# Cedric Badolo

Cédric Badolo (born 4 November 1998) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays for Slovak club Spartak Trnava as an attacking midfielder.

## Club career
### FK Pohronie

Badolo made his Fortuna Liga debut for Pohronie in the club's premier first division match against Slovan Bratislava on 20 July 2019 at Mestský štadión.
He scored his first goal for Pohronie after a pass from Peter Mazan in a match against iClinic Sereď. Badolo's goal was the winning one of the 2:1 game of Pohronie.

### Sheriff Tiraspol

On 9 February 2022, Sheriff Tiraspol announced the signing of Badolo. On 4 January 2025, Sheriff announced that Badolo had left the club.

### Spartak Trnava

On 28 January 2025, Spartak Trnava announced the signing of Badolo on a contract until the end of the 2026/2027 season.

## International career

Badolo received his first national team nomination from Oscar Barro in March 2022, ahead of friendly fixtures against Kosovo and Belgium. He debuted on 24 March 2022 at Fadil Vokrri Stadium, coming on as a second-half substitute against Kosovo, with the score at 3-0 for the European team. Following his replacement of Bryan Dabo after 63 minutes of play, Badolo witnessed two further goals by Kosovo, through Milot Rashica and Toni Domgjoni within some ten minutes of his arrival, to seal the 5–0 defeat. At home, the result was described as 'sinking' and was partly attributed to forced absences.
Days later, on 29 March 2022, Badolo similarly appeared as a second-half substitute at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium during a match against Belgium. As he replaced Cyrille Bayala less than an hour into the match, The Stallions were trailing 2–0. While on pitch, Badolo witnessed Christian Benteke's goal, which sealed the score line of the match at 3–0.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 23 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Pohronie | 2019–20 | Slovak First Football League | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 1 |
| Pohronie | 2020–21 | Slovak First Football League | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 26 | 0 |
| Pohronie | 2021–22 | Slovak First Football League | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 20 | 3 |
| Pohronie | Total | Total | 58 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 4 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) | 2021–22 | Moldovan Super Liga | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) | 2022–23 | Moldovan Super Liga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) | Total | Total | 19 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 36 | 6 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2022–23 | Moldovan Super Liga | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2023–24 | Moldovan Super Liga | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 35 | 8 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | 2024–25 | Moldovan Super Liga | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| Sheriff Tiraspol | Total | Total | 39 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 69 | 12 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 116 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 166 | 22 |
* ↑ Includes Slovak Cup, Moldovan Cup
* ↑ Zero appearances in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Europa Conference League
* ↑ Six appearances and no goals in the UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and no goals in the UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Four appearances and one goal in the UEFA Europa Conference League
* ↑ Three appearances and no goals in the UEFA Champions League, nine appearances and one goal in the UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Four appearances and no goals in the UEFA Europa League, and two appearances and no goals in the UEFA Conference League

## Honours

Salitas
* Coupe du Faso: 2018

## Personal life

Badolo is a practicing Christian. He is fluent in French.