![]() Colley in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 February 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Serekunda, The Gambia | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Young Boys | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2017–2019 | Atalanta | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Atalanta | 5 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Hellas Verona (loan) | 23 | (1) |
2021–2022 | → Spezia (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Fatih Karagümrük (loan) | 24 | (1) |
2023– | → Young Boys (loan) | 24 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Gambia | 26 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:40, 26 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2024 |
Ebrima Colley (born 1 February 2000) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Young Boys, on loan from Serie A club Atalanta, and the Gambia national team.
Colley started playing for Atalanta's under-19 squad in the 2017–18 season. [2] He made his professional debut for the senior team in a 1–2 Serie A loss to Bologna on 15 December 2019. [3]
On 23 September 2020, Colley joined Serie A side Hellas Verona on loan for the remainder of the season. [4]
On 7 August 2021, Colley joined fellow top-tier club Spezia on loan until the end of the campaign. [5] On 13 August 2022, Colley was loaned to Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük for the rest of the season. [6]
On 1 September 2023, Colley joined Swiss Super League club Young Boys on loan for the remainder of the season, with the deal including an option-to-buy. [7] [8] Later that year, on 13 December, he became the first Gambian to score in the UEFA Champions League, by netting a goal in a 2–1 away defeat against RB Leipzig. [9]
Colley made his debut for the Gambia national football team on 22 March 2019 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Algeria, as a 81st-minute substitute for Ebrima Sohna. [10]
He played in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final. [11] [12]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Atalanta | 2019–20 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Hellas Verona (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 25 | 2 | |
Spezia (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 12 | 1 | |
Fatih Karagümrük (loan) | 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 30 | 2 | |
Young Boys (loan) | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 29 | 1 |
Career total | 90 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 101 | 6 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Gambia | 2019 | 7 | 0 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 1 | 0 | |
2022 | 6 | 0 | |
2023 | 6 | 1 | |
2024 | 4 | 1 | |
Total | 26 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 16 November 2023 | Benjamini Mkapa National Stadium, Miburani, Tanzania | ![]() | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying |
2. | 23 January 2024 | Stade de la Paix, Bouaké, Ivory Coast | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations |
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