendly against Angola where he replaced Toni Silva (2–0 loss in Penafiel). He was selected in the squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations tournament.