Mohammed Sangare (born 28 December 1998) is a Liberian

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who plays for

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club

Bellinzona Bellinzona ( , ; ; is a municipality, a List of towns in Switzerland, historic Swiss town, and the capital of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The town is famous for its Three Castles of Bellinzona, three castles (Castelgrande, Montebello, Sa ...

Early and personal life

Sangare was born in

Monrovia Monrovia () is the administrative capital city, capital and largest city of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast and as of the 2022 census had 1,761,032 residents, home to 33.5% of Liber ...

, Liberia, and moved to England at the age of 14. His younger brother, Faisu, was part of the Wolverhampton Wanderers under-23 setup.

Club career

Sangare has played club football in England for

Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England, that compete in the , the fourth level of the English football league system. They have spent their entire history playing a ...

and

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Since th ...

. He was promoted to Newcastle's first-team in July 2019. He returned to Accrington Stanley on loan in August 2020. In May 2022, it was announced that Sangare would be released at the end of his contract. Later that month it was announced that he would return to Accrington Stanley when his Newcastle contract expires on 1 July. In June 2023, it was announced Sangare would join

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. He left the club in July 2024. Following his departure from Livingston, Sangare signed for Swiss club

on a one-year contract.

International career

Sangare received his first call-up to the Liberia national team in August 2018, for upcoming

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matches. He had to withdraw from the squad twice as he was awaiting his UK residence permit to be re-issued, meaning he was unable to travel. He was recalled by the Liberian senior national team in March 2019. He made his debut for the

Liberia national football team The Liberia national football team, nicknamed the ''Lone Stars'', represents Liberia in men's international association football, football and is controlled by the Liberia Football Association. Although the nation produced the 1995 FIFA World ...

on 24 March 2019 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against DR Congo, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute for Allen Njie.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Liberia's goal tally first.''

References

1998 births Living people Liberian men's footballers Footballers from Monrovia Men's association football midfielders Accrington Stanley F.C. players Newcastle United F.C. players Livingston F.C. players AC Bellinzona players English Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players Swiss Challenge League players Liberia men's international footballers Liberian expatriate men's footballers Liberian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland {{Liberia-footy-bio-stub