Bobo Baldé

Dianbobo "Bobo" Baldé (born 5 October 1975) is a French-born Guinean former professional footballer. He has previously played for Mulhouse, AS Cannes, Toulouse, Celtic, Valenciennes and Arles-Avignon.

Balde was also a Guinean international and has represented them 52 times scoring 2 goals.

Club career

Early career

Baldé started his career in 1995 at centre back for Marseille, where he stayed until 1997 but could not make the first-team breakthrough, so he had to leave his hometown club to join second division outfit FC Mulhouse for the 1997–98 season, staying only that year. When Mulhouse were relegated he joined AS Cannes on loan in 1998 where he had little success, in the league making 29 appearances and scoring 4 goals. He left Marseille, moving to Toulouse, whom he helped to promotion during the 1999–00 season. In total he made 52 appearances for Toulouse, scoring one goal.

Celtic

Baldé signed for Celtic on 21 July 2001 and became a regular player in Celtic's team. Balde made 232 appearances (51 as a sub) during his spell as a Hoops' player.