Rachid Baldé

Rachid Baldé (born 24 February 2000) is a Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder for German NOFV-Oberliga Süd club SV Blau-Weiß Zorbau.

Career

As a youth player, Baldé joined the youth academy of Portuguese fourth tier side Povoense. In 2012, he joined the youth academy of Benfica in the Portuguese top flight. Following a spell in the Brentford academy, Baldé started his senior career with English second-tier club Stoke City. In 2018, he was sent on loan to Curzon Ashton in the English sixth tier.

In 2020, Baldé signed for Portuguese third-tier team Fátima. In 2021, he signed for Șomuz Fălticeni in the Romanian third tier, where he suffered a knee injury. Before the second half of 2021–22, Baldé signed for Moldovan top flight outfit Zimbru. On 12 March 2022, he debuted for Zimbru during a 2–1 win over Bălți. On 31 January 2023, Balde signed for Greek third-tier team Kastoria 1980.