![]() Baidoo with Liefering in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 31 March 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Graz, Austria | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2013 | Post SV Graz | ||
2013–2018 | Grazer AK | ||
2018 | Liefering | ||
2018–2021 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | Liefering | 46 | (1) |
2022– | Red Bull Salzburg | 23 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Austria U15 | 9 | (0) |
2019 | Austria U16 | 6 | (0) |
2020 | Austria U17 | 1 | (0) |
2021 | Austria U18 | 7 | (1) |
2023– | Austria | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023 |
Samson Baidoo (born 31 March 2004) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Austria national team.
International career
Born in Austria, Baidoo is of Ghanaian descent; he has represented the former country at youth international level.[2]
In October 2023, he received his first call-up to the Austrian senior national team for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Belgium and Azerbaijan.[3]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 10 August 2024.[4]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liefering | 2021–22 | 2. Liga | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | 2. Liga | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 1 | |||
Total | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 46 | 1 | ||||
Red Bull Salzburg | 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |
2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | ||
Career total | 69 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 3 |
- Notes
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 13 October 2023
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Austria | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Honours
Red Bull Salzburg
References
- ^ "Samson Baidoo". FC Red Bull Salzburg. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Samson Baidoo: Meet the Ghanaian defender with similarities to Upamecano & Rüdiger". December 1, 2021.
- ^ "Nationalteam-Kader mit einigen Rückkehrern". ÖFB (in Austrian German). 2 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ Samson Baidoo at Soccerway