Yusupha Bobb

Yusupha Bobb

Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-06-22) 22 June 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Banjul, The Gambia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Banjul Hawks
2015–2019	Chievo	0	(0)
2015–2016	→ Cittadella (loan)	12	(1)
2016–2017	→ Taranto (loan)	14	(0)
2017	→ Padova (loan)	4	(0)
2017–2018	→ Reggiana (loan)	21	(1)
2018–2019	→ Cuneo (loan)	32	(3)
2019–2020	Lecco	17	(1)
2021	Livorno	7	(0)
2021–2022	Piacenza	23	(2)
International career^‡
	Gambia U19
	Gambia U20
2017–	Gambia	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2021

Yusupha Bobb (born 22 June 1996) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Gambia national team.[1]

Club career

Bobb's career started in The Gambia with local team Banjul Hawks.[2] In 2015, Bobb joined Serie A side Chievo.[1][2] On 24 July 2015, Bobb completed a loan move to Lega Pro club Cittadella, he subsequently made his Cittadella and professional debut on 2 August in a Coppa Italia match against Potenza; Cittadella won 15–0 as Bobb scored twice.[1][3] Three matches later, Bobb scored his first goal in professional league football with a strike against Pavia.[1] He suffered a serious leg injury in a match against Cuneo on 17 January 2016 and subsequently did not feature for Cittadella again prior to returning to Chievo at the end of the 2015–16 campaign.[4]

He was named on the Chievo substitutes bench on 13 August 2016 for a cup tie against Virtus Entella.[1] At the end of August, Bobb joined Taranto on loan, again in Lega Pro.[5] His debut for them came on 11 September in a goalless draw versus Siracusa.[1] In total, he played fourteen times for the club.[1] In 2017, Bobb signed for Padova of Lega Pro on loan.[4] He played five times before returning to his parent team.[1] On 12 July, ahead of the 2017–18 season, Bobb joined Reggiana on a temporary basis.[6] He was loaned out for a fifth occasion in July 2018, joining Cuneo.[1] His first goal arrived on 21 October away to Pro Piacenza, as they won 1–0.[1]

On 19 October 2019, having left Chievo, Bobb headed back to Serie C with Lecco.[7][8]

On 11 February 2021, he signed with Serie C club Livorno.[9] Following Livorno's relegation and exclusion from football, he joined Piacenza following a successful trial.[10]

International career

Bobb has represented The Gambia at U19 and U20 level.[2] He was called up on numerous occasions to the senior squad, including twice being an unused substitute in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying games against Morocco and Ivory Coast respectively.[1] In November 2017, Bobb was called up for Gambia's friendly with Morocco.[11][12] He made his debut in a 2–0 win in Rabat.[13] He played in the 2021 Africa cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.[14][15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 October 2021.[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chievo	2015–16	Serie A	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2017–18		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2018–19		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Cittadella (loan)	2015–16	Lega Pro	12	1	2	2	—		—		14	3
Taranto (loan)	2016–17	Lega Pro	14	0	0	0	—		—		14	0
Padova (loan)	2016–17	Lega Pro	4	0	—		—		1[a]	0	5	0
Reggiana (loan)	2017–18	Serie C	21	1	1	0	—		5[b]	0	27	1
Cuneo (loan)	2018–19	Serie C	32	3	0	0	2	0	—		34	3
Lecco	2019–20	Serie C	17	1	0	0	1	0	—		18	1
Livorno	2020–21	Serie C	7	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
Piacenza	2021–22	Serie C	7	0	0	0	2	1	—		9	1
Career total			114	6	3	2	5	1	6	0	128	9

1. Appearance(s) in the Lega Pro play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in the Serie C play-offs

International

As of match played 11 June 2021.[16]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Gambia	2017	1	0
	2018	3	0
	2021	4	0
Total		8	0

References

1. Yusupha Bobb at Soccerway
2. "Gambia: Hawks' Yusupha Bobb Completes Italy Move". All Africa. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
3. "Official: Benedetti, Bobb and Jallow going to Cittadella". A.C. ChievoVerona. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
4. "Yusupha Bobb al Padova in prestito dal Chievo". Calcio Padova. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
5. "Mercato: Yusupha Bobb è del Taranto!". S.S. Taranto Football Club 1927. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
6. "Yusupha Bobb è un calciatore della Reggiana". A.C. Reggiana 1919. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
7. "Comunicato Ufficiale: Yusupha Bobb nuovo giocatore della Calcio Lecco 1912". Lecco. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
8. "Calcio Lecco, ufficiale: preso il giovane gambiano Yusupha Bobb". Lecco Channel News. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
9. "Bobb nuovo acquisto amaranto" (in Italian). Livorno. 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
10. "Piacenza, tesserato il centrocampista Yusupha Bobb" (in Italian). Piacenza Sera. 23 July 2021.
11. "Yusupha Bobb convocato in nazionale". A.C. Reggiana 1919. 7 November 2017. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
12. "Scorpions Performed First Training Session". Gambia Football Federation. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
13. "GAMBIA WHACKS MOROCCO -Assan steals show but debutants shine too". Foroyaa. 15 November 2017. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
14. https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa -cup-of-nations/matches/2021/2243295/lineups
15. "The Gambia name squad for first Nations Cup finals". BBC Sport.
16. "Yusupha Bobb profile". National Football Teams. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.

External links

• Yusupha Bobb at Soccerway