The AS Bakaridjan Courier
Squad5 Oct 2026
Asem Said breaks a bone — 53 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 53 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Home is on Federico Marín's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; AS Bakaridjan are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Sbonelo Ngcobo is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tempers go at AS Bakaridjan
Aboubacar Haïdara was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at AS Bakaridjan
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market5 Oct 2026
Souleymane Dembele steps up from the AS Bakaridjan academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Souleymane Dembele has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market5 Oct 2026
One of our own: Mamadou Soumare joins the AS Bakaridjan first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mamadou Soumare is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market5 Oct 2026
AS Bakaridjan promote Abdoulaye Diarra from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Abdoulaye Diarra has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market5 Oct 2026
One of our own: Modibo Samassekou joins the AS Bakaridjan first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Modibo Samassekou is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Abdoulaye Diarra sends AS Bakaridjan past Afrique Foot Elite
- Player ratings Bourama Diallo runs at them all day
- Player ratings Off the pace: Souleymane Dramé