Kebba Ceesay

Kebba Ceesay
Kebba Ceesay
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*
Years Team Apps (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.

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
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lech Poznań 2012–13 Ekstraklasa 25 2 1 0 1[b] 0 27 2
2013–14 Ekstraklasa 8 0 1 0 1[b] 0 10 0
2014–15 Ekstraklasa 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 0
2015–16 Ekstraklasa 18 0 4 0 4[c] 0 1[d] 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
Career total 95 2 13 0 6 0 1 0 115 2
  1. ^ Includes Polish Cup, Svenska Cupen
  2. ^ a b 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]

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.