Joseph Baffoe

Joseph Baffoe
Baffoe in 2015
Personal information
Full name Joseph Baffoe
Date of birth (1992-11-07) 7 November 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Centre-back
Youth career
IFK Värnamo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 IFK Värnamo 1 (0)
2009–2013 Helsingborgs IF 33 (1)
2009–2010 → IFK Värnamo (loan) 39 (0)
2013 → Vålerenga (loan) 9 (0)
2014–2015 Halmstads BK 34 (1)
2015–2018 Eintracht Braunschweig 53 (3)
2016 → Eintracht Braunschweig II 1 (0)
2019 MSV Duisburg 1 (0)
2020–2024 Halmstads BK 119 (9)
2025–2026 Örebro SK 13 (1)
International career
2008–2009 Sweden U17 4 (1)
2009–2011 Sweden U19 10 (1)
2011–2015 Sweden U21 17 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Sweden
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner2015 Czech Republic
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 January 2026

Joseph Baffoe (born 7 November 1992) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.

Club career

Baffoe started off in IFK Värnamo and played there at senior level for one year. After that he signed for Allsvenska team Helsingborgs IF.

Baffoe signed for Helsingborg as a 17-year-old. His first full game was when they played against F.C. Copenhagen at home at Olympia.

On 26 July 2015, Baffoe signed a three-year contract with German 2. Bundesliga side Eintracht Braunschweig. He left the club at the end of his contract in summer 2018.

In July 2018, Baffoe's planned trial with Hamburger SV, newly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, was called off due to lacking fitness. On 7 January 2019, he joined MSV Duisburg. He left Duisburg after the 2018–19 season.

Personal life

Baffoe's parents have their roots in Ghana.

Honours

Helsingborgs IF

Sweden U21

References

  1. ↑ "Joseph Baffo". Eliteprospects.com. 7 November 1992. Retrieved 11 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "Eintracht verpflichtet Joseph Baffo" [Eintracht signs Joseph Baffo] (in German). eintracht.com. 26 July 2015. Archived from the original on 30 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Boland & Co.: BTSV trennt sich von zehn Spielern". kicker Online (in German). 1 June 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Probetraining abgeblasen: Baffo kein Kandidat in Hamburg". kicker Online (in German). 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  5. ↑ ""Passen sehr gut zusammen": Zebras verpflichten Joseph Baffoe". msv-duisburg.de (in German). 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Der neue MSV-Kader: Harte Arbeit & unbedingter Siegeswille" (in German). msv-duisburg.de. 20 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Ghana/ Joseph Baffo : Ghanaian defender wins Swedish league title, Ghana, news, football". Starafrica.com. Retrieved 11 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)