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Abdul Rahman Baba

Abdul Rahman Baba

Defender - Left-Back  at PAOK Thessaloniki
Age31
CitizenshipGhana
Height1.79 m
Footleft
BornJuly 2, 1994
at PAOK Thessaloniki 1,049 days · joined 2023-07-10
👕200+ Apps 🏴50+ Caps
Market value €2.00m
Left-Back Defender

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
12/13
debut season
0.06
goals / match
PAOK Thessaloniki
top club · 111 apps

Career highs

€15.00m
peak value · 2015
€26.00m
top transfer fee · 15/16
8
best season · 24/25
61 / 2
int'l caps / goals
306Appearances
19Goals
21Assists
49Yellow cards
1Red cards
58Full matches (90′)
Full nameAbdul Rahman Baba
Name in home countryBaba Abdul Rahman
Date of birth1994-07-02 (31 yrs)
Place of birthTamale, Ghana
CitizenshipGhana
PositionDefender - Left-Back (main: Defender)
Footleft
Height179.00 m
Current clubPAOK Thessaloniki
Joined2023-07-10
Contract expires2026-06-30
Agent1863
OutfitterNike
Jul 2025
25/26 — PAOK Thessaloniki
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2024
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2024
24/25 — PAOK Thessaloniki
46 matches · 8 G · 3 A · across 6 competitions
Mar 2024
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Feb 2024
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Nov 2023
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jul 2023
Transfer: Chelsea → PAOK Salonika
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2023
23/24 — PAOK Thessaloniki
44 matches · 6 G · 4 A · across 5 competitions
May 2023
Transfer: Reading → Chelsea
22/23 · Return from loan
Feb 2023
Injury: unknown
17 games missed
Feb 2023
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Sep 2022
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Aug 2022
Transfer: Chelsea → Reading
22/23 · Loan
Jul 2022
22/23 — Reading FC
20 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
May 2022
Transfer: Reading → Chelsea
21/22 · Return from loan
Feb 2022
Injury: unknown
9 games missed
Aug 2021
Transfer: Chelsea → Reading
21/22 · Loan
Jul 2021
21/22 — Reading FC
29 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jun 2021
Transfer: PAOK Salonika → Chelsea
20/21 · Return from loan
Jan 2021
Transfer: Chelsea → PAOK Salonika
20/21 · Loan
Jul 2020
20/21 — PAOK Thessaloniki, Chelsea FC U23
20 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jun 2020
Transfer: RCD Mallorca → Chelsea
19/20 · Return from loan
Sep 2019
Injury: unknown
41 games missed
Sep 2019
Transfer: Chelsea → RCD Mallorca
19/20 · Loan
Jul 2019
19/20 — RCD Mallorca
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2019
Transfer: Stade Reims → Chelsea
18/19 · Return from loan
Jan 2019
Transfer: Chelsea → Stade Reims
18/19 · Loan
Jan 2019
Transfer: FC Schalke 04 → Chelsea
18/19 · Return from loan
Jul 2018
18/19 — FC Schalke 04, Stade Reims
15 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2018
Transfer: Chelsea → FC Schalke 04
17/18 · Loan
Sep 2017
Injury: unknown
49 games missed
Jul 2017
17/18 — FC Schalke 04
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jun 2017
Transfer: FC Schalke 04 → Chelsea
16/17 · Return from loan
Jan 2017
Injury: unknown
32 games missed
Jan 2017
Injury: unknown
27 games missed
Aug 2016
Transfer: Chelsea → FC Schalke 04
16/17 · Loan
Jul 2016
16/17 — FC Schalke 04
21 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Aug 2015
Transfer: FC Augsburg → Chelsea
15/16 · Transfer · €26.00m
Jul 2015
15/16 — Chelsea FC, FC Augsburg
24 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 5 competitions
Apr 2015
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Mar 2015
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Feb 2015
Injury: unknown
Aug 2014
Transfer: Greuther Fürth → FC Augsburg
14/15 · Transfer · €2.50m
Jul 2014
14/15 — SpVgg Greuther Fürth, FC Augsburg
33 matches · 2 G · 6 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — SpVgg Greuther Fürth
25 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2012
12/13 — SpVgg Greuther Fürth
21 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2012
Transfer: Dreams FC → Greuther Fürth
12/13 · Transfer
Jun 2012
Transfer: Asante Kotoko → Dreams FC
11/12 · Return from loan
Jul 2011
Transfer: Dreams FC → Asante Kotoko
11/12 · Loan
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €15.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
5,196 min
Minutes played by club
PAOK Thessaloniki 71.4%
Reading FC 0.0%
Chelsea FC U23 0.0%
RCD Mallorca 0.0%
FC Schalke 04 8.4%
Stade Reims 18.6%
FC Augsburg 0.0%
Chelsea FC 0.0%
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1.6%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
PAOK Thessaloniki 4 20/21 25/26 111 15 8 3,710
Reading FC 2 21/22 22/23 49 0 1 0
Chelsea FC U23 1 20/21 20/21 3 0 0 0
RCD Mallorca 1 19/20 19/20 3 0 0 0
FC Schalke 04 3 16/17 18/19 26 1 2 439
Stade Reims 1 18/19 18/19 11 1 1 965
FC Augsburg 2 14/15 15/16 32 0 5 0
Chelsea FC 1 15/16 15/16 23 0 2 0
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 3 12/13 14/15 48 2 2 82

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

3€3.8M6€7.5M8€11.3M11€15M12/1313/14 — 1 assists113/1414/15 — 2 goals (SpVgg Greuther Fürth)14/15 — 6 assists814/1515/16 — 2 assists215/1616/17 — 1 goals (FC Schalke 04)16/17 — 2 assists316/1717/1818/19 — 1 goals (Stade Reims)18/19 — 1 assists218/1919/2020/21 — 1 goals (PAOK Thessaloniki)20/21 — 1 assists220/2121/22 — 1 assists121/2222/2323/24 — 6 goals (PAOK Thessaloniki)23/24 — 4 assists1023/2424/25 — 8 goals (PAOK Thessaloniki)24/25 — 3 assists1124/2525/2612/13 — €150K13/14 — €1.5M14/15 — €3M15/16 — €15M16/17 — €13M17/18 — €8M18/19 — €8M19/20 — €5M20/21 — €2.4M21/22 — €2.5M22/23 — €2.2M23/24 — €1.5M24/25 — €2M25/26 — €2MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

12/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 2214/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 1116/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 1120/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 6623/2424/25: 8824/2525/26: 0025/26

Assists by season

12/13: 0012/1313/14: 1113/1414/15: 6614/1515/16: 2215/1616/17: 2216/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 1120/2121/22: 1121/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 4423/2424/25: 3324/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 Europa League Qualifying PAOK Thessaloniki 4 0 0 0 0 0
25/26 Super League 1 PAOK Thessaloniki 0 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Champions League Qu. PAOK Thessaloniki 4 1 1 2 0 390
24/25 Europa League PAOK Thessaloniki 10 1 0 0 0 834
24/25 Europa League Qualifying PAOK Thessaloniki 2 1 0 0 0 166
24/25 Kypello Elladas PAOK Thessaloniki 1 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 SL1 Play-off PAOK Thessaloniki 6 0 0 1 0 0
24/25 Super League 1 PAOK Thessaloniki 23 5 2 3 0 331
23/24 Conference L. PAOK Thessaloniki 9 1 1 2 0 671
23/24 Kypello Elladas PAOK Thessaloniki 2 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 SL1 Play-off PAOK Thessaloniki 9 1 1 2 0 709
23/24 Super League 1 PAOK Thessaloniki 19 4 2 6 0 392
23/24 UECL Quali PAOK Thessaloniki 5 0 0 3 0 0
22/23 Championship Reading FC 18 0 0 5 0 0
22/23 FA Cup Reading FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Championship Reading FC 29 0 1 5 0 0
20/21 Kypello Elladas PAOK Thessaloniki 4 0 1 0 0 0
20/21 Premier League 2 Chelsea FC U23 3 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 SL1 Play-off PAOK Thessaloniki 9 0 0 2 0 0
20/21 Super League 1 PAOK Thessaloniki 4 1 0 1 0 217
19/20 Copa del Rey RCD Mallorca 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 LaLiga RCD Mallorca 2 0 0 1 0 0
18/19 Bundesliga FC Schalke 04 2 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Champions League FC Schalke 04 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 DFB-Pokal FC Schalke 04 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Ligue 1 Stade Reims 11 1 1 3 0 965
17/18 Bundesliga FC Schalke 04 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Bundesliga FC Schalke 04 13 0 2 2 0 0
16/17 DFB-Pokal FC Schalke 04 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Europa League FC Schalke 04 6 1 0 2 0 439
15/16 Champions League Chelsea FC 4 0 1 0 0 0
15/16 DFB-Pokal FC Augsburg 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 FA Cup Chelsea FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 League Cup Chelsea FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
15/16 Premier League Chelsea FC 15 0 1 1 0 0
14/15 2. Bundesliga SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2 2 1 0 0 82
14/15 Bundesliga FC Augsburg 31 0 5 4 0 0
14/15 DFB-Pokal FC Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 2. Bundesliga SpVgg Greuther Fürth 22 0 1 1 0 0
13/14 Bundesliga Playoffs SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 DFB-Pokal SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Bundesliga SpVgg Greuther Fürth 20 0 0 2 0 0
12/13 DFB-Pokal SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1 0 0 0 1 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
11/12 2011-07-01 Dreams FC Asante Kotoko Loan 0
11/12 2012-06-30 Asante Kotoko Dreams FC Return from loan 150000
12/13 2012-07-01 Dreams FC Greuther Fürth Transfer 150000
14/15 2014-08-12 Greuther Fürth FC Augsburg Transfer 1500000 €2.50m
15/16 2015-08-16 FC Augsburg Chelsea Transfer 10000000 €26.00m
16/17 2016-08-02 Chelsea FC Schalke 04 Loan 12000000
16/17 2017-06-30 FC Schalke 04 Chelsea Return from loan 8000000
17/18 2018-01-29 Chelsea FC Schalke 04 Loan 8000000
18/19 2019-01-28 FC Schalke 04 Chelsea Return from loan 5000000
18/19 2019-01-29 Chelsea Stade Reims Loan 5000000
18/19 2019-06-30 Stade Reims Chelsea Return from loan 5000000
19/20 2019-09-02 Chelsea RCD Mallorca Loan 5000000
19/20 2020-06-30 RCD Mallorca Chelsea Return from loan 2400000
20/21 2021-01-30 Chelsea PAOK Salonika Loan 2400000
20/21 2021-06-30 PAOK Salonika Chelsea Return from loan 2500000
21/22 2021-08-27 Chelsea Reading Loan 2500000
21/22 2022-05-31 Reading Chelsea Return from loan 2200000
22/23 2022-08-31 Chelsea Reading Loan 2200000
22/23 2023-05-31 Reading Chelsea Return from loan 1800000
23/24 2023-07-10 Chelsea PAOK Salonika Transfer 1200000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
14/15 Rest 2015-02-16 2015-02-19 4 0
14/15 Capsular injury 2015-03-23 2015-04-13 22 4
14/15 Toe injury 2015-04-09 2015-04-16 8 1
17/18 Meniscus damage 2017-01-19 2017-07-20 183 27
17/18 Cruciate ligament tear 2017-01-19 2017-09-04 229 32
17/18 Fitness 2017-09-04 2018-05-04 243 49
19/20 Knee injury 2019-09-23 2020-09-04 348 41
21/22 Hamstring injury 2022-02-19 2022-03-31 41 9
22/23 Hamstring injury 2022-09-29 2022-10-16 18 4
22/23 Tonsillitis 2023-02-01 2023-02-05 5 1
22/23 unknown injury 2023-02-15 2023-05-15 90 17
23/24 unknown injury 2023-11-09 2023-12-11 33 8
23/24 Head injury 2024-02-26 2024-03-01 5 1
23/24 unknown injury 2024-03-30 2024-04-01 3 1
24/25 unknown injury 2024-08-16 2024-08-20 5 1
Current€2.00m
Peak€15.00m
Low€100k
Δ since start+€1.90m
€100k€3.83m€7.55m€11.28m€15.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €13.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €15.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #22978 #5 9 1 former national player
Team #3441 #17 52 1 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Stefan Schwab 2 1 0
Dominik Kotarski 2 0 0
Brandon Thomas 2 1 0
Andy Yiadom 1 0 0
Ally Samatta 2 0 0
Jordan Ayew 2 2 0
Jonny Otto 1 1 0
Wolfgang Hesl 1 0 0
Konstantinos Koulierakis 2 2 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
24/25 Super League 1 PAOK Thessaloniki 5 23
23/24 Super League 1 PAOK Thessaloniki 4 19
14/15 2. Bundesliga SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2 2

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
14/15 Bundesliga FC Augsburg 5 31
16/17 Bundesliga FC Schalke 04 2 13
23/24 Super League 1 PAOK Thessaloniki 2 19

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
22/23 2023-05-31 Reading Chelsea Return from loan €1.80m
22/23 2022-08-31 Chelsea Reading Loan €2.20m
21/22 2022-05-31 Reading Chelsea Return from loan €2.20m
21/22 2021-08-27 Chelsea Reading Loan €2.50m
20/21 2021-06-30 PAOK Salonika Chelsea Return from loan €2.50m
20/21 2021-01-30 Chelsea PAOK Salonika Loan €2.40m
19/20 2020-06-30 RCD Mallorca Chelsea Return from loan €2.40m
19/20 2019-09-02 Chelsea RCD Mallorca Loan €5.00m
18/19 2019-06-30 Stade Reims Chelsea Return from loan €5.00m
18/19 2019-01-29 Chelsea Stade Reims Loan €5.00m
18/19 2019-01-28 FC Schalke 04 Chelsea Return from loan €5.00m
17/18 2018-01-29 Chelsea FC Schalke 04 Loan €8.00m
16/17 2017-06-30 FC Schalke 04 Chelsea Return from loan €8.00m
16/17 2016-08-02 Chelsea FC Schalke 04 Loan €12.00m
11/12 2012-06-30 Asante Kotoko Dreams FC Return from loan €150k
11/12 2011-07-01 Dreams FC Asante Kotoko Loan

Teams faced most often by Abdul Rahman Baba's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Fortuna Düsseldorf 17 7 5 5 29 27 +2 41%
Hertha BSC 16 4 3 9 19 32 -13 25%
Hannover 96 16 7 3 6 26 22 +4 44%
Hamburger SV 16 1 7 8 13 28 -15 6%
1. FC Nürnberg 16 9 4 3 30 23 +7 56%
SC Paderborn 07 14 7 4 3 27 24 +3 50%
Eintracht Braunschweig 14 6 4 4 22 12 +10 43%
Karlsruher SC 14 3 2 9 15 29 -14 21%
1. FC Köln 12 0 2 10 6 25 -19 0%
SV Darmstadt 98 12 3 2 7 13 25 -12 25%
1. FC Kaiserslautern 12 4 1 7 16 22 -6 33%
FC St. Pauli 12 5 2 5 16 16 0 42%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
12/13 Senior debut season
14/15 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 46 1,721 6 1 0 0.37
23/24 44 1,772 13 0 0 0.66
22/23 20 0 5 0 0 0
21/22 29 0 5 0 0 0
20/21 20 217 3 0 0 1.24
19/20 3 0 1 0 0 0
18/19 15 965 3 0 0 0.28
16/17 21 439 4 0 0 0.82
15/16 24 0 2 0 0 0
14/15 33 82 4 0 0 4.39
13/14 25 0 1 0 0 0
12/13 21 0 2 0 1 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Super League 1
46 apps
10 G
4 A
2. Bundesliga
24 apps
2 G
2 A
Europa League
16 apps
2 G
0 A
SL1 Play-off
24 apps
1 G
1 A
Champions League Qu.
4 apps
1 G
1 A
Conference L.
9 apps
1 G
1 A
Ligue 1
11 apps
1 G
1 A
Europa League Qualifying
6 apps
1 G
0 A
Bundesliga
67 apps
0 G
7 A
Kypello Elladas
7 apps
0 G
1 A

Frequently asked about Abdul Rahman Baba

Who is Abdul Rahman Baba?

Abdul Rahman Baba is a Ghana professional footballer who plays as a left-back for PAOK Thessaloniki.

How old is Abdul Rahman Baba?

Abdul Rahman Baba is 31 years old. He was born on July 2, 1994 in Tamale.

What position does Abdul Rahman Baba play?

Abdul Rahman Baba plays as a left-back (Defender - Left-Back).

What club does Abdul Rahman Baba play for?

Abdul Rahman Baba currently plays for PAOK Thessaloniki.

How many career goals has Abdul Rahman Baba scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Abdul Rahman Baba has scored 19 goals in 306 appearances.

What is Abdul Rahman Baba's market value?

Abdul Rahman Baba's most recent reported market value is €2.00m.