Ebrima Sohna (born 14 December 1988) is a
Gambian footballer
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. He plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Career
KuPS
In February 2014, Sohna resigned for
KuPS
Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga.
KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times ...
on a one-year contract, extending his deal by another year in October 2014.
Al-Arabi SC
On January 13, 2016 he signed a 1-year and a half Deal with the
Kuwait
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i side.
Keşla
In January 2018, Sohna signed for
Keşla FK
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History
Early years (1997–20 ...
on a contract until the end of the
2017–18 season.
On 22 June 2018, Sohna a new contract with
Keşla until the end of the 2018/19 season, leaving in December 2018.
International career
Sohna is a holding midfielder who with his fellow country men won the CAF U-17 Championship in Banjul 2005. He went on to be a key part of the Gambian team which beat Brazil in the
2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru between 16 September and 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could participa ...
in Peru.
Sohna also helped the Gambia U-20 to qualify for the CAF U-20 Youth Championship CONGO 2007, where the Gambia came out third position thus qualifying for the FIFA U-20 Youth Championship in Canada. Back in Gambia where Sohna started his career in the youth system of
Wallidan FC
Wallidan Football Club is a Gambian football club based in Banjul and Bakau. They play in the top division in Gambian football, the GFA League First Division, and are the most decorated team in the country's football history. They play at the In ...
one of the top club in Gambian football.
Sohna scored his first international goal against
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
on 23 December 2007.
Career statistics
Club
International
International goals
:''Scores and results list the Gambia's goal tally first.''
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
Gambian men's footballers
The Gambia men's international footballers
Wallidan FC players
Sandefjord Fotball players
Rovaniemen Palloseura players
Kuopion Palloseura players
Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players
FC Vostok players
Vaasan Palloseura players
Shamakhi FK players
Eliteserien players
Norwegian First Division players
Veikkausliiga players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
Azerbaijan Premier League players
Gambian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait
Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan
Men's association football midfielders
Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Kuwait Premier League players
Mosta F.C. players
Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Malta
Expatriate men's footballers in Malta
Maltese Premier League players
2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
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