Mohamed Eisa
![]() Eisa playing for Greenwich Borough in October 2016. | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohamed Mamoun Eisa[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 12 July 1994||
Place of birth | Khartoum, Sudan | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Milton Keynes Dons | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
Pro Touch Soccer Academy | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Dartford | 2 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Leatherhead (DR) | ||
2014–2015 | → VCD Athletic (loan) | 2 | (1) |
2014–2015 | → Corinthian (DR) | 18 | (16) |
2015–2017 | Greenwich Borough | 81 | (52) |
2017–2018 | Cheltenham Town | 45 | (23) |
2018–2019 | Bristol City | 5 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Peterborough United | 56 | (16) |
2021– | Milton Keynes Dons | 30 | (11) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:22, 13 March 2022 (UTC) |
Mohamed Mamoun Eisa (born 12 July 1994) is a Sudanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for League One club Milton Keynes Dons.
Early life[]
Born in Khartoum, Sudan,[3] Eisa's family moved to Camden, London when he was nine years old.[4][5]
Career[]
Early career[]
After playing with the Pro Touch Soccer Academy,[4] Eisa had unsuccessful trials at Norwich City, Southend United and Oxford United.[6] He spent his early career in non-league football with Dartford, Leatherhead, VCD Athletic, Corinthian and Greenwich Borough.[7][8][9] At Greenwich he scored 57 goals in 100 appearances in all competitions before leaving the club in June 2017.[10]
Cheltenham Town[]
He signed for Cheltenham Town on 7 July 2017 on an initial one-year deal.[11] After breaking into the first-team, in August 2017 Eisa signed a contract extension with the club until 2020.[12] On 24 March 2018, Eisa equalled Cheltenham's record for 20 league goals in a season.[13] On 6 April 2018, Eisa won the EFL League Two Player Of The Month Award.[14]
During the 2017–18 season he scored 25 goals for Cheltenham Town in all competitions, including 23 in EFL League Two.[15] His goalscoring saw him break Cheltenham's record for the most goals scored in a season.[16] In April 2018 he was nominated for the EFL League Two Player of the Season award.[17] At the club's end of season award, Eisa won the Supporters' Player Of The Year, Players' Player Of The Year and the Sponsors' Player Of The Year awards.[16]
Bristol City[]
During the 2018 pre-season he was linked with a transfer to Brentford, Leeds United and Portsmouth.[18][19] He signed for Bristol City on 23 July 2018.[20] He made six appearances for the club.[21]
Peterborough United[]
On 1 June 2019, Eisa signed a four-year deal with League One club Peterborough United for an undisclosed, club record fee.[22][23] By 22 November 2019 he had scored 12 of Peterborough's 39 league goals.[24] On 11 May 2021 he was made available for transfer by Peterborough.[25]
Milton Keynes Dons[]
On 20 July 2021, Eisa joined League One club Milton Keynes Dons for an undisclosed but reportedly club-record transfer fee, signing a long-term deal.[26][27][28] He scored his first goal for the club on his league debut in a 3–3 away fixture against Bolton Wanderers on 7 August 2021.[29]
Personal life[]
He has four brothers, one of whom, Abo, is also a professional footballer.[30][31][32]
Career statistics[]
- As of 13 March 2022
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dartford | 2012–13[7] | Conference Premier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2013–14[7] | Conference Premier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
2014–15[7] | Conference Premier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
VCD Athletic | 2014–15[33] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Corinthian | 2014–15[34] | Southern Counties East FL | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16 | |
Greenwich Borough | 2015–16[35] | Southern Counties East FL | 36 | 32 | 3 | 3 | — | 5 | 0 | 44 | 35 | |
2016–17[36] | Isthmian League Division One South | 45 | 20 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 45 | 20 | ||
Total | 81 | 52 | 3 | 3 | — | 5 | 0 | 89 | 55 | |||
Cheltenham Town | 2017–18[15] | League Two | 45 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 25 |
Bristol City | 2018–19[21] | Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Peterborough United | 2019–20[37] | League One | 29 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 16 |
2020–21[38] | League One | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 5 | |
Total | 56 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 71 | 21 | ||
Milton Keynes Dons | 2021–22[39] | League One | 30 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 11 |
Career total | 239 | 119 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 276 | 131 |
Honours[]
Individual
- EFL League Two Player of the Month: March 2018[14]
- Cheltenham Town Player of the Year: 2017–18.[16]
- Cheltenham Town Players' Player of the Year: 2017–18.[16]
References[]
- ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Profile". Cheltenham Town F.C. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ a b Mohamed Eisa at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ a b Jon Palmer (13 October 2017). "Meet the younger Eisa brother, a biomedical science student who wants to follow Mo into Football League". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ Ben Fisher. "'I feel so blessed': Mo Eisa on his journey from Sudan to the Football League". Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Mo Eisa interview: From Sudan to Cheltenham via the eighth tier". Sky Sports. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Eisa does it for Leatherhead to dismantle the Brickies". The Argus. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "New Signing: Mohamed Eisas". Cheltenham Town F.C. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Mohamed Eisa departs". Greenwich Borough F.C. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Cheltenham Town: Jerell Sellars & Mohamed Eisa join League Two club". BBC Sport. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "Mohamed Eisa signs contract extension with the Robins". Cheltenham Town F.C. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Crawley Town 3-5 Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Eisa wins Sky Bet League Two Player of the Month". Cheltenham Town. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Games played by Mohamed Eisa in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Mo Eisa sweeps the board in Cheltenham Town's end of season awards". Gloucestershire Live. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "EFL awards: Tom Cairney, Ruben Neves & Ryan Sessgenon on Championship shortlist". BBC Sport. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Jon Palmer (14 May 2018). "Brentford chasing signature of Cheltenham Town striker Mohamed Eisa". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ Jordan Cross (20 July 2018). "Pompey fearful as Leeds enter Eisa pursuit". The News : Portsmouth. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ Gregor MacGregor (23 July 2018). "Bristol City confirm Mo Eisa capture from Cheltenham as Robins beat off rival clubs". Bristol Post. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Games played by Mohamed Eisa in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Posh Swoop For Eisa In Club Record Deal". theposh.com. Peterborough United FC. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Mo Eisa: Peterborough pay Bristol City club-record fee for striker". BBC Sport. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Peterborough United's Toney, Maddison & Eisa - more prolific than Salah and co". 22 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Posh Confirm Retained List For Next Season". www.theposh.com.
- ^ "MK Dons make move for striker Mo Eisa". www.mkdons.com. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "MK Dons sign Peterborough striker Eisa" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "MK Dons paid a club record transfer fee to sign Mo Eisa from Peterborough United". Peterborough Telegraph. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Bolton Wanderers 3-3 Milton Keynes Dons". BBC. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Nathan Thomas & Abo Eisa: Shrewsbury Town sign wingers from Sheffield United and Wealdstone". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Brotherly love helps keep City new boy on track". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
- ^ "Mo Eisa: 10 things you may not know about Bristol City's signing from Cheltenham Town". Gloucestershire Echo. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "VCD Athletic | Appearances | Mohamed Eisa | 2014-2015 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
- ^ "Fixtures and results – Southern Counties East Football League". Corinthian F.C. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Fixtures and results – 1st XI". Greeenwich Borough F.C. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Fixtures and results – 1st XI". Greeenwich Borough F.C. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Mohamed Eisa in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Mohamed Eisa in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Mohamed Eisa in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sudanese footballers
- Dartford F.C. players
- Leatherhead F.C. players
- VCD Athletic F.C. players
- Corinthian F.C. (Kent) players
- Greenwich Borough F.C. players
- Cheltenham Town F.C. players
- Bristol City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- National League (English football) players
- Isthmian League players
- Association football forwards
- Sudanese expatriate footballers
- Sudanese expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Peterborough United F.C. players
- Milton Keynes Dons F.C. players