Seyfo Soley

Seyfo Soley
Personal information
Date of birth	16 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Lamin, Gambia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–1999	Banjul Hawks
1999–2000	F.C. Nieuwkerken-Sint-Niklaas
2000–2002	K.S.C Lokeren SNW
2002–2003	Genk
2003–2004	Al-Hilal
2004–2006	Genk
2006–2007	Preston North End
2011	Doxa Katokopia
	Alki Larnaca
International career
2000–2007	Gambia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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[1] "Soley opts not to stay at Preston". BBC Sport. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2007.

[2] Keita, Nanama (24 September 2010). "Gambia: Seyfo Soley Happy With Cyprus Switch". The Daily Observer (Banjul). Retrieved 10 July 2018.

[3] "Professional Journey of Gambian footballer". The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

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