Sulayman Marreh

Sulayman Marreh
Personal information
Full name Sulayman Marreh[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996
Place of birth Abuko, Gambia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder / Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Watford
Youth career
Abuko United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Abuko United
2011–2013 Samger
2013–2017 Granada B 55 (3)
2014–2015 Granada 1 (0)
2017– Watford 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Valladolid (loan) 0 (0)
2018 → Almería (loan) 12 (1)
National team‡
2011– Gambia 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2017

Sulayman Marreh (born 15 January 1996) is a Gambian footballer who plays for English club Watford as a defensive midfielder or central defender.

Club career

Born in Banjul, Marreh made his senior debuts with Abuko United FC. In 2011, he was spotted by Gambia U-17's staff ahead of 2011 African U-17 Championship, and despite being left out of the final cut, he joined Samger FC.[2] In March 2014 he moved to Granada CF in Spain, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B, for a reported fee of one million dalasi.[3]

Marreh made his senior debut with the side on 15 March 2014, starting in a 0–0 draw against FC Cartagena;[4] roughly a month later he netted his first goal abroad, scoring the first of a 6–1 home win over Écija Balompié.[5]

On 21 March, Marreh was called up to the Andalusians' main squad ahead of the La Liga match against Elche CF;[6] he remained on the bench in the 1–0 win at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, however.[7] He made his first-team debut on 17 October, starting in a 0–1 home loss against Rayo Vallecano.[8]

On 10 July 2017, after having his federative rights assigned to Watford, Marreh was loaned to Segunda División club Real Valladolid for one year.[9] The following January, his loan with Valladolid was cancelled and he joined UD Almería on a loan deal for the remainder of the campaign.[10][11]

International career

After being left out of the under-17 squad, Marreh made his debut with the main squad on 9 February 2011, coming on as a substitute in a 1–3 loss against Guinea-Bissau at Lisbon, Portugal.[12] He played his first official match on 15 June of the following year, starting in a 1–4 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification loss against Algeria.[13]

Statistics

[14]

Gambia national team
YearAppsGoals
201110
201210
201340
201540
201720
Total100

References

  1. ↑ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Gambia: The Day Sulayman Marreh Came of Age - Starlet Trains With Scorpions Ahead of Stars Test; All Africa, 2 September 2013
  3. ↑ Gambia: Sulayman Marreh Nears Granada Debut; All Africa, 24 March 2014
  4. ↑ El Granada B desaprovecha la oportunidad de derrotar a un 'gallito' de la categoría (0–0) (Granada misses opportunity to defeat a category's top side (0–0)); Ideal, 15 March 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Festín del Granada B a costa del Écija (Granada B's party at Écija's expense); La Segunda B, 27 April 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Ighalo, principal novedad en la convocatoria del Granada (Ighalo, main news in Granada's selection); Marca, 21 March 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Brahimi strike gives Granada win; ESPN FC, 22 March 2014
  8. ↑ Granada 0–1 Rayo Vallecano; ESPN FC, 17 October 2014
  9. ↑ Sulayman potencia el centro del campo (Sulayman bolsters the centre of the midfield); Real Valladolid, 10 July 2017 (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ Gómez, Adrián (26 January 2018). "Iban Salvador y Sulayman Marreh abandonan el Real Valladolid". VAVEL.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "Vengo a ayudar al Almería para que pueda alcanzar sus objetivos esta temporada" (in Spanish). UD Almería. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  12. ↑ The Gambia defeated by Guinea Bissau in football friendly Archived 2014-08-14 at the Wayback Machine.; Sous Le Manguier, 10 February 2011
  13. ↑ CAN 2013: Algérie 4 Gambie 1 (CAN 2013: Algeria 4 Gambia 1) Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine.; Algérie 1, 15 June 2012 (in French)
  14. ↑ "Sulayman Marreh". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.


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