Claude Stephane Seanla

Stéphane Seanla
Personal information
Full name	Claude Stéphane Seanla
Date of birth	2 June 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Leighton Town
Youth career
	Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2007	Watford
2007	Kettering Town
2007–2008	Barnet
2007	→ St Albans City (loan)
2008	→ Wivenhoe Town (loan)
2008–2009	Ashford Town (Kent)
2009–2010	Horsham
2010	Boreham Wood
2010–2011	Tonbridge Angels
2011	Concord Rangers
2011	Crawley Down
2011	Walton & Hersham
2011	Arlesey Town
2011–2012	Aylesbury
2012	Chesham United
2012	Chesham United Res.
2012–2013	Winslow United
2013–2014	Bedford Town
2014	Arlesey Town
2014–	Leighton Town
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:49, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Claude Stéphane Seanla (born 2 June 1988 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian striker, currently at Leighton Town. Known for his legendary iron bar, pivot and dodgy fashion sense, he has terrified defenders up and down the lower leagues of the Home Counties. He was once heard describing himself in the Leighton Buzzard express as being 'better than drogba'. With more clubs under his belt than any other footballer in the game his best stint at a club came at Wivenhoe where his goals to games ratio speak for itself.

Career

Seanla started his career at Tottenham Hotspur, and hit 6 goals in 11 starts in an injury hit campaign for Spurs' reserve team in 2005-06, having scored 11 goals in 18 starts the season before.^[1]

Seanla signed his first professional forms for Watford in June 2006 following a trial spell. He made his first professional appearance on 19 September 2006, coming on a substitute for Al Bangura for the second half of extra time in the League Cup second round victory over Accrington Stanley.^[2]

Seanla left Vicarage Road by mutual consent in February 2007 having made just one appearance for the first team. The following month he joined Conference North side Kettering Town after impressing for their reserve side, scoring four times in two games. He was released at the end of 2006-07 season following Kettering's failure to win promotion from the Conference North.

On 30 July 2007 he signed for Football League Two side Barnet on a free transfer after a successful trial.^[3] On 9 November 2007 he joined St Albans City on a month's loan. In January 2008, Seanla was transfer listed. He struggled when played out of position in midfield, and played only five times for the Bees. In March he was loaned out to Wivenhoe Town. He failed to make an impression even at this level, however, and shortly after his loan spell was cancelled, he was released by Barnet.^[4]

On his debut for Ashford Town^{[clarification needed]} he scored two goals in the second half in a 3-2 loss to Chipstead. He scored 5 goals in 8 games, but was unable to add to that tally due to injury, and joined Horsham in January 2009. Seanla's impressive strike rate for Horsham saw him join promotion hopefuls Boreham Wood in March 2010. He scored the only goal of a play-off semi-final against Aveley F.C. and helped contribute to a play-off final win against Kingstonian to seal promotion for the club.

On his debut for Tonbridge Angels,^{[clarification needed]} Seanla scored two goals against AFC Hornchurch in the Angels' 7-1 victory against the Essex team. He later played for Winslow United.

In August 2013, he joined Bedford Town.^[5] before joining Leighton Town for the 2014-15 season.^[6]

References

External links

[1] Watford snare Tottenham's Seanla

[2] Watford 0 - 0 Accrington Stanley

[3] Barnet sign ex-Watford man Seanla

[4] Seanla parts company with Barnet

[5] Another two added to squad

[6] ttp://www.pitchero.com/clubs/leightontown/s/match-centre-11587/1-1020167

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