Ebrahima Sawaneh

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Ibou
Personal information
Full name Ebrahima Sawaneh
Date of birth (1986-09-07) September 7, 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Serekunda, The Gambia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Wilrijk
Youth career
1995–1997 BSC Frankfurt
1997–1998 SC Steinberg
1998–2002 SG Dietzenbach
2002–2004 SG Rosenhöhe
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2006 Lech Poznań 2 (0)
2006–2008 SK Beveren 39 (23)
2008–2012 KV Kortrijk 60 (8)
2011KV Mechelen (loan) 11 (1)
2011–2012Mons (loan) 36 (8)
2012–2014 OH Leuven 49 (21)
2013–2014Muaither (loan) 10 (2)
2014–2016 Waasland-Beveren 34 (6)
2016–2017 Roeselare 19 (5)
2018 Tubize 7 (0)
2019 Titus Pétange 13 (7)
2019–2020 URSL Visé 22 (6)
2020–2021 Lokeren-Temse 0 (0)
2021–2023 City Pirates 0 (0)
2023– Wilrijk
International career
2007– Gambia 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:02, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Ebrahima 'Ibou' Sawaneh (born 7 September 1986) is a football striker from The Gambia who is currently playing for Wilrijk in the Belgian Provincial Leagues. In the past he played for various clubs, including Lech Poznan, KSK Beveren, KV Kortrijk, KV Mechelen, RAEC Mons, OH Leuven and Muaither.

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Ebrahima Sawaneh has a double nationality (Gambian-German), but makes his appearance for the Gambia national football team.

Career

On 3 February 2014, Ibou Sawaneh returned to his parent club OH Leuven after a four-month loan spell in Qatar at Muaither. [1]

In January 2019, Ibou joined Titus Pétange in Luxembourg on a half-year contract. He left the club at the end of his contract in July 2019, having played 13 league games and scored 7 goals. [2]

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References

  1. "Gambian Ibou Sawaneh returns to Belgium - Daily Observer". Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  2. Striker Ibou Sawaneh’s Pétange contract expires Archived 2019-07-20 at the Wayback Machine , thepoint.gm, 20 June 2019