Sekou Gassama

Sekou Gassama
Personal information
Full name Sekou Gassama Cissokho
Date of birth (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995
Place of birth Granollers, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Almería
Number 19
Youth career
2004–2007 Barcelona
2007–2013 Damm
2013–2014 Almería
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Almería B 2 (0)
2014–2015 Valladolid B 7 (2)
2015 Rayo Vallecano B 4 (0)
2015–2016 Bergantiños 6 (1)
2016 Badalona 16 (2)
2016–2017 Sant Andreu 33 (12)
2017–2018 Almería B 23 (15)
2018– Almería 1 (0)
National team
Senegal U20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 August 2018

Sekou Gassama Cissokho (born 6 May 1995) is a Senegalese footballer who plays for UD Almería as a forward.

Club career

Born in Granollers, Barcelona, Catalonia, Gassama started his career at FC Barcelona's youth setup, as a central defender.[1] He finished his formation with UD Almería,[2] and made his senior debut with the reserves on 13 October 2013, coming on as a half-time substitute in a 0–3 Segunda División B home loss against La Roda CF.

On 14 July 2014, Gassama signed a three-year contract with Real Valladolid, being assigned to the B-team also in the third division.[3] The following 26 January he terminated his contract and joined another reserve team, Rayo Vallecano B in the same category.[4]

Gassama continued to appear in the third and fourth tiers in the following years, representing Bergantiños CF,[5] CF Badalona,[6] UE Sant Andreu[7] and Almería B.[8] With the latter he achieved promotion to the third division by netting a career-best 21 goals, six only in the play-offs.

Gassama was definitely promoted to Almería's main squad in Segunda División ahead of the 2018–19 campaign,[9] and made his professional debut on 17 August, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Cádiz CF.[10] His first professional goal came on 11 September, as he scored the equalizer in a 2–1 away defeat of Málaga CF for the season's Copa del Rey.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Sekou, el nuevo descubrimiento almeriense para el gol" [Sekou, the new discovering almeriense for the goal] (in Spanish). Cuenta con la Cantera. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Sekou, senegalés de la Damm, llega a Almería" [Sekou, Senegalese from Damm, arrives at Almería] (in Spanish). Vavel. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Sekou Gassama potencia la delantera del filial" [Sekou Gassama bolsters the forward lines of the reserves] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sekou Gassama se desvincula del Promesas" [Sekou Gassama leaves Promesas] (in Spanish). Blanquivioletas. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Sekou Gassama Cissokho, nuevo fichaje del Bergantiños" [Sekou Gassama Cissokho, new signing of Bergantiños] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Sekou Gassama, nou davanter escapulat" [Sekou Gassama, new forward escapulat] (in Catalan). CF Badalona. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Sekou Gassama es suma a la davantera" [Sekou Gassama adds up to the forward lines] (in Catalan). UE Sant Andreu. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "El gigante Sekou ha vuelto al Almería B" [The giant Sekou returned to Almería B] (in Spanish). La Voz de Almería. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Chema y Sekou, dispuestos a aprovechar la oportunidad que estaban buscando" [Chema and Sekou, willing to exploit the opportunity they have been looking for] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Álex Fernández da la primera victoria de la temporada al Cádiz" [Alex Fernández gives the first victory of the season to Cádiz] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "El Almería remonta al Málaga y pasa a la siguiente ronda" [Almería complete comeback over Málaga and go to the following round] (in Spanish). Marca. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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