Bubacarr Sanneh

Bubacarr Sanneh

Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Serekunda, The Gambia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	Real de Banjul
2014–2015	→ Horsens (loan)	17	(3)
2015–2017	Horsens	90	(14)
2017–2018	Midtjylland	16	(3)
2018–2021	Anderlecht	12	(1)
2019–2020	→ Göztepe (loan)	2	(0)
2020	→ Oostende (loan)	3	(0)
2021	→ AGF (loan)	8	(0)
2022	SønderjyskE	8	(0)
2023	Zvijezda 09	2	(0)
International career^‡
2012–	Gambia	40	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024

Bubacarr Sanneh (born 14 November 1994) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Gambia national team.[2]

Club career

Born in Serekunda,[3] Sanneh began his career with Real de Banjul.[1]

On 1 September 2014 AC Horsens confirmed, that they had signed Sanneh on a season long loan-deal with a buying option.[4] He made his debut on 10 November 2014 against Viborg FF, where he played the whole match and scored a goal.[3] AC Horsens utilized the buying option, and announced the transfer on 22 April 2015.[5]

On 5 November 2017 Sanneh officially signed with Midtjylland on a four-year deal, with the transfer happening during the winter transfer window.[6]

In August 2018, Sanneh signed a five-year deal with Belgian club Anderlecht for a transfer fee believed to be €8m.[7] He made his competitive debut for the club in a 1–1 home draw with Royal Antwerp before scoring his first goal in a 2–1 win over Standard Liège.[8] In August 2019, he signed for Turkish club Göztepe[9] on loan before terminating the contract by mutual consent.[10] He returned to Belgium in January 2020 to join Oostende on loan until the end of the season.[11] On 25 January 2021, Sanneh was sent on a six-month loan to AGF.[12][13] His Anderlecht contract was cancelled on 31 August 2021.[14]

On 21 February 2022, Sanneh returned to Denmark and signed a deal with Danish Superliga club SønderjyskE until the end of the season.[15] After a season, which ended with relegation, Sanneh left the club as his contract expired.[16]

International career

He made his international debut for Gambia in 2012.[1] He played in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made the quarter-final.[17][18]

International goals

Scores and results list the Gambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sanneh goal.[1]

List of international goals scored by Bubacarr Sanneh

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 October 2019	El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City, Djibouti	Djibouti	1–1	1–1	2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Personal life

Sanneh's younger brother Muhammed is also a professional footballer.[19]

Honours

Midtjylland

• Danish Superliga: 2017–18^[citation needed]

Individual

• AC Horsens Player of the Year: 2014–15[20]

References

1. "Bubacarr Sanneh". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
2. Bubacarr Sanneh at WorldFootball.net
3. Bubacarr Sanneh at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
4. "AC Horsens henter gambisk forsvarsspiller" (in Danish). AC Horsens. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
5. "AC Horsens skriver kontrakt med Bubacarr Sanneh" (in Danish). AC Horsens. 22 April 2015. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
6. "Officielt: FCM køber Sanneh i AC Horsens" (in Danish). bold.dk. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
7. "Buba completes Anderlecht move!". www.gambiasports.com. 31 August 2018. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
8. "Sanneh hands Anderlecht win in derby over Liège". www.gambiasports.com. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
9. "Bubacarr Sanneh Completes move from Anderlecht to Goztepe - the Point Newspaper, Banjul, the Gambia". Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
10. "Fin de prêt pour Bubacarr Sanneh, toujours sous contrat à Anderlecht jusqu'en 2023". Site-Sportmagazine-FR. 28 January 2020.
11. "Bubacarr Sanneh op huurbasis naar KVO". www.kvo.be.
12. "AGF henter Bubacarr Sanneh". agf.dk (in Danish). AGF. 25 January 2021. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
13. "OFFICIEEL: RSC Anderlecht vindt oplossing bij GF Aarhus voor Sanneh". Voetbalprimeur (in Dutch). 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
14. "Man van acht miljoen gratis op te pikken bij Anderlecht!". Voetbalkrant.com. 31 August 2021.
15. "SønderjyskE skriver med Bubacarr Sanneh - SønderjyskE". SønderjyskE (in Danish). 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022.
16. Farvel, superliga: SønderjyskE tog afsked med den bedste række og et helt hold, jv.de, 21 May 2022
17. https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa -cup-of-nations/matches/2021/2243295/lineups
18. "The Gambia name squad for first Nations Cup finals". BBC Sport.
19. FC Midtjylland tester Bubacarr Sannehs lillebror, tipsbladet.dk, 21 November 2017
20. "Bubacarr Sanneh kåret til Årets Fighter | AC Horsens". achorsens.dk.