Babacar Fati
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SJK | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Unidos de Lisboa | ||
| 2016–2020 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Sporting CP B | 4 | (0) |
| 2022– | SJK II | 15 | (5) |
| 2022– | SJK | 35 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2024 | |||
Babacar Fati (born 1 February 2000) is a Portuguese professional football player who plays as a left-back for Veikkausliiga side SJK.
Club career
[edit]Fati started football in the youth sector of Unidos de Lisboa, and later joined the youth academy of Sporting CP, and made his senior debut with the reserve team Sporting CP B in 2020.[1][2]
On 16 August 2022, Fati moved to Finland after signing with Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (SJK) in Veikkausliiga.[3][4][5] Initially he featured for both the first team and the reserve team SJK Akatemia. On 26 March 2024, his deal with SJK was extended until the end of 2025, with an option for 2026.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Fati is of Bissau-Guinean descent. His cousin Vítor Fati plays football for GS Loures.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 31 August 2024.
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting CP B | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Liga Portugal 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| SJK Akatemia | 2022 | Ykkönen | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | Ykkönen | 14 | 4 | – | – | 3[b] | 0 | 17 | 4 | |||
| Total | 15 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | ||
| SJK | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | – | 5[c] | 0 | 30 | 4 | ||
| Total | 31 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 52 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 66 | 9 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Includes Ykköscup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
References
[edit]- ^ Júnior do Sporting operado a fratura de uma vértebra cervical, maisfutebol, 5 May 2019
- ^ Silas chama Babacar Fati e Loide Augusto, record.pt, 27 October 2019
- ^ Tervetuloa Babacar Fati!, sjk.fi, 16 August 2022
- ^ Babacar Fati ruma ao SJK da Finlândia, record.pt, 16 August 2022
- ^ SJK Akatemian huippukausi johti erikoiseen tilanteeseen – Säännöt muuttumassa ensi kaudeksi, Ilkka-Pohjalainen, 12 October 2023
- ^ Babacar Fatille pitkä jatkosopimus, sjk.fi, 26 March 2024
External links
[edit]- Babacar Fati at Soccerway
- Babacar Fati at WorldFootball.net
- Babacar Fati at zerozero.pt
- Babacar Fati at Finnish FA
Categories:
- Living people
- 2000 births
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Men's association football defenders
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Liga 3 (Portugal) players
- Sporting CP footballers
- Sporting CP B players
- Veikkausliiga players
- SJK Akatemia players
- Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players
- Ykkönen players
- Portuguese people of Bissau-Guinean descent