Ridle

Baku

Ridle Baku history

Ridle Baku was born on 8 April 1998 in Mainz and plays for VfL Wolfsburg. He played for 1. FSV Mainz 05 from 2007-2020 and has played for VfL Wolfsburg since 2020.

Current season 2024/25

In the current season, Ridle Baku has scored two goals and takes fourth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Mattias Svanberg, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Lovro Majer and Joakim Mæhle. With one assist, the player with the shirt number 20 currently has the sixth-most in his team along with Mattias Svanberg, Jonas Wind, Jakub Kamiński and Bence Dardai. Until now, he has been responsible for 11 passes to a shot and has therefore earned himself fifth place within the statistics of his club. In 13 of the previous 14 games of the season, he was in the starting line-up. Of these 14 games, Ridle Baku won 6 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for one game.

His strength lies especially in his endurance. For this reason, Ridle Baku leads the ranking for the Bundesliga with 435 sprints.

Last game

Ridle Baku played his last game on the 14th matchday of the 2024/25 season (13 December 2024). Playing for VfL Wolfsburg, he lost to SC Freiburg 2-3. He played as a midfielder throughout this entire game. Here, Ridle Baku provided one assist. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of three times, which is the highest amount of any player in the club. In terms of total touches, he had 50 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had eight tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, the 26-year-old was able to win six. He covered a distance of 11.3 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he ran, like no other player in the game, a total of 43 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Ridle Baku has played 196 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 73. He has netted 20 goals during his appointments in the Bundesliga. Thus far, Ridle Baku has completed 146 matches with his present squad. Here, he has scored a total of 17 goals.

International appointments

So far, Ridle Baku has played four international matches for Germany. He scored a total of one goal in these games.