Gibril Sankoh
.jpg) Sankoh training with FC Groningen in 2006 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 May 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Royal Stars | |||
| –2004 | De Kennemers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Stormvogels Telstar | 17 | (0) |
| 2005–2010 | Groningen | 150 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | FC Augsburg | 62 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Henan Jianye | 58 | (1) |
| 2015 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 17 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Meizhou Kejia | 58 | (6) |
| Total | 362 | (7) | |
| International career | |||
| 2012–2013 | Sierra Leone | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gibril Sankoh (born 15 May 1983) is a Sierra Leone former professional footballer who played as a centre back.
Club career
[edit]Sankoh played in Freetown at Royal Stars and was selected for the Sierra Leone national football team at the age of 17, but would not make his debut. In 2000, he was forced to flee since he had the same surname as rebel leader Foday Sankoh, even though he is not related to him. He arrived in The Netherlands by boat and ended up in an asylum seekers' centre in Rijsbergen. After moving to Heemskerk, he went to play at De Kennemers in Beverwijk. There he was scouted for Stormvogels Telstar.
In the 2004–05 season Sankoh made the transfer to FC Groningen after having played seventeen games for Stormvogels Telstar. In the 05/06 season, Sankoh became a fixture of 'the Pride of the North' and contributed significantly to its success in the following season. In the playoffs of the 2006–07 season, Sankoh scored his first goal for Groningen in the home game against Feyenoord, which was won 2–1. Partly because of this goal, Groningen reached the final of the playoffs. In May 2010, it was announced that Sankoh had to leave FC Groningen after six seasons. His expiring contract was not renewed.
Sankoh was contracted by FC Augsburg from the 2010–11 season, where he signed for two years. This started in the 2. Bundesliga, but followed after a year of promotion to the Bundesliga. He played less and in his third year at the club even less. In February 2013 he switched to the Chinese Henan Jianye FC.
Sankoh returned to the Netherlands in July 2015. He completed training courses with his old team FC Groningen and with PEC Zwolle. In July, he signed a contract until mid-2016 with Roda JC Kerkrade, which had just been promoted to the Eredivisie. He had included in his contract the possibility to exchange the club for another after half a season. After half a year, he left the club to return to China. He went to play football with second divisionist Meizhou Kejia F.C., where he signed a contract for two years. After six months without a club, he played for ACV in mid-2018 till the end of mid-2019.
Sankoh is currently assistant coach[1] for the under 17 team of FC Groningen.
International career
[edit]On 8 September 2012, at the age of 29, he 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.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 28 October 2017.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stormvogels Telstar | 2004–05 | Eerste Divisie | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Groningen | 2004–05 | Eredivisie | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 1 | ||
| 2007–08 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| Total | 150 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 177 | 1 | ||
| FC Augsburg | 2010–11 | 2. Bundesliga | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Bundesliga | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 62 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 68 | 0 | ||||
| Henan Jianye | 2013 | China League One | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | Chinese Super League | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| Total | 58 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 60 | 1 | ||||
| Roda JC Kerkrade | 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
| Meizhou Kejia | 2016 | China League One | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2017 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 58 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 59 | 7 | ||||
| Career total | 362 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 401 | 9 | ||
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "O18".
- ^ Gibril Sankoh at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "中甲30轮积分榜：建业毅腾携手冲超 贵州重足降级". sports.sina.com.cn. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
External links
[edit]- Gibril Sankoh at National-Football-Teams.com
- Gibril Sankoh at Soccerway
- Gibril Sankoh at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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