Mohammed Sangare

Mohammed Sangare (born 28 December 1998) is a Liberian footballer who plays for English club Newcastle United as a midfielder.

Mohammed Sangare
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Sangare[1]
Date of birth (1998-12-28) 28 December 1998[2]
Place of birth Liberia
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Newcastle United
Youth career
Accrington Stanley
2016–2019 Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Newcastle United 0 (0)
National team‡
2019– Liberia 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:19, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:09, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Early and personal life

Sangare was born in Liberia and moved to England at the age of 14.[3]

Club career

Sangare has played club football in England for Accrington Stanley and Newcastle United.[3] He was promoted to Newcastle's first-team in July 2019.[4]

International career

Sangare received his first call-up to the Liberia national team in August 2018, for upcoming 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches.[3] He had to withdraw from the squad twice as he was awaiting his UK residence permit to be re-issued, meaning he was unable to travel.[5][6] He was recalled by the Liberian senior national team in March 2019.[7]

He made his debut for the Liberia national football team on 24 March 2019 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against DR Congo, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute for Allen Njie.[8]

International goals
Scores and results list Liberia's goal tally first.[9]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 September 2019SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia Sierra Leone2–13–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification

References
  1. "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  2. Mohammed Sangare at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  3. Danesius Marteh (17 August 2018). "Liberia call up Newcastle under-23 player Mohammed Sangare". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  4. Ryder, Lee (4 July 2019). "The Newcastle United youngsters promoted to first-team squad for pre-season training". nechronicle.
  5. Danesius Marteh (6 September 2018). "Newcastle's Mohammed Sangare withdraws from Liberia squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. Danesius Marteh (2 October 2018). "Newcastle's Mohammed Sangare frustrated again over Liberia debut". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  7. Danesius Marteh (16 March 2019). "Newcastle U-23 midlfielder Sangare set for Liberia debut in Afcon qualifier". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  8. "DR Congo v Liberia game report". ESPN. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  9. "Mohammed Sangare". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
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