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) |
| 2022–2023 | SJK II | 15 | (5) |
| 2022– | SJK | 42 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Guinea-Bissau | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 April 2025 | |||
Babacar Fati (born 1 February 2000) is a professional football player who plays as a left-back for Veikkausliiga side SJK Seinäjoki. Born in Portugal, Fati plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team.
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 SJK Seinäjoki 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]
International career
[edit]On 13 March 2025, Fati received his first call-up to the Guinea-Bissau national team, for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso.[7] He made his international debut on 20 March, in a match against Sierra Leone.
Personal life
[edit]Fati is of Bissau-Guinean descent. His cousin Vítor Fati plays football for Machico.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 28 April 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | 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 | 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 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 36 | 5 | ||
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 63 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 10 | ||
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
- ^ Includes Ykköscup and Finnish League Cup
International
[edit]- As of match played 24 March 2025[8]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
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
- ^ Guinea Bissau name four new players in squad for FIFA World Cup qualifiers, cafonline.com, 13 March 2025
- ^ Babacar Fati at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
[edit]- Babacar Fati at Soccerway
- Babacar Fati at WorldFootball.net
- Babacar Fati at zerozero.pt
- Babacar Fati at Finnish FA
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
- 21st-century Bissau-Guinean sportsmen
- International sportspeople born abroad
- Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Bissau-Guinean 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 sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen