Fodé Ballo-Touré
Footballer (born 1997)
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Fodé Ballo-Touré (born 3 January 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 2 side Metz. Born in France, he plays for the Senegal national team.[3]
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Ballo-Touré with Monaco in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Fodé Ballo-Touré[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 January 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Metz | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 97 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | AS Éragny | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2017 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Paris Saint-Germain B | 53 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Lille | 45 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Monaco | 63 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2025 | AC Milan | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Fulham (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Milan Futuro (res.) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Le Havre | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Metz | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | France U16 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | France U21 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Senegal | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:05, 10 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:11, 23 January 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Lille
Ballo-Touré developed through the Paris Saint-Germain academy. On 1 July 2017, his contract with PSG expired and he signed with Lille managed by Marcelo Bielsa.[4] He made his Ligue 1 debut on 6 August 2017 in a 3–0 home win against Nantes. He started the match and was replaced by Rominigue Kouamé at halftime.[5]
Monaco
AC Milan
On 18 July 2021, Ballo-Touré signed a contract with AC Milan until June 2025.[7]
Loan to Fulham
On 1 September 2023, Ballo-Touré joined Premier League club Fulham on a season-long loan.[8]
Return to AC Milan and Milan Futuro
After his loan spell in England concluded, he returned to his parent club AC Milan on 30 June 2024, although Ballo-Touré along with teammate Divock Origi initially were both left out of the first team roster for the 2024–25 season, he later joined the newly created reserve team Milan Futuro and made his debut on 20 October, as a starter for a 3–1 home loss Serie C Group B match against Legnago Salus.[9]
On 21 January 2025, it was announced that Ballo-Touré's contract with the team was ended by mutual agreement.[10]
Le Havre
On 23 January 2025, Ballo-Touré returned to France and signed with Ligue 1 club Le Havre, until the end of the season.[11]
Metz
On 3 September 2025, Ballo-Touré with Ligue 1 club Metz.[12]
International career
Ballo-Touré was born in France to Malian father and Senegalese mother. He was a youth international for France.[13] However, he decided to represent Senegal on senior level, over France and Mali. He made his debut for Senegal in a 0–0 draw against Congo on 26 March 2021.[14]
He was part of Senegal's squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations; the Lions of Teranga went on to win the tournament for the first time in their history.[15][16]
Ballo-Touré was appointed a Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion by President of Senegal Macky Sall following the nation's victory at the tournament.[17]
He was a member of Senegal's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, making one appearance as a substitute[18] in the 3–0 round of 16 loss to England on 4 December.[19]
In December 2023, he was named in Senegal's squad for the postponed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in the Ivory Coast.[20]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 10 April 2026[3]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lille | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Monaco | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 63 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 | ||
| AC Milan | 2021–22 | Serie A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[c] | 0 | 14 | 1 | |||
| Total | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Fulham (loan) | 2023–24 | Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| Milan Futuro | 2024–25 | Serie C | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Le Havre | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Metz | 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 160 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 182 | 1 | ||
- Notes
- Includes Coupe de France
- Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 23 January 2024[21]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Senegal | 2021 | 8 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 0 | |
Honours
AC Milan
Senegal
Individual
