Kabba-Modou Cham (born 25 December 1992) is a former professional football player who last played for Royal Cappellen. Born in Belgium, he is a youth international for the Gambia.
He has also played competitively for KVV Coxyde and KSV Bornem, as well as abroad for
Scottish
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club
Greenock Morton
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and
Mosta
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in
Malta
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.
Club career
Cham started his career with various professional youth academies back home in
Belgium
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, namely
K Beerschot VA
Koninklijke Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen (), or simply Beerschot, is a Belgian professional Association football, football club located in Antwerp, that competes in the top tier Belgian Pro League, Pro League after promotion from second tie ...
Sint-Truiden
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but left after one year to go and sign for
Greenock Morton
Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the . The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greenock Morton in 1994 to celebr ...
in July 2013 on a two-year contract, and made his first competitive debut for Morton in a 1–0 defeat in the
Scottish Challenge Cup
The Scottish Professional Football League Challenge Cup,Annan Athletic.
Cham ingratiated himself with the Morton support after he scored a double against arch-rivals St Mirren in the
Renfrewshire Cup
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final.
Personal life
Cham was born in
Belgium
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to a
Greek
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*Greeks, an ethnic group
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mother and a Gambian father and has elected to represent
Gambia
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at international level. To date, he has made one appearance for the Under-20 side in a 2011 African Youth Championship group match against Nigeria.
His maternal grandfather is
Greek
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but moved to
Belgium
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, where the striker's mother, Panayoula Kontoyannis, was born meaning that Cham is also eligible to represent
Greece
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