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Abo Eisa
Personal information
Full name Abobaker Mamoun Eisa[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Khartoum, Sudan
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Scunthorpe United
Number 11
Youth career
Pro Touch Soccer Academy
St Albans City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Uxbridge 53 (17)
2017–2018 Wealdstone 24 (12)
2018–2019 Shrewsbury Town 10 (1)
2019Colchester United (loan) 14 (2)
2019– Scunthorpe United 52 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:59, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Abobaker Mamoun Eisa (born 5 January 1996) is a Sudanese professional footballer who plays for English club Scunthorpe United, as a winger.

Early life

Eisa was born in Khartoum, Sudan in 1996.[2] His family moved to London when he was seven years old.[3]

Career

Eisa played youth football with Pro Touch Soccer Academy and St Albans City, before beginning his senior career in non-league with Uxbridge and Wealdstone.[4] He turned professional on 31 January 2018 with Shrewsbury Town,[5] scoring his first goal for the club in the English Football League on 21 April in a 1−1 draw against Bury.[6]

On 8 April he appeared as an unused substitute in the 2018 EFL Trophy Final,[7] and received a runner-up medal under the tournament's rules.[8]

In January 2019 he moved on loan to Colchester United.[9] He made a goalscoring debut for the club on 2 February, scoring five minutes after his introduction as a half-time substitute during Colchester's 4–0 win at Northampton Town.[10]

On 15 August 2019, Eisa signed for League Two side Scunthorpe United on a two-year deal, reuniting with former Shrewsbury manager Paul Hurst, making him the club's eighth summer signing.[11][12]

Personal life

He is the brother of Mohamed Eisa.[3]

He combined his non-league career with studying for a degree in biomedical sciences at Brunel University.[3]

Honours

Shrewsbury Town

References

  1. ^ "Intermediary Transactions 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019" (PDF). The FA. p. 13. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Profile". 11v11. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Jon Palmer (13 October 2017). "Meet the younger Eisa brother, a biomedical science student who wants to follow Mo into Football League". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Nathan Thomas & Abo Eisa: Shrewsbury Town sign wingers from Sheffield United and Wealdstone". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Games played by Abo Eisa in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  7. ^ a b Ged Scott (8 April 2018). "Lincoln City 1–0 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Checkatrade Trophy Regulations". English Football League. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Abo Eisa: Colchester United sign Shrewsbury Town winger on loan". BBC Sport. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Northampton Town 0–4 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Abo Eisa: Scunthorpe sign winger from Shrewsbury on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Who is Abo Eisa? The lowdown on Scunthorpe United's latest summer signing". GrimsbyLive. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.