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Ebrima Colley

Ebrima Colley

Gambian footballer (born 2000)

Ebrima Colley (born 1 February 2000) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Young Boys, on loan from Serie A club Atalanta, and the Gambia national team.

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Club career

Colley started playing for Atalanta's under-19 squad in the 2017–18 season.[2] He made his professional debut for the senior team in a 1–2 Serie A loss to Bologna on 15 December 2019.[3]

On 23 September 2020, Colley joined Serie A side Hellas Verona on loan for the remainder of the season.[4]

On 7 August 2021, Colley joined fellow top-tier club Spezia on loan until the end of the campaign.[5] On 13 August 2022, Colley was loaned to Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük for the rest of the season.[6]

On 1 September 2023, Colley joined Swiss Super League club Young Boys on loan for the remainder of the season, with the deal including an option-to-buy.[7][8] Later that year, on 13 December, he became the first Gambian to score in the UEFA Champions League, by netting a goal in a 2–1 away defeat against RB Leipzig.[9]

International career

Colley made his debut for the Gambia national football team on 22 March 2019 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Algeria, as a 81st-minute substitute for Ebrima Sohna.[10]

He played in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.[11][12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 April 2024[1]
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  1. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 23 January 2024
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Scores and results list Gambia's goal tally first.[13]
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References

  1. [1]
    Ebrima Colley at Soccerway
  2. [2]
    "Profile by TuttoCalciatori" (in Italian). TuttoCalciatori. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Bologna vs. Atalanta - 15 December 2019". Soccerway.
  4. [4]
    "Ufficiale: Ebrima Colley è gialloblu" (Press release) (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Ufficiale | Ebrima Colley è un nuovo calciatore dello Spezia" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Ebrima Colley Karagümrük'te" (in Turkish). Fatih Karagümrük. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  7. [7]
    "YB VERPFLICHTET EBRIMA COLLEY" [YB SIGNS EBRIMA COLLEY] (in Swiss High German). Young Boys. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. [8]
    "L'YB rinforza l'attacco con Ebrima Colley". RSI (in Italian). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  9. [9]
    "UEFA Champions League: 2023/24 group stage in numbers". UEFA. 18 December 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Algeria v The Gambia game report". Confederation of African Football. 22 March 2019.
  11. [11]
    https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa -cup-of-nations/matches/2021/2243295/lineups
  12. [12]
    "The Gambia name squad for first Nations Cup finals". BBC Sport.
  13. [13]
    "Colley, Ebrima". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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