Khalifa Jabbie

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Khalifa Jabbie
Personal information
Full name Khalifa Jabbie
Date of birth (1993-01-20) January 20, 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 East Grinstead Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011 Kallon 39 (4)
2011–2014 Fredrikstad 70 (3)
2014–2015 Balıkesirspor 24 (1)
2015–2017 Sheriff Tiraspol 30 (1)
2018–2019 Racing Beirut 19 (0)
2019 Cheshunt 2 (0)
2021 Sfîntul Gheorghe 0 (0)
2021–2023 Al-Mina'a
2023–2024 Haringey Borough 34 (0)
2024– East Grinstead Town 0 (0)
International career‡
2011– Sierra Leone 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2015

Khalifa Jabbie (born 20 January 1993) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Isthmian League South East Division club East Grinstead Town and the Sierra Leone national team.

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Jabbie made his full international debut for Sierra Leone on 17 March 2011, against Niger in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game.

Football career

Khalifa Jabbie was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to parents from the Mandingo ethnic group. As a youngster, Jabbie was considered one of the top young footballers in Sierra Leone. In 2010, he signed for FC Kallon, one of the top clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League, at the age of seventeen. He also captained the Sierra Leone national under-20 team. [1] Jabbie was scouted by popular agent Chernor Musa Jalloh and Swedish Patrick Mork that introduce him to FFK. He joined Fredrikstad FK in Norway on a three-year contract. Jabbie made his full international debut for Sierra Leone on March 27, 2011, against Niger in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification played in Niamey. On 19 December 2013, he signed a 2.5 year contract with TFF First League team Balıkesirspor in Turkey. [2]

In October 2024, Jabbie joined Isthmian League South East Division side East Grinstead Town. [3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 May 2017 [4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fredrikstad 2011 Tippeligaen 24250---292
2012 27120---291
2013 19020---210
Total70390------793
Balıkesirspor 2013–14 TFF First League 14000---140
2014–15 Süper Lig 10110---111
Total24110------251
Sheriff Tiraspol 2015–16 Divizia Națională 10020-0000120
2016–17 20130-0010241
Total30150--0010361
Career total1245150--00101405

International

Sierra Leone national team
YearAppsGoals
201120
201240
201320
201461
Total141

Statistics accurate as of match played 11 October 2014 [5]

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1. [6] 19 July 2014 National Stadium, Freetown, Sierra Leone Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 2–02–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-03-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Haber". Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  3. ↑ @egtfcwasps (18 October 2024). "New Signing - Khalifa Jabbie We finally got our man! Welcome to the Wasps Khalifa Jabbie. Khalifa is a leader both on and off the pitch and adds the experience of top flight football across Europe as well as over 20 international caps 🇸🇱 welcome Khalifa" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 October 2024– via Twitter.
  4. ↑ "K.Jabbie". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Khalifa Jabbie". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sierra Leone 2-0 Seychelles". cafonline.com/. CAF. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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