Ebrima Colley
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000
Place of birth Serekunda, The Gambia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Young Boys
Number 11
Youth career
2017–2019 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Atalanta 5 (0)
2020–2021 → Hellas Verona (loan) 23 (1)
2021–2022 → Spezia (loan) 11 (0)
2022–2023 → Fatih Karagümrük (loan) 24 (1)
2023– → Young Boys (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2019– Gambia 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:30, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019

Ebrima Colley (born 1 February 2000) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Young Boys, on loan from Serie A club Atalanta, and the Gambia national team.

Club career

Colley started playing for Atalanta's under-19 squad in the 2017–18 season.[2] He made his professional debut for the senior team in a 1–2 Serie A loss to Bologna on 15 December 2019.[3]

On 23 September 2020, Colley joined Serie A side Hellas Verona on loan for the remainder of the season.[4]

On 7 August 2021, Colley joined fellow top-tier club Spezia on loan until the end of the campaign.[5]

On 13 August 2022, Colley was loaned to Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük for the rest of the season.[6]

On 1 September 2023, Colley joined Swiss Super League club Young Boys on loan for the remainder of the season, with the deal including an option-to-buy.[7][8]

International career

Colley made his debut for the Gambia national football team on 22 March 2019 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Algeria, as a 81st-minute substitute for Ebrima Sohna.[9]

He played in the 2021 Africa cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.[10][11]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 August 2021[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atalanta 2019–20 Serie A 50000050
Hellas Verona (loan) 2020–21 23121—252
Spezia (loan) 2021–22 11011—121
Career total 3913200423

References

  1. 1 2 Ebrima Colley at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Profile by TuttoCalciatori" (in Italian). TuttoCalciatori. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Bologna vs. Atalanta - 15 December 2019". Soccerway.
  4. ↑ "Ufficiale: Ebrima Colley è gialloblu" (Press release) (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ufficiale | Ebrima Colley è un nuovo calciatore dello Spezia" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Ebrima Colley Karagümrük'te" (in Turkish). Fatih Karagümrük. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "YB VERPFLICHTET EBRIMA COLLEY" [YB SIGNS EBRIMA COLLEY] (in Swiss High German). Young Boys. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "L'YB rinforza l'attacco con Ebrima Colley". RSI (in Italian). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Algeria v The Gambia game report". Confederation of African Football. 22 March 2019.
  10. ↑ https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa -cup-of-nations/matches/2021/2243295/lineups
  11. ↑ "The Gambia name squad for first Nations Cup finals". BBC Sport.
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