Ebrima Colley

Ebrima Colley (born 1 February 2000) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Young Boys, on loan from Serie A club Atalanta, and the Gambia national team.

Ebrima Colley
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000
Place of birth Serekunda, The Gambia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Young Boys
Number 11
Youth career
2017–2019 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Atalanta 5 (0)
2020–2021 → Hellas Verona (loan) 23 (1)
2021–2022 → Spezia (loan) 11 (0)
2022–2023 → Fatih Karagümrük (loan) 24 (1)
2023– → Young Boys (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2019– Gambia 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:30, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019

Club career

Colley started playing for Atalanta's under-19 squad in the 2017–18 season.[2] He made his professional debut for the senior team in a 1–2 Serie A loss to Bologna on 15 December 2019.[3]

On 23 September 2020, Colley joined Serie A side Hellas Verona on loan for the remainder of the season.[4]

On 7 August 2021, Colley joined fellow top-tier club Spezia on loan until the end of the campaign.[5]

On 13 August 2022, Colley was loaned to Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük for the rest of the season.[6]

On 1 September 2023, Colley joined Swiss Super League club Young Boys on loan for the remainder of the season, with the deal including an option-to-buy.[7][8]

International career

Colley made his debut for the Gambia national football team on 22 March 2019 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Algeria, as a 81st-minute substitute for Ebrima Sohna.[9]

He played in the 2021 Africa cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.[10][11]

Career statistics
As of match played 13 August 2021[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atalanta 2019–20 Serie A 50000050
Hellas Verona (loan) 2020–21 23121—252
Spezia (loan) 2021–22 11011—121
Career total 3913200423

References
  1. Ebrima Colley at Soccerway
  2. "Profile by TuttoCalciatori" (in Italian). TuttoCalciatori. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  3. "Bologna vs. Atalanta - 15 December 2019". Soccerway.
  4. "Ufficiale: Ebrima Colley è gialloblu" (Press release) (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  5. "Ufficiale | Ebrima Colley è un nuovo calciatore dello Spezia" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  6. "Ebrima Colley Karagümrük'te" (in Turkish). Fatih Karagümrük. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  7. "YB VERPFLICHTET EBRIMA COLLEY" [YB SIGNS EBRIMA COLLEY] (in Swiss High German). Young Boys. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. "L'YB rinforza l'attacco con Ebrima Colley". RSI (in Italian). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  9. "Algeria v The Gambia game report". Confederation of African Football. 22 March 2019.
  10. https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa -cup-of-nations/matches/2021/2243295/lineups
  11. "The Gambia name squad for first Nations Cup finals". BBC Sport.
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