Alexander Bah

Alexander Bah
Bah with Benfica in 2022
Personal information
Full name Alexander Hartmann Bah[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-09) 9 December 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Årslev, Denmark
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 6
Youth career
1998–2011 Aarslev Boldklub
2011–2013 B 1913
2013–2014 Næsby
2014–2015 Ikast FS
2015–2016 Næsby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Næsby 17 (0)
2016–2018 HB Køge 59 (8)
2018–2020 SønderjyskE 58 (6)
2021–2022 Slavia Prague 43 (4)
2022– Benfica 52 (3)
International career‡
2017 Denmark U20 4 (0)
2018–2019 Denmark U21 2 (0)
2020– Denmark 19 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:35, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:47, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Alexander Hartmann Bah (born 9 December 1997) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Primeira Liga club Benfica and the Denmark national team.

After coming through Næsby's youth academy, he was promoted to the first team in 2016, and later represented fellow Danish side HB Køge and spent two years with SønderjyskE in Danish Superliga. In January 2021, Bah joined Slavia Prague, where he won the Czech First League and Czech Cup in 2021 and was named the Czech First League's Defender of the Season in 2022, and then transferred to Benfica for €8 million.

After representing Denmark at various youth levels, Bah was called up to the full international team for the first time in November 2020. He scored on his international debut against Sweden, and went on to represent the side at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024.

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Denmark (DEN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 9. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Bah". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 12 August 2022.