Samson Baidoo
Baidoo with Liefering in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-03-31) 31 March 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Graz, Austria
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Red Bull Salzburg
Number 6
Youth career
2012–2013 Post SV Graz
2013–2018 Grazer AK
2018 Liefering
2018–2021 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Liefering 46 (1)
2022– Red Bull Salzburg 17 (2)
International career‡
2019 Austria U15 9 (0)
2019 Austria U16 6 (0)
2020 Austria U17 1 (0)
2021 Austria U18 7 (1)
2023– Austria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023

Samson Baidoo (born 31 March 2004) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Austria national team.

International career

Born in Austria, Baidoo is of Ghanaian descent; he has represented the former country at youth international level.[2]

In October 2023, he received his first call-up to the Austrian senior national team for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Belgium and Azerbaijan.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 December 2023.[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liefering 2021–22 2. Liga 25 0 0 0 – – 25 0
2022–23 2. Liga 21 1 0 0 – – 21 1
Total 46 1 0 0 – – 46 1
Red Bull Salzburg 2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 4 0 1 0 0 0 – 5 0
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 13 2 1 0 5[a] 0 0 0 19 2
Total 17 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 24 2
Career total 63 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 70 3
Notes
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 13 October 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Austria 2023 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

References

  1. ^ "Samson Baidoo". FC Red Bull Salzburg. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Samson Baidoo: Meet the Ghanaian defender with similarities to Upamecano & Rüdiger". December 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "Nationalteam-Kader mit einigen Rückkehrern". ÖFB (in Austrian German). 2 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  4. ^ Samson Baidoo at Soccerway
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