Kebba Ceesay

Kebba Ceesay
Kebba Ceesay
Ceesay with Lech Poznań
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-11-14) 14 November 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Bakau, Gambia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
IK Brage
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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.

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]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other1 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lech Poznań 2012–13 Ekstraklasa 25 2 1 0 1 0 – 27 2
2013–14 8 0 1 0 1 0 – 10 0
2014–15 2 0 3 0 0 0 – 5 0
2015–16 18 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 27 0
Total 53 2 9 0 6 0 1 0 69 2
Djurgårdens IF 2016 Allsvenskan 14 0 4 0 – – 18 0
Dalkurd FF 2017 Superettan 28 0 0 0 – – 28 0

1 Including Polish SuperCup.

Honours

Club

Lech Poznań[10]

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. ^ a b "Kebba Ceesay". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2015.


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