Jesper Ismaila Ceesay (born 4 May 2003) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

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for

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play the ...

. Born in Sweden, he is a youth international for the Gambia.

Career

Ceesay is a product of the youth academies of

Hässelby Hässelby is a Swedish town that is a part of Hässelby-Vällingby in the city of Stockholm, Sweden, comprising the suburban areas Hässelby Gård, Hässelby Strand and Hässelby Villastad. The territory also corresponds to Hässelby paris ...

and

Brommapojkarna Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning ''the Bromma boys'') or simply BP, is a Swedish football club located in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality. Brommapojkarna is ...

. At the age of 18 in 2020, he began his senior career with Brommapojkarna in the Ettan tournament. On 9 April 2021, he extended his contract with the club until 2023. In his sophomore season in 2021, he became a starter at the club and helped them win the

2021 Ettan 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

, and was named the league's talent of the season. On 21 December 2021, he transferred to the

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football le ...

club

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

until 31 December 2025. After only a year in AIK, he transferred to

, signing a three-year contract.

International career

Ceesay played for the Gambia U23s for 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in September 2022.

Personal life

Born in Sweden, Ceesay is of Gambian descent through his father Ceesay who was a former footballer. His brother

Joseph Ceesay Lars Joseph Ceesay (born 3 June 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Allsvenskan club IFK Norrköping, on from Malmö FF. Club career Ceesay began to play football in Hässelby SK. In 2008 he moved to Bro ...

is also a professional footballer.

Honours

Brommapojkarna * Ettan:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ceesay, Jesper 2003 births Living people People from Solna Municipality Gambian men's footballers The Gambia men's youth international footballers Swedish men's footballers Swedish people of Gambian descent Gambian people of Swedish descent IF Brommapojkarna players AIK Fotboll players Ettan Fotboll players Allsvenskan players Men's association football midfielders