Kebba Ceesay
 Ceesay with Lech Poznań | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 November 1987 | ||
| 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) |
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 29 November 2017.[10]
| 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 | ||
- ^ Includes Polish Cup, Svenska Cupen
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Polish Super Cup
Honours
[edit]Lech Poznań[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Linus Schröder (13 May 2007). "Gambiafödde Kebba Ceesay: "Just nu skyndar jag långsamt"". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Richard Torgerson (18 November 2009). "Magpies look at Ceesay". skysports.com. Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ 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]
- ^ "Djurgårdens smäll - Kebba Ceesay jagas av Portland Timbers". fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ceesay wraca do Szwecji" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ Kebba Ceesay ansluter till Sirius, siriusfotboll.se, 13 November 2018
- ^ a b "Kebba Ceesay". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
External links
[edit]- Kebba Ceesay at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Kebba Ceesay at Elite Football (archive)
- Profile at IK Sirius
- Kebba Ceesay at National-Football-Teams.com
- Kebba Ceesay at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Men's association football defenders
- Gambian men's footballers
- Swedish men's footballers
- Sweden men's under-21 international footballers
- The Gambia men's international footballers
- Swedish people of Gambian descent
- Gambian emigrants to Sweden
- Naturalized citizens of Sweden
- IK Brage players
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players
- Vasalunds IF players
- Lech Poznań players
- Lech Poznań II players
- Dalkurd FF players
- IK Sirius Fotboll players
- Helsingborgs IF players
- Nordic United FC players
- IFK Haninge players
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Division 2 (Swedish football) players
- Ekstraklasa players
- III liga players
- Gambian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen
- Gambian football biography stubs