![]() Bill warming up for Lion City Sailors in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bah Bill Abuza Mamadou | ||
Date of birth | 8 September 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Singapore | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lion City Sailors | ||
Youth career | |||
National Football Academy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Lion City Sailors | 14 | (0) |
2020 | → Young Lions (loan) | 8 | (0) |
International career | |||
2017 | Singapore U17 | ||
2023– | Singapore U23 | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2021 (UTC) |
Bah Bill Abuza Mamadou (born 8 September 2001), better known as just Bill, is a Singaporean professional footballer of Malian descent who plays primarily as a centre-back for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors and the Singapore under-23 national team.
Primarily a centre-back, Bill is also capable of playing either as a full-back, defensive-midfielder or central-midfielder. He is the son of former footballer Bah Mamadou.
In 2019, Bill was promoted to the Home United senior team and played a total of 3 matches for the club.
While serving the compulsory National Service, Bill joined the Young Lions on loan for two years from 2020 to 2021.
Bill returned to his parent club which is currently privatised and revamp as Lion City Sailors after his completion from National service commitments. He made his season debut against Tanjong Pagar United in a 7-0 at the Jalan Besar Stadium on 13 August 2022 for their second big-margin win for the season. [1] For the match against Albirex Niigata (S), Harris was suspended and Pedro was injured for the match, which resulted in Bill starting the 1st of many matches for the season [2]
Bill is eligible to represent Singapore or Mali due to his dad native origins. He represents Singapore Under-23 in the 2023 Merlion Cup, 2023 SEA Games and the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification.
Bill is the son of former footballer and S.League legend, Bah Mamadou. He is of African descent through his father who was born in Mali. His dad formerly played for S.League clubs including Gombak United, Balestier Khalsa, and Woodlands Wellington.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Home United | 2019 | Singapore Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Lion City Sailors | 2020 | Singapore Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Young Lions | 2020 | Singapore Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2021 | Singapore Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Lion City Sailors | 2022 | Singapore Premier League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
2023 | Singapore Premier League | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
2024–25 | Singapore Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
Career total | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Notes
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
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1 | 24 March 2023 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, Singapore | ![]() | 0–1 (lost) | Merlion Cup |
2 | 26 March 2023 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Jalan Besar, Singapore | ![]() | 1–2 (lost) | Merlion Cup |
3 | 29 April 2023 | Prince Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia | ![]() | 1–3 (lost) | 2023 SEA Games |
4 | 3 May 2023 | Prince Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia | ![]() | 1–3 (lost) | 2023 SEA Games |
5 | 6 Sept 2023 | Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ, Vietnam | ![]() | 0-3 (lost) | 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification |
6 | 9 Sept 2023 | Việt Trì Stadium, Phú Thọ, Vietnam | ![]() | 1-1 (draw) | 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification |
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