Kebba Ceesay

Kebba Ceesay (born 14 November 1987) is a Gambian footballer who plays for IK Sirius in the Swedish Allsvenskan as a defender. He also holds Swedish nationality.

Kebba Ceesay
Ceesay with Lech Poznań
Personal information
Full name Kebba Ceesay
Date of birth (1987-11-14) 14 November 1987
Place of birth Bakau, Gambia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 IK Sirius
Number 4
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)
2016–2017 Djurgårdens IF 14 (0)
2017–2018 Dalkurd FF 52 (1)
2019– IK Sirius 0 (0)
National team‡
2006–2007 Sweden U21 2 (0)
2007– Gambia 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 January 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 July 2016

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 2521010–272
2013–14 801010–100
2014–15 203000–50
2015–16 180404010270
Total532906010692
Djurgårdens IF 2016 Allsvenskan 14040––180
Dalkurd FF 2017 Superettan 28000––280

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.
  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. "Kebba Ceesay". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2015.


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