Senegalese striker Balde joins Spartak from Cagliari


Spartak Moscow have signed Senegalese striker Keita Balde on a three-year deal from Italy’s Serie A side Cagliari, the Russian club announced on Friday.

Financial details of the transfer were not disclosed.

Balde joined Cagliari in August 2021 when he was an AS Monaco player after two loan spells in Serie A – at Inter Milan and Sampdoria.

The 27-year-old has made 40 appearances for Senegal and scored six goals for his country. In May 2018 he was called up for the World Cup in Russia.