Jesper Ismaila Ceesay (born 20 October 2001) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for championship side Bolton Wanderers. 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. It contains the suburban areas of Hässelby Gård, Hässelby Strand and Hässelby Villastad, and its territory also corresponds to Hässelb ...

and

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

. In 2020, at the age of 18, he began his senior career with

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

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

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

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

, signing a three-year contract.

International career

Ceesay played for the Gambia U23s for

2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification The 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualification was a men's under-20 association football, football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. Players born 1 January 2003 or later were eligible to ...

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 professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Cesena, on loan from Allsvenskan side Malmö FF. Born in Sweden, he represents Gambia at international level. Club career Ceesay began to ...

is also a professional footballer.

Honours

Brommapojkarna * Ettan:

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ceesay, Jesper 2003 births Living people Sportspeople 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 21st-century Swedish sportsmen