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 37)
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)
2008Vasalunds 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)
2020Helsingborgs IF (loan) 12 (0)
2021 Vasalunds IF 23 (0)
2022 Nordic United FC 15 (0)
2023 Vasalunds IF 4 (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 two-and-a-half-year deal. [8]

On 13 November 2018, it was announced 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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lech Poznań 2012–13 Ekstraklasa 252101 [b] 0272
2013–14 Ekstraklasa80101 [b] 0100
2014–15 Ekstraklasa20300050
2015–16 Ekstraklasa180404 [c] 01 [d] 0270
Total532906010692
Djurgårdens IF 2016 Allsvenskan 14040180
Dalkurd FF 2017 Superettan 28000280
Career total95213060101152
  1. Includes Polish Cup, Svenska Cupen
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance in Polish Super Cup

Honours

Lech Poznań [10]

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