David Simbo

David Simbo (born 28 September 1989) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer who plays for North Cypriot club Baf Ulku Yurdu FC, as a midfielder.

David Simbo
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Baf Ulku Yurdu FC
Youth career
Mighty Blackpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Mighty Blackpool
2009 Raufoss
2010 Sogndal 0 (0)
2010–2011 Mighty Blackpool
2011 → Motala (loan) 11 (0)
2011 → Trelleborg (loan) 0 (0)
2012 Boden 12 (2)
2013–2014 Sandviken 9 (0)
2014–2015 Al-Hilal
2015 Najran 2 (0)
2016 Krumkachy Minsk 3 (0)
2016–2017 Yeni Amasyaspor 12 (0)
2017–2018 Kurtuluşspor
2018–2019 Adana Kiremithanespor 16 (2)
2019 Al-Zawraa
2019– Baf Ulku Yurdu FC
National team‡
2010– Sierra Leone 20 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:39, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:58, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Freetown, Simbo started his career playing for Mighty Blackpool in his home country.[2] In 2009, he went to Norway to play for third-tier side Raufoss. While at the Norwegian club, he sought political asylum in the country using the name Mohamed Sesay. After his successful first season in Norway, he was signed by second-tier club Sogndal; however, because his asylum request was denied due to him using two different names, he was unable to return to Norway to play for them.[3]

Simbo returned to Sierra Leone to play for Mighty Blackpool. In 2011, he went on loan to Swedish third-tier club Motala for the first half of the season,[4] and then Allsvenskan club Trelleborg for the second half of the season.[5]

He spent the 2012 season with Boden.[6]

In 2013, he signed for Sandviken.[7]

He signed for Saudi club Najran SC in July 2015.[8] He then played for Krumkachy Minsk.[1]

He later played in Turkey for Yeni Amasyaspor,[9] and Kurtuluşspor.[10] He spent the 2018–19 season with Adana Kiremithanespor.[1]

He then played for Iraqi club Al-Zawraa.[11] In September 2019 he moved to North Cyprus to play for Baf Ulku Yurdu FC.[12]

International career

He made his international debut for Sierra Leone in 2010.[11]

References
  1. David Simbo at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  2. "David Simbo - Fotbolltransfers.com". Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  3. "Han har hatt to ulike identitetar". NRK. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  4. "David Simbo joins Swedish club on loan, leaves Freetown Friday". Sierra Leone Football. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  5. "David Simbo lånas ut till TFF". Trelleborgs Allehanda. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  6. Profile at Bodens BK
  7. "David siste man in i truppen". Sandvikens IF. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  8. "New tests await Sierra Leone's David Simbo in Saudi Arabia". BBC Sport. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  9. Milli futbolcu Yeni Amasyaspor'da, amatorlig.net, 16 August 2016
  10. Sierra Leoneli Orta Saha Kurtuluşspor'da, amatorlig.net, 23 June 2017
  11. "David Simbo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  12. "Sierra Leone's David Simbo happy to play in non-Fifa Northern Cyprus". 24 September 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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