Abu Desmond Mansaray

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Abu Mansaray
Personal information
Full name Abu Desmond Mansaray
Date of birth 25 September 1984
Place of birth Sierra Leone
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2013 VB Sports
2013 Club All Youth Linkage [1] 26 (13)
2014 Maziya S&RC 26 [1] (8 [1] )
2015 Club Eagles [1] 14 (1)
Club Zefrol
International career
Sierra Leone 1 [2] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abu Desmond Mansaray (born 25 September 1984 in Sierra Leone) is a footballer from Sierra Leone who plays for Club Zefrol in the Maldives. He is described as good at dribbling and crossing into the box. [3]

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Career

Following a 3–2 defeat to Indonesian team Arema Malang in the 2014 AFC Cup, Mansaray encapsulated his side's performance in two sentences by saying that they tried hard and lost because they were not lucky enough. [4]

Won the 2017 edition of the Maldives Second Division with Club Zefrol, scoring a goal in the final. [5]

During his stay with VB Sports, the striker put in a string of solid performances for the club, including a hat-trick in a 6–3 victory over Club Eagles in 2012. [6]

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