Seyfo Soley
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 February 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Lamin, Gambia | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–1999 | Banjul Hawks | 0 | (0) |
1999–2000 | F.C. Nieuwkerken-Sint-Niklaas | 24 | (1) |
2000–2002 | 49 | (0) | |
2002–2003 | Genk | 41 | (2) |
2003–2004 | Al-Hilal | 0 | (0) |
2004–2006 | Genk | 43 | (2) |
2006–2007 | Preston North End | 6 | (0) |
2011 | Doxa Katokopia | 7 | (0) |
Alki Larnaca | |||
National team | |||
2000–2007 | Gambia | 10 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Seyfo Soley (born 16 February 1980) is a Gambian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He captained the Gambia national team.
Career[]
Soley was born in Lamin, the Gambia. He played for Banjul Hawks FC, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen, Al-Hilal and K.R.C. Genk, prior to signing for Preston North End in January 2007.
Soley made his debut for Preston North End in the 2007 fifth round of the FA Cup which Preston lost 3–1 to Manchester City. In June 2007 Preston that he had left the club after rejecting the club's offer of a new contract.[1]
On 26 July 2008, Soley played as a trialist for Motherwell in the second half of their 4–0 friendly win over Bradford City.
Soley trialled with Norwich City in the 2008–09 season under Glenn Roeder but was not offered a permanent deal. Though he was out of contract for three years, the 30-year-old midfielder made plans to move to the Cyprus premier-tier side Apollon Limassol in 2010,[2] and the deal took effect in January 2011, after Apollon Limassol exhausted their 17-foreign-player limit.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ "Soley opts not to stay at Preston". BBC Sport. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2007.
- ^ Keita, Nanama (24 September 2010). "Gambia: Seyfo Soley Happy With Cyprus Switch". The Daily Observer (Banjul). Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ "Professional Journey of Gambian footballer". The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
External links[]
- Seyfo Soley at Soccerbase
- Seyfo Soley at National-Football-Teams.com
- krcgenk.be at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 January 2007) (in Dutch)
- http://allafrica.com/stories/201009240756.html
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Gambian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- The Gambia international footballers
- Belgian First Division A players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Saudi Professional League players
- Sportkring Sint-Niklaas players
- K.R.C. Genk players
- Preston North End F.C. players
- Al Hilal SFC players
- Doxa Katokopias FC players
- Alki Larnaca FC players
- Gambian expatriate footballers
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Gambian football biography stubs