Mohamadou Sumareh (born 20 September 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul T’azim and the Malaysia national team.

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Mohamadou Sumareh

Sumareh with Johor Darul Ta'zim in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Mohamadou Sumareh
Date of birth	(1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth	Fajara, The Gambia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Number	26
Youth career
2011	Steve Biko
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	PDRM	40	(6)
2016	Perlis	19	(5)
2017–2020	Sri Pahang	62	(14)
2020	Police Tero	4	(0)
2021–	Johor Darul Ta'zim	18	(4)
International career‡
2018–	Malaysia	33	(7)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Malaysia AFF Championship Runner-up 2018 King's Cup Runner-up 2022
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 January 2024

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He began his career at Terengganu in January 2012. Sumareh moved to Polis Di Raja Malaysia in December 2012. In December 2015 he joined Perlis, making 19 league appearances and scoring 5 goals. Sumareh's spell at Perlis didn't last long and in December 2016 he joined Pahang, making 98 league appearances and scoring 17 goals in 5 years. Sumareh joined current club Johor Darul Ta'zim in February 2021. In terms of personal accolades, Sumareh has a single Malaysian Midfielder of the Year award to his name.

Born in the Gambia, he obtained Malaysian citizenship through naturalization in 2018 and has played for their national team since. He has been nicknamed "Keliboy" by Pahang fans.^[2]

Sumareh hot form performances throughout the 2019 season earns him the Malaysia Football League 'Best Midfielder Award'.

Sumareh was born in Fajara, the Gambia. His family moved to the capital Banjul after his birth.

In 2006, Sumareh went to Malaysia at the age of 12, following his father who worked as a businessman and began living here three years later. From then on, he learned a lot about the country, especially in the local culture and also in football.^[3] He trained at the Kuala Lumpur Youth Soccer (KLYS) academy as a teenager.^[4] Sumareh was offered the chance to join the Steve Biko academy in Gambia in late-2010. However, he was not offered a professional contract.^[5]

In late 2011, Sumareh attend a trial with Terengganu. He was registered for 2012 Malaysian League season by the Terengganu management but they decided to cancel his name from registration.^[6]

In October 2018, Sumareh was called up for the Malaysia national team central training from 8 October to prepare for two international friendly matches against Sri Lanka and Kyrgyzstan.^[11] He is the first player called to the Malaysia national team since the 1960s, who was neither born in Malaysia nor have any of his ancestors Malaysian-born or having Malaysian citizenship.^[12]

He made his debut on 12 October 2018, in a warm-up match against Sri Lanka. In that match, he came on as a substitute and scored his first international goal in a 4–1 victory.^[13] He later scored again in a 3–0 win against Maldives on 4 November 2018. A day later, Sumareh was selected to the 23-man squad for the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup.^[14]

On 5 September 2019, Sumareh scored a crucial last-minute goal against rivals Indonesia in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match in which Malaysia won the match 2–3 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta. On 15 November 2019, he also scored the decisive goal that helped Malaysia win against Thailand 2–1 at the Bukit Jalil Stadium.

Sumareh also represent the nation at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup held in Qatar. He played in Malaysia group stage match against Jordan and Bahrain on 15 and 20 January 2024 respectively.

Sumareh received his Malaysian citizenship in April 2018 after staying in the country for more 5 years.^[15] He is a former student of Maz International School in Shah Alam and SEGi College.^[16]