Aboubacar Maïga

Midfielder · Académie Africa Foot

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Africa Foot

Age: 17 years
Height: Not provided
Preferred foot: Right
Position: Midfielder
Nationality: Mali

Biography

A right-footed attacking midfielder born in 2009, Aboubacar (sometimes 'Abdoubacar') Maïga wears Africa Foot's no.10. With Mali U17 he scored once and assisted three times in five games at the 2025 UFOA-A U17 tournament (final lost 0-2 to Senegal) and was then picked for the 2026 U17 AFCON in Morocco. He had a training stay at La Masia; in April 2026 PSG invited him for a trial and the Olympia Future Cup in Amsterdam. No deal was concluded as of

April 2026.

Biography supplied by Africa Foot. Dossier sources below.

Career

2025-26 · — – —
Paris Saint-Germain (trial + Olympia Future Cup)
— · Youth
Source · sportnewsafrica.comTitle and publication date not provided
2025-26 · — – —
FC Barcelona (training stay, La Masia)
— · Youth
Source · sportnewsafrica.comTitle and publication date not provided
2021-22– · — – —
Académie Africa Foot
Ligue 2 Bamako / académie · Academy
Source · africa-foot.mlTitle and publication date not provided

International call-ups

A call-up does not confirm a match appearance.

Mali U17 · CAN U17 2026 (Morocco), 13 May–2 Jun 2026 · In the 25-man squad announced 4 May 2026 (Africa Foot)Source · foot-africa.comTitle and publication date not provided

Mali U17 · Tournoi UFOA-A U17 2025 (Mali) · 1 goal, 3 assists in 5 matches; runners-up (0-2 v Senegal)Source · sportnewsafrica.comTitle and publication date not provided