Ibrahima Sanoh (born 11 April 1994) is a Guinean former

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Early life

Born in Guinea, Sanoh moved to Canada in 2011 to attend school and learn English. In 2014, he played at the amateur level with Sherwood-Parkdale Rangers SC Bayern. In 2019, he played with PEI FC.

College career

He began attending the

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, but was not able to play for the men's soccer team in his first year, but did train with the team. He began playing for the soccer team in 2012, scoring in his first game for the team in a 3-1 victory over the

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on September 8, 2012, also earning the team’s rookie of the year honours that season. He then took the following year off. In 2014, he began attending

Holland College Holland College is the provincial community college for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI). It is named after the British Army engineer and surveyor Captain Samuel Holland. In 2024, about 30% of the college's enrolled student ...

. In his four seasons, he was named a CCAA All-Canadian and the

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player of the year four years in a row. He was named a all-star at the national tournament in 2015. In February 2017, he was named the PEI Soccer Association Male Athlete of the Year for 2016. In his fourth season with Holland in 2017, he helped them win bronze at the national championships, after having won four conference titles. That season, he was named the

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Player of the Year, becoming the first Holland player to earn the honour in any sport. He was also named the school's Male Athlete of the Year on two occasions - the 2014/15 season and 2017/18 season. In his time with Holland, he scored a record 101 goals in 70 games played.

Club career

In January 2018, Sanoh attended a combine with the coaches of

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club

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, returning a couple of weeks later to trial with the second team,

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. Sanoh appeared in a friendly for the

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Atlantic Selects team (which occurred prior to the Wanderers formal professional launch in 2019) in 2018 against

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's U-21 team, scoring a goal in the match. In December 2019, he signed a professional contract with

of the

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. The club waited for his Canadian permanent residency paperwork to be finalized before officially signing his, allowing him to count as a domestic player for roster purposes. He made his professional debut on August 15 as a substitute against

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, also scoring his first goal on a penalty kick in a 2-2 draw. After the 2020 season, he was released by the club.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanoh, Ibrahima 1994 births Living people Men's association football forwards Guinean men's footballers 21st-century Guinean sportsmen Footballers from Conakry Guinean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Canada HFX Wanderers FC players Canadian Premier League players