| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abou-Malal Ba | ||
| Date of birth | 29 July 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Orléans | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2009 | SR Saint-Dié | ||
| 2009–2011 | US Raon-l'Étape | ||
| 2011–2017 | Nancy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Nancy B | 41 | (3) |
| 2017–2019 | Nancy | 42 | (2) |
| 2019–2023 | Nantes | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Aris (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Cosenza (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Alessandria (loan) | 26 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Seraing (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Villefranche | 4 | (0) |
| 2025 | Villefranche | 15 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | Bordeaux | 25 | (2) |
| 2026– | Orléans | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | France U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018 | France U20 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 September 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:23, 2 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
Abou-Malal Ba (born 29 July 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 3 club Orléans.
Ba made his professional debut with AS Nancy in a 0–0 Ligue 2 tie with Nîmes Olympique on 14 August 2017. He signed his first professional contract with Nancy on 20 September 2017.
On 5 September 2020, he joined Italian club Cosenza on a season-long loan.
On 7 August 2021, he moved on loan to Alessandria.
On 1 September 2022, Ba switched to Seraing in Belgium on a new loan.
On 13 January 2025, Ba returned to Villefranche after not playing in the first half of the 2024–25 season.
Born in France, Ba is of Senegalese descent.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nancy | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
| 2018–19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 2 | ||
| Aris (loan) | 2019–20 | Super League Greece | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 60 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 2 | ||