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|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sambégou Bangoura | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Conakry, Guinea | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2004 | Lokeren | 85 | (42) |
| 2004–2005 | Standard Liège | 53 | (21) |
| 2005–2007 | Stoke City | 28 | (9) |
| 2007 | → Brussels (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2007 | Boavista | 13 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Cádiz (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Panserraikos | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004- | Guinea | 19 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 July 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Sambégou Bangoura (born April 3, 1982 in Conakry) is a Guinean football player, who has played for Panserraikos in Greece since January 2009 and was released by the club on December 2010. As a youth, Bangoura also excelled at table tennis, which is the national sport of Guinea.
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Bangoura started his footballing career in Belgium with Lokeren and then Standard Liège before leaving for to play in the The Championship with Stoke City. transferred for £900,000 in August 2005, a club record fee at that time.[1] In June 2006, he did not return to pre-season training for Stoke and a club statement confirmed that Bangoura would be fined on his eventual return.[2]
On 4 August 2006, one day before club's first game against Southend United, he returned to The Potters. He claimed the reason for his late arrival was that he could not get a passport for his young daughter, who had to remain in Guinea. Bangoura had to "work hard" in order to impress then-Stoke manager Tony Pulis and work his way back into favour at the club. Sammy played his first full 90 minutes of football in a reserve match against Shrewsbury Town. Bangoura was handed his first start of the season against Burnley, however he lasted only 43 minutes before limping off due to injury. He failed to cement a starting place, and speculations for a loan or permanent move arose.
Bangoura joined FC Brussels on a 6-month loan on 11 January 2007, in the hope to get first team action. The personal problems he had experienced in England continued in Belgium. After that, Bangoura once again failed to turn up for pre-season at Stoke City; his whereabouts were unknown.
In 13 August 2007, Bangoura was presented as a new Boavista F.C. player. The transfer cost the Portuguese side £270,000 up front with a further £100,000 after a scoring bonus. In addition, Stoke City will receive 20% of any future fee.[3] He would not last long, as he joined Spain's Cádiz CF (second division) on loan, during the January transfer window.
He was part of the Guinean 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition, before losing 2–1 in the quarter finals to Mali. Bangoura played again in the 2006 African Nations Cup, with a prominent role in the country's three group wins before the team was knocked out in the quarter finals by Senegal in a match which ended 3–2. He failed to turn up at Stoke City after the tournament, as he stayed in Guinea due to "family problems". He later returned, however he only managed to get on the score sheet once in the remainder of 2005–06 season. Bangoura was fined two weeks wage for this misconduct.
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