Gibril Sankoh
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 15 May 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Meizhou Kejia | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
Royal Stars | |||
–2004 | De Kennemers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2005 | Stormvogels Telstar | 17 | (0) |
2005–2010 | Groningen | 150 | (0) |
2010–2013 | FC Augsburg | 62 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Henan Jianye | 58 | (1) |
2015 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 17 | (0) |
2016– | Meizhou Kejia | 29 | (2) |
International career | |||
2012–2013 | Sierra Leone | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2016 (UTC) |
Gibril Sankoh (born 15 May 1983 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leone footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Chinese side Meizhou Kejia.
Career
After five years with FC Groningen in the Dutch Eredivisie, Sankoh left the club on 20 May 2010 and signed for FC Augsburg. His former teams are De Kennemers and Stormvogels Telstar.[1]
On 6 February 2013, Sankoh transferred to China League One side Henan Jianye.[2]
International career
Sankoh was born in Sierra Leone but grew up in the Netherlands. He didn't play for the Leone Stars for a long time for different reasons, among a claim he would dislike long flights.
On 8 September 2012, at the age of 29, he finally made his debut for the West African nation in a qualification match against Tunisia for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The Leone Stars were just slightly eliminated and Sankoh got a red card in the second match against the same team on 13 October.
References
- ^ "Gibril Sankoh" (in Dutch). FC Groningen. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ 建业官方宣布签德甲中卫 塞拉利昂国脚加盟河南 (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
External links
- Gibril Sankoh at National-Football-Teams.com
- Gibril Sankoh at Soccerway
- Gibril Sankoh at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Sierra Leonean footballers
- SC Telstar players
- FC Groningen players
- FC Augsburg players
- Henan Construction F.C. players
- Roda JC players
- Meizhou Hakka F.C. players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Eredivisie players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Chinese Super League players
- China League One players
- Sierra Leonean expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Sierra Leonean expatriates in the Netherlands
- Sierra Leone international footballers
- Association football defenders
- Sierra Leonean football biography stubs