Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (born April 27, 1998), also known as Al Bachir (), is a Senegalese-Taiwanese basketball player for the New Taipei CTBC DEA of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).
Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga was born on April 27, 1998, in Chiba, Japan. He was born to a Senegalese man and an American woman from California. Al Bachir was the eldest son in a family of eight children.
Al Bachir lived in Japan for three years, before moving to Senegal. He played football for leisure. He moved to Taiwan when he was eight years old due to his parents' employment.
Al Bachir attended New Taipei Municipal Taishan Junior High School. While he was not part of the school's basketball team due to him being too old, he practiced with the team. He later attended Shih Hsin University and was part of the institution's basketball team.
On August 9, 2021, Al Bachir was drafted first round in the 2021 T1 League draft by the New Taipei CTBC DEA. On August 26, Al Bachir signed with the New Taipei CTBC DEA of the T1 League. For the purpose of the T1 League's foreign player quota system, Al Bachir is treated as a local Taiwanese player.
Al Bachir was named as Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2022âÂÂ23 season. And he awarded MVP again in the 2023âÂÂ24 season
On June 11, 2024, New Taipei CTBC DEA announced that Al Bachir has left the team, executing a contract clause to go overseas.
On June 17, 2024, Al Bachir signed a two-year contract with the Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League, with his roster spot counting under Asian special quota. He became the first Taiwanese player to join the B.League first division team. On May 30, 2025, Akita Northern Happinets terminated the contract relationship with Al Bachir.
On June 13, 2025, Al Bachir returned to New Taipei CTBC DEA of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL) on a 3+2-year contract.
Al Bachir has been a player of the Chinese Taipei national team since 2021. From 2023, he has been considered as a local player under FIBA eligibility rules. This enabled Al Bachir to be fielded simultaneously with American-born Brandon Gilbeck for Chinese Taipei.
Al Bachir speaks and writes in fluent Chinese.