Bubacarr Sanneh
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 November 1994 | ||
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- Scores and results list the Gambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sanneh goal.[1]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 9 October 2019 | El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City, Djibouti | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Personal life
[edit]Sanneh's younger brother Muhammed is also a professional footballer.[19]
Honours
[edit]Midtjylland
Individual
- AC Horsens Player of the Year: 2014–15[20]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Bubacarr Sanneh". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Bubacarr Sanneh at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b Bubacarr Sanneh at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "AC Horsens henter gambisk forsvarsspiller" (in Danish). AC Horsens. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Officielt: FCM køber Sanneh i AC Horsens" (in Danish). bold.dk. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ "Buba completes Anderlecht move!". www.gambiasports.com. 31 August 2018. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "Sanneh hands Anderlecht win in derby over Liège". www.gambiasports.com. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Fin de prêt pour Bubacarr Sanneh, toujours sous contrat à Anderlecht jusqu'en 2023". Site-Sportmagazine-FR. 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Bubacarr Sanneh op huurbasis naar KVO". www.kvo.be.
- ^ "AGF henter Bubacarr Sanneh". agf.dk (in Danish). AGF. 25 January 2021. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "OFFICIEEL: RSC Anderlecht vindt oplossing bij GF Aarhus voor Sanneh". Voetbalprimeur (in Dutch). 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Man van acht miljoen gratis op te pikken bij Anderlecht!". Voetbalkrant.com. 31 August 2021.
- ^ "SønderjyskE skriver med Bubacarr Sanneh - SønderjyskE". SønderjyskE (in Danish). 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022.
- ^ Farvel, superliga: SønderjyskE tog afsked med den bedste række og et helt hold, jv.de, 21 May 2022
- ^ https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa -cup-of-nations/matches/2021/2243295/lineups
- ^ "The Gambia name squad for first Nations Cup finals". BBC Sport.
- ^ FC Midtjylland tester Bubacarr Sannehs lillebror, tipsbladet.dk, 21 November 2017
- ^ "Bubacarr Sanneh kåret til Årets Fighter | AC Horsens". achorsens.dk.
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Gambian men's footballers
- The Gambia men's international footballers
- Real de Banjul FC players
- AC Horsens players
- FC Midtjylland players
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- Göztepe S.K. footballers
- K.V. Oostende players
- Aarhus Gymnastikforening players
- Sønderjyske Fodbold players
- Danish 1st Division players
- Danish Superliga players
- Belgian Pro League players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Men's association football defenders
- Gambian expatriate men's footballers
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Gambian expatriates in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- FK Zvijezda 09 players