David Simbo

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David Simbo
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 NEROCA
Number 18
Youth career
Mighty Blackpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2008 Mighty Blackpool
2009 Raufoss
2010 Sogndal 0 (0)
2010–2011 Mighty Blackpool
2011 → Motala (loan) 11 (0)
2011 → Trelleborg (loan) 0 (0)
2012 Boden 12 (2)
2013–2014 Sandviken 9 (0)
2014–2015 Al-Hilal
2015 Najran 2 (0)
2016 Krumkachy Minsk 3 (0)
2016–2017 Yeni Amasyaspor 12 (0)
2017–2018 Kurtuluşspor
2018–2019 Adana Kiremithanespor 16 (2)
2019 Al-Zawraa
2019–2022 Baf Ülkü Yurdu 2 (0)
2022 Gokulam Kerala 0 (0)
2022– NEROCA 36 (2)
International career‡
2010– Sierra Leone 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:38, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:58, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

David Simbo (born 28 September 1989) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a defender for I-League club NEROCA.

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Club career

Born in Freetown, Simbo started his career playing for Mighty Blackpool in his home country. [2] In 2009, he went to Norway to play for third-tier side Raufoss. While at the Norwegian club, he sought political asylum in the country using the name Mohamed Sesay. After his successful first season in Norway, he was signed by second-tier club Sogndal; however, because his asylum request was denied due to him using two different names, he was unable to return to Norway to play for them. [3]

Simbo returned to Sierra Leone to play for Mighty Blackpool. In 2011, he went on loan to Swedish third-tier club Motala for the first half of the season, [4] and then Allsvenskan club Trelleborg for the second half of the season. [5]

He spent the 2012 season with Boden. [6]

In 2013, he signed for Sandviken. [7]

He signed for Saudi club Najran SC in July 2015. [8] He then played for Krumkachy Minsk. [1]

He later played in Turkey for Yeni Amasyaspor, [9] and Kurtuluşspor. [10] He spent the 2018–19 season with Adana Kiremithanespor. [1]

He then played for Iraqi club Al-Zawraa. [11] In September 2019, he moved to North Cyprus to play for Baf Ulku Yurdu FC. [12]

In February 2022, Simbo moved to India after signing with I-League defending champions Gokulam Kerala. [13] [14]

He moved to NEROCA in August 2022. [15] [16]

International career

He made his international debut for Sierra Leone against Egypt in their 1–1 draw in 2010. [11]

Honours

Al-Hilal Omdurman

Gokulam Kerala

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References

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  3. ↑ "Han har hatt to ulike identitetar". NRK. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "David Simbo joins Swedish club on loan, leaves Freetown Friday". Sierra Leone Football. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "David Simbo lånas ut till TFF". Trelleborgs Allehanda. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Profile Archived 11 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine at Bodens BK
  7. ↑ "David siste man in i truppen". Sandvikens IF. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "New tests await Sierra Leone's David Simbo in Saudi Arabia". BBC Sport. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  9. ↑ Milli futbolcu Yeni Amasyaspor'da Archived 5 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine , amatorlig.net, 16 August 2016
  10. ↑ Sierra Leoneli Orta Saha Kurtuluşspor'da Archived 24 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine , amatorlig.net, 23 June 2017
  11. 1 2 "David Simbo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  12. ↑ "Sierra Leone's David Simbo happy to play in non-Fifa Northern Cyprus". 24 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019– via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Champions Gokulam Kerala's new signings aim to flourish in historic season". i-league.org. Hero I-League. 23 February 2022. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "I-League: Gokulam Kerala wary of Mendigutxia threat ahead of NEROCA clash". The Times of India . Press Trust of India. 2 March 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  15. ↑ Chaudhuri, Arunava (5 August 2022). "NEROCA FC sign Sierra Leone defender David Simbo!". Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
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  17. ↑ TEAM SPORTSTAR, 21:22 IST (14 May 2022). "Gokulam Kerala 2-1 Mohammedan SC Highlights: GKFC becomes 1st club in 15 years to defend the I-League". sportstar.thehindu.com. Kolkata, West Bengal: Sportstar. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ↑ Guha, Sayantan (14 May 2022). "Brilliant Gokulam Kerala FC edge past Mohammedan SC to win historic consecutive I-League titles". www.sportskeeda.com. Kolkata, West Bengal: Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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