Jatto Ceesay

Jatto Ceesay
Personal information
Full name Jatto Ceesay
Date of birth 16 November 1974 (1974-11-16) (age 37)
Place of birth Banjul, The Gambia
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Othellos Athienou
Number 99
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Wallidan Sens 15 (8)
1995–2005 Willem II 232 (38)
2003 Al-Hilal (loan) 5 (0)
2006–2007 AEK Larnaca 27 (12)
2007–2008 Omniworld 9 (0)
2008 AEP Paphos 11 (0)
2009 Digenis Akritas Morphou 15 (6)
2010– Othellos Athienou 13 (3)
National team
1995–2006 The Gambia 7 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Jatto Ceesay (born 16 November 1974 in Banjul) is a Gambian football striker who currently plays for Cypriot club Othellos Athienou.

Ceesay has also played for Wallidan Sens (Gambia), Willem II Tilburg (Netherlands), Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia), AEK Larnaca (Cyprus), FC Omniworld (Netherlands) and AEP Paphos (Cyprus).

Career

Ceesay started to play football as a small boy with the Gambian team Wallidan Sens. As a young boy he left to go to the Netherlands. At 20-years of age Ceesay made his debut for Willem II. After 8 seasons in which he was a regular first-team player, he left in the summer of 2003, joining Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia.

This adventure provided no sporting success and he returned in the winter of 2004 to Willem II. He continued to play competitive games for the Tilburgers in season 2003/2004, though mainly as a back-up. Partly due to the presence of Kevin Bobson, Martijn Reuser and Anouar Hadouir he made only 14 appearances, in which he scored 4 times. Ceesay also struggled to feature in the 2005/06 season. Eventually he left in the winter to join AEK Larnaca, where he was with Raymond Victoria and Donny de Groot, two former Willem players. In the summer of 2007 these two players left Cyprus. Ceesay followed and returned to the Netherlands, where he joined FC Omniworld.

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