Omar Colley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 October 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Banjul, Gambia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Djurgårdens IF | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wallidan | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010–2011 | Wallidan | 15 | (0) |
| 2012 | Real de Banjul | 17 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | KuPS | 57 | (5) |
| 2015– | Djurgårdens IF | 34 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Gambia U17 | 8 | (2) | |
| Gambia U20 | 10 | (0) | |
| 2012– | Gambia | 7 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2016. | |||
Omar Colley (born 24 October 1992) is a Gambian footballer. He currently plays for Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish premier division Allsvenskan.
Career
Gambia
Colley started out playing youth football with Wallidan F.C. who are a part of his home countrys top flight GFA League First Division.[1] After he started playing for the first team he trialed with Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City on two separate occasions in 2010 and 2011.[2] The Americans wanted to sign Colley but refused to pay any form of transfer fee or training compensation to his Gambian club. Wallidans founder called their offer "out of touch with modern football" and "an insult to the local clubs"[3] so Colley instead moved to Real de Banjul where he helped the team become Gambian champions in 2012.[4]
KuPS
In January 2013 he signed a two-year contract with KuPS.[4] During the time between his two seasons in Finland he trialed with a couple of 2. Bundesliga clubs and Arminia Bielefeld made an offer to buy Colley. An agreement was not reached however as they could not agree on the transfer fee.[5] As his contract with the Finnish club was nearing the end Colley was described as "perhaps our best foreign signing ever" by the KuPS club president.[6]
Djurgårdens IF
In August 2014 Colley signed three-year contract with Swedish Djurgårdens IF, starting the first of January 2015.[7] He played his debut game for the club the 22 February 2015 against Ängelholms FF in the Swedish Cup.[8]
International career
Colley was part of the Gambia national under-17 football team that won the 2009 African U-17 Championship as well as the Gambia national under-20 football team that played in the 2011 African Youth Championship.[2] In 2012 he made his debut for the senior Gambia national team.
References
- ↑ "Twitter-kyselytunti: Omar Colley". KuPS. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- 1 2 "Wallidan starlet gets Kansas City invitation". The Daily Observer. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ↑ "Wallidan clarify Omar Colley transfer talk". The Daily Observer. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- 1 2 "Defender Omar Colley signs first professional contract". The Daily Observer. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ↑ "KuPS reject Arminia Bielefeld offer for Omar Colley". Gambia Sports. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ↑ "Nye djurgårdaren ett fysiskt monster: ”Snabbast och uthålligast – någonsin”". FotbollDirekt. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ↑ "Omar Colley leaves KuPS for Djurgården". Gambia Sports. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ↑ "Djurgården - Ängelholms FF" (in Swedish). 22 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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