Samson Baidoo
{{short description|Austrian footballer (born 2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Samson Baidoo
| image = FC Red Bull Salzburg gegen FC Blau-Weiß Linz (2025-04-06 Österreichische Bundesliga) 11.jpg
| caption = Baidoo with Red Bull Salzburg in 2025
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2004|3|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Graz, Austria
| height = 1.86 m{{cite web |url=https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/en/squad/samson-baidoo |title=Samson Baidoo |publisher=FC Red Bull Salzburg |access-date=30 August 2022}}
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Red Bull Salzburg
| clubnumber = 6
| youthyears1 = 2012–2013
| youthclubs1 = Post SV Graz
| youthyears2 = 2013–2018
| youthclubs2 = Grazer AK
| youthyears3 = 2018
| youthclubs3 = FC Liefering
| youthyears4 = 2018–2021
| youthclubs4 = Red Bull Salzburg
| years1 = 2021–2022
| clubs1 = FC Liefering
| caps1 = 46
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2022–
| clubs2 = Red Bull Salzburg
| caps2 = 50
| goals2 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2019
| nationalteam1 = Austria U15
| nationalcaps1 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2019
| nationalteam2 = Austria U16
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2020
| nationalteam3 = Austria U17
| nationalcaps3 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2021
| nationalteam4 = Austria U18
| nationalcaps4 = 7
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| nationalyears5 = 2023–
| nationalteam5 = Austria
| nationalcaps5 = 1
| nationalgoals5 = 0
| club-update = 24 May 2025
| nationalteam-update = 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.{{Cite web|url=https://sportsworldghana.com/samson-baidoo-meet-the-ghanaian-defender-with-similarities-to-upamecano-rudiger/|title=Samson Baidoo: Meet the Ghanaian defender with similarities to Upamecano & Rüdiger|date=December 1, 2021}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2 October 2023 |title=Nationalteam-Kader mit einigen Rückkehrern |url=https://www.oefb.at/oefb/News/Nationalteam-Kader-BEL-AZE/ |access-date=10 October 2023 |website=ÖFB |language=de-AT}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 26 June 2025.}}{{Soccerway|samson-baidoo/651894}}
| 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"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|FC Liefering
|25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23
|2. Liga |21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 21 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 46 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="5"|Red Bull Salzburg
|4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24
|Austrian Bundesliga |17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
| 2024–25
|Austrian Bundesliga |29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup}} | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| 2025–26
|Austrian Bundesliga |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!50 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 2 | |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!96 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 3 |
;Notes
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=International=
{{updated|match played 13 October 2023}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="1"|Austria
|2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||1||0 |
Honours
Red Bull Salzburg
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.redbullsalzburg.at/en/squad/samson-baidoo Profile] at the FC Red Bull Salzburg website
- {{UEFA player}}
{{FC Red Bull Salzburg squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baidoo, Samson}}
Category:Austrian people of Ghanaian descent
Category:Austrian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:2. Liga (Austria) players
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Category:Austria men's youth international footballers