Ibrahima Wadji

Ibrahima Wadji
Wadji with Saint-Étienne in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-05-05) 5 May 1995
Place of birth Bignona, Senegal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Turan Tovuz
Number 99
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Mbour Petite-Côte
2016‐2017 Gazişehir Gaziantep 28 (1)
2017–2018 Molde 13 (2)
2018 → Haugesund (loan) 12 (6)
2019–2021 Haugesund 43 (19)
2021–2022 Qarabağ 16 (11)
2022–2025 Saint-Étienne 49 (12)
2025– Turan Tovuz 25 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 June 2026

Ibrahima Wadji (born 5 May 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Azerbaijan Premier League club Turan Tovuz.

Career

On 8 August 2017, Wadji joined Molde from Gazişehir Gaziantep.[1]

In July 2018, Wadji joined Haugesund on loan from Molde until the end of the 2018 season, with an opportunity to join Haugesund permanently at the end of the loan.[2] On 4 December 2018, Haugesund confirmed the permanent signing of Wadji on a contract until the end of 2021.[3]

On 21 June 2019, Haugesund confirmed that Wadji had tested positive for Morphine in an anti-doping test after their match against Kristiansund on 19 May 2019.[4]

On 18 August 2021, Wadji signed for Qarabağ on a three-year contract.[5]

On 30 August 2022, Qarabağ announced that Wadji had been sold to Saint-Étienne.[6] He signed a three-year contract.[7] On 2 June 2024, he scored an extra-time goal in a 2–2 away draw against Metz in the relegation play-offs second leg, securing his club's promotion to Ligue 1 by winning 4–3 on aggregate.[8]

On 31 July 2025, Wadji signed for Azerbaijani club Turan Tovuz on a one-year contract with an option for a second year.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 April 2026[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gazişehir Gaziantep 2015–16 TFF First League 11100—111
2016–17 TFF First League 17020—190
Total 28120—301
Molde 2017 Eliteserien 9110—101
2018 Eliteserien 41221[a]073
Total 1323210174
Haugesund (loan) 2018 Eliteserien 12610—136
Haugesund 2019 Eliteserien 10411—115
2020 Eliteserien 20700—207
2021 Eliteserien 13800—138
Total 431911—4420
Qarabağ 2021–22 Azerbaijan Premier League 1611448[b]12816
2022–23 Azerbaijan Premier League 00008[c]484
Total 1611441653620
Saint-Étienne 2022–23 Ligue 2 30 12 1 0 — 31 12
2023–24 Ligue 2 9 0 0 0 1[d] 1 10 1
2024–25 Ligue 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Total 49 12 1 0 1 1 51 13
Turan Tovuz 2025–26 Azerbaijan Premier League 20 1 5 2 — 25 3
Career total 1815317918621667
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearance in the Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs

References

  1. ↑ "WADJI KLAR FOR MOLDE FK". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Molde-spiller klar for Eliteserie-konkurrent". www.eurosport.no (in Norwegian). Eurosport. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "SIGNERTE FOR FKH". fkh.no/ (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "IBRAHIMA WADJI MED POSITIV DOPINGPRØVE". fkh.no/ (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "İbrahima Vadji "Qarabağ"ımızda!". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Təşəkkürlər, İbrahima Vadji!". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ibrahima Wadji est Stéphanois !" (in French). Saint-Étienne. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Saint-Etienne earns Ligue 1 promotion with extra-time goal". ESPN. 3 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Turan Tovuz adds new foreign player to squad". İdman və Biz. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  10. ↑ Ibrahima Wadji at Soccerway
  11. ↑ "Ibrahima Wadji". nifs.no. nifs. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
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