Alex Bangura

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Alex Bangura (Left)
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Personal information
Date of birth (1999-07-13) 13 July 1999 (age 25) [1]
Place of birth Mokomre, Sierra Leone [2]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Wing-back, winger
Team information
Current team
 Middlesbrough
Number 24
Youth career
2011-2015 DRL
2015–2018 Feyenoord
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Jong Cambuur 7 (1)
2018–2023 Cambuur 106 (5)
2023– Middlesbrough 14 (2)
International career‡
2022– Sierra Leone 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:43, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:07, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

Alex Bangura (born 13 July 1999) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a winger for EFL Championship club Middlesbrough and the Sierra Leone national team.

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Club career

Cambuur

Bangura made his debut for Cambuur on 4 February 2019 away to Jong AZ. [2] He went on to captain the side. [3]

Middlesbrough

On 1 September 2023, Middlesbrough announced the signing of Bangura on a four-year contract for £1 million. [3] He scored his first goal for the club on 28 November 2023 in a 4–0 win against Preston North End. [4]

International career

Born in Sierra Leone, he also holds Dutch citizenship. [5] He debuted for the Sierra Leone national team in a friendly 3–0 loss to Togo on 24 March 2022. [6]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 December 2023 [7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cambuur 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 13010——140
2019–20 Eerste Divisie10110——200
2020–21 Eerste Divisie24020——260
2021–22 Eredivisie 27310——283
2022–23 Eredivisie29120——311
2023–24 Eerste Divisie3000——30
Total106570——1135
Middlesbrough 2023–24 EFL Championship 710010—81
Career total11367010001236

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    References

    1. 1 2 "Alex Bangura". worldfootball.net. Heim Spiel. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
    2. 1 2 "? In de spotlight: Alex Bangura" (in Dutch). SC Cambuur. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
    3. 1 2 FC, Middlesbrough (1 September 2023). "Alex Bangura Joins The Boro". Middlesbrough FC. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
    4. ↑ "Middlesbrough 4-0 Preston". BBC. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
    5. ↑ "Alex Bangura" (in Dutch). SC Cambuur. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
    6. ↑ "Breaking: Leone Stars Suffers Heavy Defeat to Togo. Checkout Full Time Scores". 24 March 2022.
    7. ↑ Alex Bangura at Soccerway
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