Chris Gbandi

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Chris Gbandi

Full name	Chris Gbandi
Date of birth	April 7, 1979 (1979-04-07) (age 29)
Place of birth	Bong Mines, Liberia
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Left Back
Club information
Current club	FK Haugesund
Number	7
Youth clubs
1998-01	Connecticut
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-07 2008-	FC Dallas FK Haugesund	111 (3) 0 (0)
National team²
2004-present	Liberia	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 April 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 16 July 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Chris Gbandi (born April 7, 1979 in Bong Mines, Liberia) is a Liberian-American professional soccer player, who currently plays left back for FK Haugesund.

[edit] Club career

Gbandi was drafted by the Dallas Burn (now FC Dallas) first overall in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft after a hugely successful career at the University of Connecticut, where he was a finalist for the Hermann Trophy in 1999 and 2001, and a winner in 2000 (he was named First Team All-American during his last two years in college). However, Gbandi missed all of the 2002 season while rehabilitating a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). He returned in the 2003 season, where he registered one goal and two assists after playing 22 games in a disappointing campaign for the Burn. Gbandi played in another 23 games in 2004. In 2005, Gbandi made 17 appearances, all starts, and scored what happened to be the last goal ever scored at the Cotton Bowl by an FC Dallas player. [1] 2006 was his best season yet, Gbandi played in 28 games and earned FC Dallas's defender of the year honors. Over the off season Gbandi had a trial with IK Start, but nothing became of it. [2] 2007 was another good year for Gbandi, he made 21 appearances and scored a cracking goal against Real Salt Lake. [3]

On February 8, 2008, he completed a transfer to FK Haugesund.[4]

[edit] National team

It was speculated that Gbandi might cap for the United States national team, however, in 2004 he accepted an offer from the Liberian national team to compete in the 2006 World Cup Qualifiers, making him ineligible for the US squad. [5]

v • d • e F.K. Haugesund – current squad

1 Kristiansen • 2 Nilsen • 3 Storm • 4 Brandshaug • 5 Nygaard • 6 Victorien • 7 Gbandi • 8 Horneland • 9 Steinsland • 10 Moen • 11 Andreassen • 12 Øvernes • 13 Mæland • 14 Johnsen • 15 Harmann • 16 Weaver • 17 Ørsal • 18 Skjerve • 19 Nicol • 20 Strøm • 22 Eike • 23 Hansen • 24 Agdestein • Coach: Skarsfjord