Rachid Baldé

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rachid Baldé

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|2|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Guinea-Bissau

| height = 1.67m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = SV Blau-Weiß Zorbau

| clubnumber = 4

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2012

| youthclubs1 = Povoense

| youthyears2 = 2012–2014

| youthclubs2 = Benfica

| youthyears3 = 2015

| youthclubs3 = Brentford

| youthyears4 = 2016–2018

| youthclubs4 = Stoke City

| years1 = 2018–2019

| clubs1 = Stoke City

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2018

| clubs2 = → Curzon Ashton (loan)

| caps2 = 1

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2020

| clubs3 = Fátima

| caps3 = 4

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2020–2021

| clubs4 = Sacavenense

| caps4 = 3

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2021

| clubs5 = Șomuz Fălticeni

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| years6 = 2022–2023

| clubs6 = Zimbru

| caps6 = 11

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2023

| clubs7 = Kastoria 1980

| caps7 =

| goals7 =

| years8 = 2023–2024

| clubs8 = MSV Pampow

| caps8 = 24

| goals8 = 5

| years9 = 2024–

| clubs9 = SV Blau-Weiß Zorbau

| caps9 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| club-update = 8 June 2024

}}

Rachid Baldé (born 24 February 2000) is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder for German NOFV-Oberliga Süd club SV Blau-Weiß Zorbau.

Career

As a youth player, Baldé joined the youth academy of Portuguese fourth tier side Povoense.{{Cite web |title=Profile |url=https://www.zerozero.pt/player.php?id=251255 |publisher=zerozero.pt}} In 2012, he joined the youth academy of Benfica in the Portuguese top flight.{{Cite web|url=https://serbenfiquista.com/forum/camadas-jovens/10/futebol-formacao-iniciados-a-2012-2013/50160/msg1073944993|title=Futebol Formação – Iniciados A (2012–2013)|publisher=serbenfiquista.com}} Following a spell in the Brentford academy,{{Cite web |title=Milk Cup: Brentford 1 Strikers 0 |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2015/july/milk-cup-brentford-1-strikers-0/ |access-date=18 July 2022 |website=Official website of Brentford Football Club |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |title=Milk Cup: Brentford 0 Sheffield United 1 |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2015/july/milk-cup-brentford-0-sheffield-united-1/ |access-date=18 July 2022 |website=Official website of Brentford Football Club |language=en-gb}} Baldé started his senior career with English second-tier club Stoke City.{{Cite web |title=Jovem da formação do Benfica assina pelo Stoke City |url=https://www.ojogo.pt/internacional/portugueses/noticias/jovem-da-formacao-do-benfica-assina-pelo-stoke-city-6252555.html |access-date=25 July 2022 |publisher=ojogo.pt}} In 2018, he was sent on loan to Curzon Ashton in the English sixth tier.{{Cite web |title=U23s Suffer Saints Loss |url=https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/u23s-suffer-saints-loss-0 |access-date=25 July 2022 |publisher=stokecityfc.com}}

In 2020, Baldé signed for Portuguese third-tier team Fátima. In 2021, he signed for Șomuz Fălticeni in the Romanian third tier, where he suffered a knee injury.{{Cite web |title=Şomuz Fălticeni pierde un jucător de bază în retur. Mijlocașul Rashid Balde va sta în afara gazonului şase luni după operaţia la genunchi |url=https://www.cronicadefalticeni.ro/somuz-falticeni-pierde-un-jucator-de-baza-in-retur-mijlocajul-rashid-balde-va-sta-in-afara-gazonului-sase-luni-dupa-opreatia-la-genunchi/ |access-date=25 July 2022 |publisher=cronicadefalticeni.ro}} Before the second half of 2021–22, Baldé signed for Moldovan top flight outfit Zimbru.{{Cite web |title=новичком "Зимбру" стал темнокожий хавбек из Гвинеи-Бисау |url=https://moldfootball.com/ru/news/transfermarkt-novichkom-zimbru-stal-temnokozhijj-khavbek-iz-gvinei-bisau |access-date=25 July 2022 |publisher=moldfootball.com}} On 12 March 2022, he debuted for Zimbru during a 2–1 win over Bălți.{{Cite web |title=Зимбру – ФК Бэлць 2:1 |url=https://moldfootball.com/ru/news/segodnja-14-00-zimbru-fk-behlc-prjamaja-videotransljacija |access-date=25 July 2022 |publisher=moldfootball.com}}{{Soccerway|id=460654|accessdate=25 July 2022}} On 31 January 2023, Balde signed for Greek third-tier team Kastoria 1980.