Babacar Fati
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Livingston | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Unidos de Lisboa | ||
| 2016–2020 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Sporting CP B | 4 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | SJK II | 15 | (5) |
| 2022–2026 | SJK | 67 | (5) |
| 2026– | Livingston | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Guinea-Bissau | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 April 2025 | |||
Babacar Fati (born 1 February 2000) is a professional football player who plays as a left-back for Scottish Championship club Livingston. Born in Portugal, he represents the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Club career
Fati started football in the youth sector of Unidos de Lisboa, and later joined the youth academy of Sporting CP, and made his senior debut with the reserve team Sporting CP B in 2020.[1][2]
On 16 August 2022, Fati moved to Finland after signing with SJK Seinäjoki in Veikkausliiga.[3][4][5] Initially, he featured for both the first team and the reserve team SJK Akatemia. On 26 March 2024, his deal with SJK was extended until the end of 2025, with an option for 2026.[6]
On 19 January 2026, Fati moved to Scotland, joining Premiership club Livingston on a contract until June 2029 for an undisclosed fee.[7]
International career
On 13 March 2025, Fati received his first call-up to the Guinea-Bissau national team, for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso.[8] He made his international debut on 20 March, in a match against Sierra Leone.
Personal life
Fati is of Bissau-Guinean descent. His cousin Vítor Fati plays football for Camacha.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 21 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting CP B | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Liga Portugal 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| SJK Akatemia | 2022 | Ykkönen | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | Ykkönen | 14 | 4 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 17 | 4 | |||
| Total | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | ||
| SJK | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 36 | 5 | ||
| 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
| Total | 66 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 6 | ||
| Livingston | 2025–26 | Scottish Premiership | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 99 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 11 | ||
- ↑ Includes Suomen Cup
- ↑ Includes Ykköscup and Finnish League Cup
International
- As of match played 24 March 2025[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
References
- ↑ Júnior do Sporting operado a fratura de uma vértebra cervical, maisfutebol, 5 May 2019
- ↑ Silas chama Babacar Fati e Loide Augusto, record.pt, 27 October 2019
- ↑ Tervetuloa Babacar Fati!, sjk.fi, 16 August 2022
- ↑ Babacar Fati ruma ao SJK da Finlândia, record.pt, 16 August 2022
- ↑ SJK Akatemian huippukausi johti erikoiseen tilanteeseen – Säännöt muuttumassa ensi kaudeksi, Ilkka-Pohjalainen, 12 October 2023
- ↑ Babacar Fatille pitkä jatkosopimus, sjk.fi, 26 March 2024
- ↑ "Babacar Fati joins the Lions". Livingston. 19 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ Guinea Bissau name four new players in squad for FIFA World Cup qualifiers, cafonline.com, 13 March 2025
- ↑ Babacar Fati at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Babacar Fati at Soccerway
- Babacar Fati at WorldFootball.net
- Babacar Fati at Finnish FA
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Portuguese people of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Black Portuguese sportspeople
- 21st-century Bissau-Guinean sportsmen
- Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
- Portuguese men's footballers
- International sportspeople born abroad
- Men's association football full-backs
- Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
- Liga 3 (Portugal) players
- Sporting CP B players
- Ykkönen players
- SJK Akatemia players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players
- Livingston F.C. players
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Guinea-Bissau men's international footballers