Ghanaian international full-back Rahman joined the Royals on loan for the 2021-22 campaign in August 2021, after agreeing terms on a years' departure from Premier League side Chelsea.

Born in Tamale in the north of Ghana, Baba's pro-career sparked into life whilst on loan at top-tier side Asante Kokoto, who he helped to win the Ghanian Premier League in 2011-12 while still a teenager.

Impressive performances on African soil attracted interest from overseas suitors; Bundesliga side Greuther Furth were the club which brought him to Europe in 2012. Three seasons spent in Germany – two with Furth, and one with Augsburg – preceded a move to the English top-flight with Chelsea in 2015.

His Blues debut came in September 2015 in a 4-0 win over Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the Champions League; and a domestic debut came a week later in a 4-1 victory at Walsall in the Capital One Cup.

After playing 26 times for Chelsea across the 2015-16 campaign, he returned to Germany to join Schalke 04 – where he would spend two and a half seasons of loan stints. In the 2016-17 campaign, he was part of a Schalke side which reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League – his first goal for the club was the decider in a group-stage match against Nice.

Rahman would spend the second half of the 2018-19 campaign on loan in France with Reims – where he helped his team to secure an eighth-place finish in Ligue 1 – their highest league placement since the 1970s.

He has since spent two more stints away from Stamford Bridge before signing with Reading – firstly with Real Mallorca in La Liga in 2019-20, and then last season in Greece with PAOK. Rahman’s final appearance in the black and white stripes came against runaway league winners Olympiacos – he played almost the duration of the Greek Cup final as PAOK caused a 2-1 upset to lift the trophy.

After making 29 appearances for the Royals on loan in 2021-22, Baba returned to the Select Car Leasing in the summer of 2022 as he penned a new year-long loan contract from Chelsea.