Gibril Sankoh

Gibril Sankoh

Sankoh (left) training with FC Groningen in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth15 May 1983
Place of birthFreetown, Sierra Leone
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionCentre-back
Club information
Current team
free agent
Youth career
Royal Stars
–2004De Kennemers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2005Stormvogels Telstar17(0)
2005–2010Groningen150(0)
2010–2013FC Augsburg62(0)
2013–2014Henan Jianye58(1)
National team
2012–Sierra Leone3(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 November 2014 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Gibril Sankoh (born 15 May 1983 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leone footballer who currently plays for Chinese club Henan Jianye.

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

  1. "Gibril Sankoh" (in Dutch). FC Groningen. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  2. 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.

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