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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 25 January 1993||
Place of birth | Banjul, Gambia | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rahmatganj MFS | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009 | Banjul Hawks [2] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Feni | ||
2017 | Sheikh Russel KC | 11 | (3) |
2017–2018 | → Rahmatganj MFS (loan) | 11 | (3) |
2018–2019 | Churchill Brothers | 28 | (5) |
2019 | Mohun Bagan | 0 | (0) |
2019 | Punjab | 0 | (0) |
2019 | Churchill Brothers | 12 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Al-Sadd | 27 | (2) |
2021 | Delhi | 0 | (0) |
2022 | Becamex Binh Duong | 6 | (0) |
2023– | Rahmatganj MFS | 12 | (2) |
International career | |||
2009 | Gambia U17 [3] | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 April 2024 |
Dawda Ceesay (born 25 January 1993) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains Bangladesh Premier League club Rahmatganj MFS.
He played for Gambia U-17 in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [4]
He has been a part of several Bangladesh Premier League clubs since 2014. [5] [6]
In January 2018, he joined i-League side Churchill Brothers. He scored his first goal in i-League against Indian Arrows. [7] He joined Mohun Bagan in 2019, on loan from Churchill Brothers, ahead of the Super Cup. [8]
In July 2019, he joined Minerva Punjab. [9]
In 2021, Ceesay joined newly formed Minerva Delhi and appeared in the 130th edition of Durand Cup. [10] He later appeared in the 2021 I-League Qualifiers, in which they finished on third position. [11] [12]
He was a part of Gambia national under-17 football team which won 2009 African U-17 Championship. He scored a goal in the 20th minute against Cameroon U17 [13] in the group stage of the tournament. He also played all three group stage matches for Gambia in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[ citation needed ]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sheikh Russel KC | 2017–18 | Bangladesh Premier League | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 3 | |
Rahmatganj MFS (loan) | 2017–18 | Bangladesh Premier League | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 3 | |
Churchill Brothers | 2017–18 | I-League | 11 | 2 | 2 [a] | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | |
2018–19 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 3 | |||
2019–20 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |||
Total | 40 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 6 | ||
Delhi | 2021 | I-League 2nd Division | 0 | 0 | 4 [b] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
Becamex Binh Duong | 2022 | V.League 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
Career total | 64 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 12 |
Gambia U17