Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sheikh Sibi | ||
Date of birth | 21 February 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Serekunda, The Gambia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Virtus Verona | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
Tallinding United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016– | Virtus Verona | 125 | (0) |
International career | |||
2021 | Gambia | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2024 |
Sheikh Sibi (born 21 February 1998) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie C Group A club Virtus Verona. [1]
Sibi was born in Serekunda to a Gambian mother and a Mauritanian father. [2] He left Gambia at the age of 16 with the hope of migrating to Europe. During the journey, he crossed the Sahara desert and reached Tripoli, where he worked as a painter for five months. In July 2015, he crossed the Mediterranean Sea in a boat and reached the Italian island of Lampedusa. [3]
Following his arrival in Italy, Sibi was assigned to Costagrande Reception Center in Verona. He soon moved to Virtus Vita, a non-profit organization which welcomes migrants. Since Virtus Vita and Virtus Verona were owned by the same company Vencomp, it helped Sibi to continue his football career. [4]
Sibi made his club debut for Virtus Verona on 30 October 2016 in a 2–1 Serie D defeat to Union Feltre. He made his Serie C and professional debut on 16 September 2018 in a 2–0 defeat to Fermana. [5]
Sibi has received several call-ups to the Gambia national team since June 2019. [6] He made his international debut on 29 March 2021 in a 1–0 defeat to DR Congo. [7] He played in the 2021 Africa cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final. [8] [9]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Gambia | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | |
2023 | 0 | 0 | |
2024 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 |
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