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Yusupha Bobb
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-06-22) 22 June 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Banjul, Gambia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lecco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Banjul Hawks
2015–2019 Chievo 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Cittadella (loan) 12 (1)
2016–2017 → Taranto (loan) 14 (0)
2017 → Padova (loan) 4 (0)
2017–2018 → Reggiana (loan) 21 (1)
2018–2019 → Cuneo (loan) 32 (3)
2019– Lecco 0 (0)
International career‡
Gambia U19
Gambia U20
2017– Gambia 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:10, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:10, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

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

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]

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.[9][10] He made his debut in a 2–0 win in Rabat.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 October 2019.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chievo 2015–16 Serie A 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
2016–17 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
2017–18 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
2018–19 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Cittadella (loan) 2015–16 Lega Pro 12 1 2 2 0 0 — 0 0 14 3
Taranto (loan) 2016–17 14 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 14 0
Padova (loan) 4 0 — 0 0 — 1[a] 0 5 0
Reggiana (loan) 2017–18 Serie C 21 1 1 0 0 0 — 5[b] 0 27 1
Cuneo (loan) 2018–19 32 3 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 32 3
Lecco 2019–20 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Career total 83 5 3 2 0 0 — 6 0 92 7
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Lega Pro play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the Serie C play-offs

International

As of 6 November 2018.[12]
National team Year Apps Goals
Gambia 2017 1 0
2018 3 0
Total 4 0

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Yusupha Bobb profile". Soccerway. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Gambia: Hawks' Yusupha Bobb Completes Italy Move". All Africa. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Official: Benedetti, Bobb and Jallow going to Cittadella". A.C. ChievoVerona. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Yusupha Bobb al Padova in prestito dal Chievo". Calcio Padova. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Mercato: Yusupha Bobb è del Taranto!". S.S. Taranto Football Club 1927. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Yusupha Bobb è un calciatore della Reggiana". A.C. Reggiana 1919. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale: Yusupha Bobb nuovo giocatore della Calcio Lecco 1912". Lecco. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Calcio Lecco, ufficiale: preso il giovane gambiano Yusupha Bobb". Lecco Channel News. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Yusupha Bobb convocato in nazionale". A.C. Reggiana 1919. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Scorpions Performed First Training Session". Gambia Football Federation. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  11. ^ "GAMBIA WHACKS MOROCCO -Assan steals show but debutants shine too". Foroyaa. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Yusupha Bobb profile". National Football Teams. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.

External links

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