Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | April 2, 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Baltimore Boys | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2011 | CCBC-Essex Knights | 15 | (2) |
2012–2014 | UMBC Retrievers | 65 | (5) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2012–2013 | Baltimore Bohemians | 21 | (0) |
2014 | Reading United | 7 | (1) |
2015 | Houston Dynamo | 0 | (0) |
2015 | → Charleston Battery (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Swope Park Rangers | 41 | (1) |
2018 | Northern Virginia United | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 May 2018 |
Oumar Ballo (born 2 April 1991) is a Malian footballer.
Ballo began his college soccer career at Community College of Baltimore County in 2011, before transferring to University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2012. [1]
Ballo also played in the Premier Development League for Baltimore Bohemians in 2012 and 2013, and Reading United A.C. in 2014. [2] [3]
On January 15, 2015, Ballo was selected in the second round (30th overall) in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by Houston Dynamo and signed a professional contract with the club on February 23, 2015. [4] [5]
Ballo signed on loan with United Soccer League side Charleston Battery on March 24, 2015. [6] However, Ballo was waived by Houston on April 23, 2015 without having made a first team appearance for either club. [7] He trialled with D.C. United following his release, but wasn't signed by the Major League Soccer club. [8]
On January 11, 2016, Ballo was signed by United Soccer League side Swope Park Rangers. [9]
On November 30, 2017, Ballo was announced as one of Nashville SC's first signings ahead of their inaugural 2018 United Soccer League season. [10] However, the team later announced that Ballo would not be joining the team due to visa issues. [11]
Ballo spent 2018 with National Premier Soccer League side Northern Virginia United FC, making two regular season appearances and a single play-off appearance for the club. [12]
Ballo moved to the United States from Mali when he was nine-years-old, settling with his father and step-mother in Baltimore, Maryland. His father's wife at the time, Audrey Haskins, was instrumental in guiding Oumar's education and introduction to soccer in America [13]
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