| Fodé Ballo-Touré | |
| Full Name: | Fodé Ballo-Touré[1] |
| Birth Date: | 3 January 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France |
| Height: | 1.82 m[2] |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Currentclub: | Milan Futuro |
| Clubnumber: | 36 |
| Youthyears1: | 2003–2005 |
| Youthclubs1: | AS Éragny |
| Youthyears2: | 2005–2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | Paris Saint-Germain |
| Years1: | 2014–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Paris Saint-Germain B |
| Caps1: | 53 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs2: | Lille |
| Caps2: | 45 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs3: | Monaco |
| Caps3: | 63 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2021– |
| Clubs4: | AC Milan |
| Caps4: | 20 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs5: | → Fulham (loan) |
| Caps5: | 6 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2024– |
| Clubs6: | Milan Futuro |
| Caps6: | 2 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2012–2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | France U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | France U21 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam3: | Senegal |
| Nationalcaps3: | 16 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 19:30, 10 November 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 23:11, 23 January 2024 (UTC) |
Fodé Ballo-Touré (born 3 January 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie C Group B club Milan Futuro, the reserve team of Serie A club AC Milan. Born in France, he plays for the Senegal national team.
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.[3] 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.[4]
On 10 January 2019, Ballo-Touré signed with Monaco.[5]
On 18 July 2021, Ballo-Touré signed a contract with AC Milan until June 2025.[6]
On 1 September 2023, Ballo-Touré joined Premier League club Fulham on a season-long loan.[7]
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.[8]
Ballo-Touré was born in France to Malian father and Senegalese mother. He was a youth international for France.[9] 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.[10]
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.[11] [12]
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.[13]
He was a member of Senegal's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, making one appearance as a substitute[14] in the 3–0 round of 16 loss to England on 4 December.[15]
In December 2023, he was named in Senegal's squad for the postponed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in the Ivory Coast.[16]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 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 | ||
| 2024–25 | Serie C | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 136 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 157 | 1 | |||
| Senegal | 2021 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 16 | 0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
AC Milan
Senegal
Individual
2022