Thierno Ballo
Ballo playing for Austria U19 in 2019.
Personal information
Full name Thierno Mamadou Lamarana Ballo[1]
Date of birth (2002-01-02) 2 January 2002
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast[2]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Wolfsberger AC
Number 70
Youth career
0000–2012 SV Chemie Linz
2012 LASK
2013–2016 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2016–2018 Viktoria Köln
2018–2021 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Chelsea 0 (0)
2021–2022 → Rapid Wien (loan) 8 (0)
2022– Wolfsberger AC 39 (9)
International career‡
2016 Austria U15 2 (1)
2016–2017 Austria U16 5 (2)
2016–2019 Austria U17 25 (6)
2018 Austria U18 1 (0)
2018–2019 Austria U19 12 (6)
2021– Austria U21 8 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:16, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Thierno Mamadou Lamarana Ballo (born 2 January 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Wolfsberger AC. Born in the Ivory Coast, he is a youth international for Austria.

Career

Chelsea

Born in Ivory Coast, Ballo moved to Guinea at the age of three before leaving for Austria four years later. Ballo joined Chelsea in January 2018, following stints with SV Chemie Linz, LASK, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and eventually, Viktoria Köln.[3][4] During his debut under-18 campaign with the Blues, Ballo finished as top goalscorer for that respective age group and subsequently made his quick progression into the under-23 side over the next two years.[5]

On 31 August 2021, Ballo returned to Austria to join Rapid Wien on loan for the 2021–22 campaign.[6] Just under a month later, he made his debut for the club featuring as second-half substitute during their Austrian Cup 2–1 victory over Admira Wacker.[7] After only featuring thirteen times in all competitions come January 2022, Ballo's loan was terminated and the forward subsequently returned to Chelsea.[8]

Wolfsberger

On 12 July 2022, Wolfsberger AC announced the signing of Ballo on a free transfer, after his release from Chelsea. Ballo signed a two year contract with an option for a further year.[9]

Career statistics

As of matches played 4 November 2023[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chelsea U23 2019–20 ————3[lower-alpha 2]030
2020–21 ————2[lower-alpha 2]020
Total ————5050
Chelsea 2021–22 Premier League 000000000000
Rapid Wien (loan) 2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 8020—3[lower-alpha 3]0—130
Wolfsberger AC 2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 27641—3[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 5]0357
2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga 9321000000114
Total 369620030104611
Career total 449820060606411

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League clubs publish 2020/21 retained lists". premierleague.com. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 Thierno Ballo at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ Kinsella, Nizaar (5 January 2018). "Who is Thierno Ballo? Meet Chelsea's new 16-year-old Austrian wonderkid". Goal. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Teenage Kicks: Thierno Ballo". Chelsea F.C. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 Thierno Ballo at Soccerway
  6. ↑ "Ballo heads on loan to Austria". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Admira vs. Rapid Vienna". Soccerway. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Emms, Nick (5 January 2022). "Report: Chelsea Recall Thierno Ballo From Rapid Vienna Loan". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "NEUE OFFENSIVKRAFT". rzpelletswac.at (in German). Wolfsberger AC. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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