Kebba Ceesay

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Kebba Ceesay
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Ceesay with Lech Poznań
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-11-14) 14 November 1987 (age 35)
Place of birth Bakau, Gambia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
IK Brage
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2006 IK Brage 26 (0)
2007–2012 Djurgårdens IF 102 (1)
2008 → Vasalunds IF (loan) 6 (0)
2012–2016 Lech Poznań 53 (2)
2013–2015 Lech Poznań II 5 (0)
2016–2017 Djurgårdens IF 14 (0)
2017–2018 Dalkurd FF 52 (1)
2019–2021 IK Sirius 31 (1)
2020 → Helsingborgs IF (loan) 12 (0)
2021 Vasalunds IF 23 (0)
International career
2006–2007 Sweden U21 2 (0)
2007–2016 Gambia 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kebba Ceesay (born 14 November 1987) is a Gambian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He also holds Swedish nationality.

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Career

Ceesay joined Djurgården from IK Brage at the start of the 2007 season, [1] and made his Allsvenskan debut for Djurgården in the Stockholm derby against Hammarby IF on 13 August 2007. [2] He usually plays as a right back even though he personally considers himself to be a central defender. [3] Ceesay visited English side Notts County for a trial in November 2009, [4] but no transfer was made. Ceesay made his debut for Gambia against Namibia playing with fellow Djurgården player Pa Dembo Touray. [5] With his contract ending after the 2012 season he declared that he wouldn't accept sitting on the bench at Djurgården. He received a contract offer from Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers [6] but instead chose to sign with Polish club Lech Poznań in August 2012. [7] On 18 July 2016 he returned to Djurgårdens IF on a 2,5 year deal. [8]

Already on 13 November 2018, it was confirmed, that Ceesay had signed with IK Sirius and would join the club for the 2019 season on a one-year contract. [9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 November 2017. [10]
ClubSeasonLeagueLeagueCup Europe Other 1 Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lech Poznań 2012–13 Ekstraklasa 2521010–272
2013–14 801010–100
2014–15 203000–50
2015–16 180404010270
Total532906010692
Djurgårdens IF 2016 Allsvenskan 14040––180
Dalkurd FF 2017 Superettan 28000––280

1 Including Polish SuperCup.

Honours

Club

Lech Poznań [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Linus Schröder (13 May 2007). "Gambiafödde Kebba Ceesay: "Just nu skyndar jag långsamt"". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  2. ↑ Jonas Riedel (14 August 2007). "Djurgården - Hammarby IF". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Murat Kocacenk (29 May 2012). "Egentligen är han mittback". fotbollxtra.se (in Swedish). FotbollXtra. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  4. ↑ Richard Torgerson (18 November 2009). "Magpies look at Ceesay". skysports.com. Sky Sports . Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Ernerot, Peder (7 September 2010). "Drömstart i kvalet för Kebba och Dembo". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Retrieved 2 January 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Djurgårdens smäll - Kebba Ceesay jagas av Portland Timbers". fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Santos och Ceesay lämnar Djurgården". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "Ceesay wraca do Szwecji" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  9. ↑ Kebba Ceesay ansluter till Sirius, siriusfotboll.se, 13 November 2018
  10. 1 2 "Kebba Ceesay". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
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