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Yusupha Bobb

Yusupha Bobb

Gambian professional footballer

Yusupha Bobb (born 22 June 1996) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Gambia national team.[1]

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Club career

Bobb's career started in The Gambia with local team Banjul Hawks.[2] In 2015, Bobb joined Serie A side Chievo.[1][2] On 24 July 2015, Bobb completed a loan move to Lega Pro club Cittadella, he subsequently made his Cittadella and professional debut on 2 August in a Coppa Italia match against Potenza; Cittadella won 15–0 as Bobb scored twice.[1][3] Three matches later, Bobb scored his first goal in professional league football with a strike against Pavia.[1] He suffered a serious leg injury in a match against Cuneo on 17 January 2016 and subsequently did not feature for Cittadella again prior to returning to Chievo at the end of the 2015–16 campaign.[4]

He was named on the Chievo substitutes bench on 13 August 2016 for a cup tie against Virtus Entella.[1] At the end of August, Bobb joined Taranto on loan, again in Lega Pro.[5] His debut for them came on 11 September in a goalless draw versus Siracusa.[1] In total, he played fourteen times for the club.[1] In 2017, Bobb signed for Padova of Lega Pro on loan.[4] He played five times before returning to his parent team.[1] On 12 July, ahead of the 2017–18 season, Bobb joined Reggiana on a temporary basis.[6] He was loaned out for a fifth occasion in July 2018, joining Cuneo.[1] His first goal arrived on 21 October away to Pro Piacenza, as they won 1–0.[1]

On 19 October 2019, having left Chievo, Bobb headed back to Serie C with Lecco.[7][8]

On 11 February 2021, he signed with Serie C club Livorno.[9] Following Livorno's relegation and exclusion from football, he joined Piacenza following a successful trial.[10]

International career

Bobb has represented The Gambia at U19 and U20 level.[2] He was called up on numerous occasions to the senior squad, including twice being an unused substitute in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying games against Morocco and Ivory Coast respectively.[1] In November 2017, Bobb was called up for Gambia's friendly with Morocco.[11][12] He made his debut in a 2–0 win in Rabat.[13] He played in the 2021 Africa cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.[14][15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 October 2021.[1]
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  1. Appearance(s) in the Lega Pro play-offs
  2. Appearance(s) in the Serie C play-offs

International

As of match played 11 June 2021.[16]
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References

  1. [1]
    Yusupha Bobb at Soccerway
  2. [2]
    "Gambia: Hawks' Yusupha Bobb Completes Italy Move". All Africa. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Official: Benedetti, Bobb and Jallow going to Cittadella". A.C. ChievoVerona. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Yusupha Bobb al Padova in prestito dal Chievo". Calcio Padova. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Mercato: Yusupha Bobb è del Taranto!". S.S. Taranto Football Club 1927. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  6. [6]
    "Yusupha Bobb è un calciatore della Reggiana". A.C. Reggiana 1919. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  7. [7]
    "Comunicato Ufficiale: Yusupha Bobb nuovo giocatore della Calcio Lecco 1912". Lecco. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  8. [8]
    "Calcio Lecco, ufficiale: preso il giovane gambiano Yusupha Bobb". Lecco Channel News. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  9. [9]
    "Bobb nuovo acquisto amaranto" (in Italian). Livorno. 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  10. [10]
    "Piacenza, tesserato il centrocampista Yusupha Bobb" (in Italian). Piacenza Sera. 23 July 2021.
  11. [11]
    "Yusupha Bobb convocato in nazionale". A.C. Reggiana 1919. 7 November 2017. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  12. [12]
    "Scorpions Performed First Training Session". Gambia Football Federation. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  13. [13]
    "GAMBIA WHACKS MOROCCO -Assan steals show but debutants shine too". Foroyaa. 15 November 2017. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  14. [14]
    https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa -cup-of-nations/matches/2021/2243295/lineups
  15. [15]
    "The Gambia name squad for first Nations Cup finals". BBC Sport.
  16. [16]
    "Yusupha Bobb profile". National Football Teams. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
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