Elves Baldé
{{short description|Bissau-Guinean footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Elves Baldé
| image = Elves Baldé February 2018.jpg
| caption = Elves Baldé in February 2018
| fullname = Elves Umar Baldé
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|10|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
| height = 1.68 m
| position = Winger
| currentclub = Farense
| clubnumber = 7
| youthyears1 = 2008–2009
| youthclubs1 = Loures
| youthyears2 = 2009–2017
| youthclubs2 = Sporting CP
| years1 = 2016–2021
| clubs1 = Sporting B
| caps1 = 24
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2019
| clubs2 = → Paços de Ferreira (loan)
| caps2 = 13
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2019–2020
| clubs3 = → Feirense (loan)
| caps3 = 8
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2021–
| clubs4 = Farense
| caps4 = 78
| goals4 = 8
| nationalyears1 = 2014
| nationalteam1 = Portugal U15
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2014–2015
| nationalteam2 = Portugal U16
| nationalcaps2 = 7
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2017
| nationalteam3 = Portugal U18
| nationalcaps3 = 7
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2017–2018
| nationalteam4 = Portugal U19
| nationalcaps4 = 8
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| nationalyears5 = 2018–2019
| nationalteam5 = Portugal U20
| nationalcaps5 = 7
| nationalgoals5 = 1
| nationalyears6 = 2024–
| nationalteam6 = Guinea-Bissau
| nationalcaps6 = 1
| nationalgoals6 = 0
| club-update = 22 June 2024
| nationalteam-update = 6 June 2024
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|Portugal}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-19 Championship}}
{{Medal|W|2018 Finland|}}
}}
Elves Umar Baldé (born 2 October 1999) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Primeira Liga club Farense and the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Club career
On 14 August 2016 Elves made his professional debut with Sporting B starting in a 2015–16 Segunda Liga match against Sporting da Covilhã.{{cite news | date=2016-08-14 | title=Sporting da Covilhã 1-2 Sporting B| url=http://www.ligaportugal.pt/pt/liga/jogo/20162017/ledmanligapro/2/2| publisher=LPFP| accessdate=2016-08-17}}
On 27 December 2018 it was confirmed, that Baldé would spend the rest of the season on loan at Paços de Ferreira.[https://www.dn.pt/lusa/interior/pacos-de-ferreira-reforca-ataque-com-sportinguistas-elves-balde-e-rafael-barbosa-10376002.html Paços de Ferreira reforça ataque com sportinguistas Elves Baldé e Rafael Barbosa], dn.pt, 27 December 2018
On 26 August 2019, he joined Feirense on loan.{{cite press release|publisher=Feirense|url=https://www.cdfeirense.pt/site/2019/08/26/elves-balde-reforco/|title=ELVES BALDÉ É REFORÇO|date=26 August 2019|language=Portuguese}}
International career
Baldé made his debut for the Guinea-Bissau national team on 6 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against Ethiopia at the Estádio 24 de Setembro. He started the game and played 61 minutes as the game ended as a 0–0 draw.{{cite web|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/687132/|title=Guinea-Bissau v Ethiopia game report|date=6 June 2024}}
Honours
Individual
- Primeira Liga Goal of the Month: November 2024
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.ligaportugal.pt/pt/liga/clube/20162017/liganos/303/jogador/71468 Stats and profile at LPFP] {{in lang|pt}}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103224754/http://www.sporting.pt/pt/futebol-formacao/juvenis/plantel/elves-umar-balde |date=dmy |title=Sporting CP profile {{in lang|pt}} }}
- {{FPF national player|924593}}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924133218/http://org.fpf.pt/pt-pt/Competi%C3%A7%C3%B5es/Jogadores/Jogador/id/926305/f/1/ELVES-BALDE |date=dmy |title=FPF club profile {{in lang|pt}} }}
- {{Soccerway|elves-umar-balde/454355}}
{{S.C. Farense squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Balde, Elves}}
Category:Footballers from Bissau
Category:Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
Category:Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers
Category:Portuguese men's footballers
Category:Portugal men's youth international footballers
Category:Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal
Category:Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent
Category:Black Portuguese sportspeople
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Liga Portugal 2 players
Category:Primeira Liga players
Category:Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
Category:Sporting CP B players
Category:F.C. Paços de Ferreira players