Ridle Baku is a midfielder who plays for RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga. Baku was born on 8 April 1998 in Mainz, Germany.
He began his senior career at Mainz 05 in 2017, and he went on to play for VfL Wolfsburg. RB Leipzig signed him in 2024.
Baku is a senior international for Germany, and he played for their youth teams on the way up.
Across 10 seasons of senior club football, beginning in 2017/18, Baku has played 282 matches and scored 29 goals for 3 clubs. His best scoring return came in 2020/21: 6 goals in 38 appearances for Mainz 05 and VfL Wolfsburg. His busiest campaign was 2021/22, with 41 appearances. So far in 2026/27 he has 2 goals in 6 appearances for RB Leipzig. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.