Isaac Babadi
{{Short description|Dutch footballer (born 2005)}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Isaac Babadi
| image = Isaac Babadi (2024).png
| caption = Babadi in 2024
| fullname = Isaac Achmed Koroma Junior Babadi{{Cite web|url=https://eredivisie.eu/clubs/psv/players/isaac-achmed-koroma-junior-babadi/|title=Isaac Achmed Koroma Junior Babadi|website=Eredivisie}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|April|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nijmegen, Netherlands
| height = 1.79 m
| position = Attacking midfielder, winger
| currentclub = PSV
| clubnumber = 26
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = SV Hatert
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = NEC Nijmegen
| youthyears3 = 2018–2021
| youthclubs3 = PSV Eindhoven
| years1 = 2021–
| clubs1 = Jong PSV
| caps1 = 42
| goals1 = 7
| years2 = 2023–
| clubs2 = PSV
| caps2 = 23
| goals2 = 1
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 2021–2022
| nationalteam1 = Netherlands U17
| nationalcaps1 = 17
| nationalgoals1 = 5
| nationalyears2 = 2022–2023
| nationalteam2 = Netherlands U18
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2023–
| nationalteam3 = Netherlands U19
| nationalcaps3 = 5
| nationalgoals3 = 2
| nationalyears4 = 2023–
| nationalteam4 = Netherlands U21
| nationalcaps4 = 2
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| club-update = 12 April 2025
| nationalteam-update = 26 March 2024
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|NED}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|UEFA European Under-17 Championship}}
{{Medal|RU|2022 Israel|}}
}}
Isaac Achmed Koroma Junior Babadi (born 6 April 2005) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for {{Dutch football updater|PSVEindho}} club PSV.{{Soccerway|id=isaac-babadi/700867|accessdate=15 January 2022}}
Club career
Isaac Babadi made his professional debut for Jong PSV on 10 January 2022, replacing Johan Bakayoko during a 5–1 home Eerste Divisie against Almere City,{{Cite web|last=Pichel|first=Dominique|date=11 January 2022|title=Voormalige NEC-talenten Jansen en Babadi maken profdebuut bij Jong PSV|url=https://www.gelderlander.nl/sport-nijmegen-e-o/voormalige-nec-talenten-jansen-en-babadi-maken-profdebuut-bij-jong-psv~a872a7db/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&cb=a49b9d71ed8a7c6826a225fa3e1af7a5&auth_rd=1|access-date=2022-01-15|website=De Gelderlander}} their largest win of the season at that point.{{Cite web|date=11 January 2022|title=Vijfklapper voor Jong PSV: grootste overwinning van het seizoen|url=https://www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/4022883/vijfklapper-voor-jong-psv-grootste-overwinning-van-het-seizoen|access-date=2022-01-15|website=Omroep Brabant|language=nl}}
For the 2023–24 season, Babadi was moved to the senior squad of PSV. He made his debut on 4 August 2023 as a starter in the 2023 Johan Cruyff Shield, which PSV won 1–0, giving Babadi his first trophy in his first game.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/08/04/netherlands/super-cup/feyenoord-rotterdam-nv/psv-nv/4075675/|title=Feyenoord v PSV game report|date=4 August 2023}}
Four days later, he made his European debut in a Champions League qualifier against Sturm Graz. Babadi opened scoring in the 4th minute for his first goal for PSV, the game ended with PSV's 4–1 victory.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/08/08/europe/uefa-champions-league/psv-nv/sk-puntigamer-sturm-graz/4181404/|title=PSV v Sturm Graz game report|date=8 August 2023}}
In March 2024, PSV and Babadi announced that a new contract had been signed by both parties. The new contract runs until 2028.{{Cite web |date=2 March 2024 |year=2024 |title=PSV – Contract news – Isaac Babadi extends contract to mid-2028 |url=https://www.psv.nl/en/media/artikel/contractnieuws-isaac-babadi-verlengt-contract-tot-medio-2028 |access-date= |website=PSV.nl}}
International career
Babadi represented the Netherlands at the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where he was the team's captain as they reached the final before losing to France.{{cite web|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/under17/match/2034783--france-vs-netherlands/|title=France U17 v Netherlands U17 game report|date=1 June 2022}} Babadi scored the decisive penalty kick in the semi-final penalty shout-out against Serbia.
Personal life
Born in the Netherlands, Babadi is of Sierra Leonean descent.{{cite web | title=Isaac Babadi signs first professional contract with PSV | website=PSV.nl | date=7 April 2021 | url=https://www.psv.nl/english-psv/news/article/isaac-babadi-signs-first-professional-contract-with-psv-.htm | access-date=17 May 2022 | archive-date=17 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517202118/https://www.psv.nl/english-psv/news/article/isaac-babadi-signs-first-professional-contract-with-psv-.htm | url-status=dead }}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 12 April 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="6"|Jong PSV
|0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22
|Eerste Divisie |4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23
|Eerste Divisie |30 | 5 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 5 | ||||
| 2023–24
|Eerste Divisie |6 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 2 | ||||
| 2024–25
|Eerste Divisie |2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!42 | 7 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 42 | 7 | ||||
| rowspan="3"|PSV Eindhoven
|16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 1 | 1{{efn|name=JCS|Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield}} | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| 2024–25
|Eredivisie |7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!65 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 9 |
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Honours
PSV
- Eredivisie: 2023–24, 2024–25
- Johan Cruyff Shield: 2023{{Cite web |date=4 August 2023 |title=Lang beslist duel met Feyenoord en bezorgt PSV veertiende Johan Cruijff Schaal |trans-title=Long decided duel with Feyenoord and gives PSV fourteenth Johan Cruijff Shield |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2485454-lang-beslist-duel-met-feyenoord-en-bezorgt-psv-veertiende-johan-cruijff-schaal |access-date=8 August 2023 |website=nos.nl |language=nl}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|isaac-babadi/700867}}
{{PSV Eindhoven squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Babadi, Isaac}}
Category:Footballers from Nijmegen
Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Netherlands men's youth international footballers
Category:Dutch people of Sierra Leonean descent
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:PSV Eindhoven players
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen
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