Noah Baffoe
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noah Koffi Baffoe Donkor | ||
| Date of birth | 21 May 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Eastern | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Manresa | ||
| 2016–2018 | Sant Julià | 36 | (16) |
| 2018–2019 | Manresa | ||
| 2019–2020 | Girona FC B | ||
| 2020–2023 | Manresa | 92 | (29) |
| 2023– | Eastern | 34 | (30) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:25, 3 June 2024 (UTC). | |||
Noah Koffi Baffoe Donkor (born 21 May 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer of Ghanaian descent who plays as a striker for Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.
Club career
[edit]Eastern
[edit]On 28 August 2023, Baffoe signed for Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.[1] After joining Eastern, Baffoe scored in his first seven matches for Eastern.[2] In November 2023, Baffoe was elected as the Hong Kong Premier League Player of the Month.[3] In the same season, Baffoe became the first ever HKPL player to be named Player of the Month three months in a row (March to May 2024) and set a new record for most Player of the Month awards won in a single HKPL season (4). On 1 June 2024, Baffoe scored two goals in extra time for Eastern to win the 2023–24 Hong Kong FA Cup over Sham Shui Po, winning his first trophy with the club and confirmed Eastern's qualification for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two (ACL Two) group stage. In the 2024-25 season, despite Eastern's elimination in the group stage of the competition, Baffoe scored three goals in six ACL Two games, including the game winning goal in Eastern's 2-1 triumph over Kaya F.C.–Iloilo on 25 October 2024[4], to mark the first victory (and points) for any Hong Kong outfit in the ACL Two era.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match on 17 Mar 25
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other Cups | UEFA / AFC Competition |
Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Manresa | 2020–21 | Tercera División | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9 |
| 2021–22 | Tercera Federación | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 11 | |
| 2022–23 | Segunda Federación | 35 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 9 | |
| Total | 92 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 29 | ||
| Eastern Sports Club | 2023–24 | Hong Kong Premier League | 17 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 30 |
| 2024–25 | Hong Kong Premier League | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 23 | |
| Total | 34 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 62 | 53 | ||
| Career total | 126 | 60 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 155 | 82 | ||
Honour
[edit]Eastern
Individual
- Hong Kong Premier League Team of the Year: 2023–24
- Hong Kong Premier League Top goalscorer: 2023–24
References
[edit]- ^ "港超聯 東方簽西班牙前鋒＋本地後衞". on.cc東網 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 28 August 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ 體路 (11 November 2023). "【高級銀牌】巴科爾連續六場建功 東方贈流浪三蛋入決賽". 體路 Sportsroad. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "巴科爾當選港超11月最有價值球員 - 20231220 - 體育". 明報新聞網 - 每日明報 daily news (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Group E - MD3: Kaya FC-Iloilo (PHI) 1-2 Eastern (HKG)". the-AFC.com. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
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External links
[edit]- Noah Baffoe at Soccerway
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Spanish men's footballers
- Ghanaian emigrants to Spain
- Men's association football forwards
- Primera Divisió players
- Segunda Federación players
- Hong Kong Premier League players
- UE Sant Julià players
- CE Manresa players
- Girona FC B players
- Eastern Sports Club footballers
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Andorra
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Andorra
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen