Abdoulie Mansally
![]() Abdoulie Mansally in Turku 2018. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abdoulie Kenny Mansally | ||
Date of birth | 27 January 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Banjul, the Gambia | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Position(s) |
Wing Back Winger Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Inter Turku | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2006 | Real de Banjul | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Real de Banjul | ||
2007–2012 | New England Revolution | 89 | (7) |
2012–2015 | Real Salt Lake | 49 | (1) |
2016 | Houston Dynamo | 9 | (0) |
2016 | → FC Toros (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2017 | PS Kemi | 29 | (6) |
2018– | FC Inter Turku | 15 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2005 | Gambia U17 | 3 | (1) |
2007 | Gambia U20 | 4 | (1) |
2008– | Gambia | 16 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:48, 24 July 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:47, 29 January 2018 (UTC) |
Abdoulie Kenny Mansally (born 27 January 1989) is a Gambian footballer. Currently he plays for Finnish team FC Inter Turku of the Veikkausliiga.
Professional career
New England Revolution
Mansally began his career in The Gambia, graduating from the youth academy of Real de Banjul, and playing in the GFA League First Division.
He was scouted by New England Revolution head coach Steve Nicol while playing in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and signed with the Revolution shortly thereafter along with his Gambian teammate, Sainey Nyassi.[1] He made his first start for the Revolution on 29 March 2008, and scored his first MLS goal on 9 April 2008 in a game against the Kansas City Wizards.
On 3 April 2010, he had his first career multi-goal game, a brace (including his first league goal in over a year) with a pair of goals 110 seconds apart to spark New England to a 2–0 victory.
Mansally was waived by New England on 4 May 2012.[2]
Real Salt Lake
After trials with both D.C. United and Real Salt Lake, Mansally officially signed with Salt Lake on 20 June 2012.[3] He made his debut for the club on 4 July 2012 in a 0-0 tie against Seattle Sounders FC.
Houston Dynamo
Mansally was traded to Houston Dynamo ahead of the 2016 season in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft.[4]
International career
Mansally received his first call-up for the Gambia National Football Team during qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, and was an unused substitute in the home and away matches against Liberia. He earned his first cap for his country coming off the bench in a qualifier against Algeria.[5]
Match fixing allegations
Following FC Inter Turku's 0-3 Veikkausliiga loss to Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi on 2 September 2018, the Football Association of Finland together with the Finnish Center for Integrity in Sports launched an investigation against Mansally after he had performed a string of remarkably disastrous passes during the last minutes of play, including directly assisting the opponent's final goal.[6][7]
Personal
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Mansally went by the nickname "Kenny" for years, including for his first six seasons as a professional in MLS before dropping the nickname at the outset of the 2013 season in order to remind people of who he is and where he came from.[8]
Mansally received his U.S. green card in 2010 which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.[9]
Mansally received his US citizenship in 2015
Charity Work
Mansally started the Mansally Foundation based on improving the lives and the conditions of the community where he grew up. The country of Gambia is a small country in Africa where most families farm for a living. The foundation is in place to provide children from Gambia access to food, medical care, and an education to a brighter future.[10]
http://www.mansallyfoundation.org/
Honors
New England Revolution
Real Salt Lake
- Major League Soccer Western Conference Championship (1): 2013
Individual
- MLS Player Of The Week: Week 2, 2010 [11]
References
- ^ Revs at the forefront of African scouting in MLS Published: 22 April 2009; Retrieved: 13 May 2014
- ^ Mansally waived Published: 4 May 2012; Retrieved: 13 May 2014
- ^ Michael C. Lewis (20 June 2012). "Real Salt Lake acquires Kenny Mansally". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ http://www.houstondynamo.com/post/2016/02/18/houston-dynamo-acquire-defender-abdoulie-mansally-real-salt-lake
- ^ "FIFA Match Report: Gambia vs Algeria". Fifa.com. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ @KhunJaybo (2 September 2018). "Mansallyn highlightsit vikoilta minuuteilta" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Outo mokailu herätti epäilykset HJK-Inter-ottelussa". iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Iltalehti. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ Stejskal, Sam (7 March 2013). "Who killed Kenny? Mansally to go by given name Abdoulie". Real Salt Lake. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Revolution Update: February 18, 2010 | New England Revolution". Revolutionsoccer.net. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ http://www.mansallyfoundation.org/
- ^ Kenny Mansally earns MLS Player of the Week Published: 5 April 2010; Retrieved: 13 May 2010
External links
Media related to Abdoulie Mansally at Wikimedia Commons
- Abdoulie Mansally at Major League Soccer
- Abdoulie Mansally at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Gambian footballers
- Gambian expatriate footballers
- The Gambia international footballers
- The Gambia youth international footballers
- Real de Banjul FC players
- New England Revolution players
- Real Salt Lake players
- Houston Dynamo players
- Rio Grande Valley FC Toros players
- Association football midfielders
- People from Banjul
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Major League Soccer players
- United Soccer League players
- FC Inter Turku players