Yusupha Bobb (born 22 June 1996) is a Gambian professional

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who plays as a

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for the Gambia national team.

Club career

Bobb's career started in The Gambia with local team Banjul Hawks. In 2015, Bobb joined

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side

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. On 24 July 2015, Bobb completed a loan move to

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club

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, he subsequently made his Cittadella and professional debut on 2 August in a

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match against

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; Cittadella won 15–0 as Bobb scored twice. Three matches later, Bobb scored his first goal in professional league football with a strike against

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. He suffered a serious leg injury in a match against

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on 17 January 2016 and subsequently did not feature for Cittadella again prior to returning to Chievo at the end of the 2015–16 campaign. He was named on the Chievo substitutes bench on 13 August 2016 for a cup tie against

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. At the end of August, Bobb joined

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on loan, again in Lega Pro. His debut for them came on 11 September in a goalless draw versus Siracusa. In total, he played fourteen times for the club. In 2017, Bobb signed for

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of Lega Pro on loan. He played five times before returning to his parent team. On 12 July, ahead of the 2017–18 season, Bobb joined Reggiana on a temporary basis. He was loaned out for a fifth occasion in July 2018, joining Cuneo. His first goal arrived on 21 October away to Pro Piacenza, as they won 1–0. On 19 October 2019, having left Chievo, Bobb headed back to

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with

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. On 11 February 2021, he signed with

club

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. Following Livorno's relegation and exclusion from football, he joined

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following a successful trial.

International career

Bobb has represented The Gambia at U19 and U20 level. He was called up on numerous occasions to the senior squad, including twice being an unused substitute in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying games against

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and

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respectively. In November 2017, Bobb was called up for Gambia's friendly with Morocco. He made his debut in a 2–0 win in

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. He played in the

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, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bobb, Yusupha 1996 births Living people Footballers from Banjul Gambian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Hawks FC players AC ChievoVerona players AS Cittadella players Taranto FC 1927 players Calcio Padova players AC Reggiana 1919 players AC Cuneo 1905 players Calcio Lecco 1912 players US Livorno 1915 players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players GFA League First Division players Serie C players The Gambia men's youth international footballers The Gambia men's international footballers 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players Gambian expatriate men's footballers Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy