third minute of added time. In the third match of the 2007–08 season, Ba suffered an injury and was out of the game for four months. Nevertheless, at the end of the season he won the Double with the club. They won the League Championship title with four points advantage over second placed Young Boys. In the Swiss Cup via FC Léchelles, SC Binningen, Grasshopper Club, Stade Nyonnais and in the semi-final Thun, Basel advanced to the final. But Ba missed all these games due to his injury. However, he was fit to play in the final and winning this 4–1 against AC Bellinzona they won the competition. As his contract expired, Basel offered him an extension, up until 2010 with an option for 2011, but the Senegalese hesitated. His wife had completed an economics degree and wanted to start in her working life. During his three seasons with the club, Ba played a total of 135 games for Basel scoring a total of three goals. 79 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, seven in the Swiss Cup, 26 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and UEFA Cup) and 23 were friendly games. He scored two goals in the domestic league and the other was scored during the test games. Later years After being unemployed for more than six months, Ba found a new club. On 16 February 2009 it was announced that Ba had signed for FC Dinamo București of Romania on a free transfer. He played nine league and two cup games for them and then he left the club to return to France. On 28 August 2009, he left Dinamo București to join FC Nantes. His contract with Nantes expired in June 2012 In January 2013 Ba joined FC Mulhouse, at that time in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of French football, as semi-professional player. International He was a Senegalese international and participated at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. Honours Sfaxien Arab Champions League: 2000, 2004 Tunisian Cup: 2004 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2005 Basel Swiss Super League: 2007–08 Swiss Cup: 2006–07, 2007–08 Uhren Cup: 2006 References Sources Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage 1980 births Living people CS Sfaxien players Senegalese footballers Senegal international footballers 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players FC Basel players Swiss Super League players Expatriate footballers