Bismark Charles Kwarena Sie (born 26 May 2001), commonly known as Bismark Charles, is a Ghanaian professional

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who plays as a striker for

Bosnian Premier League The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and He ...

for Željezničar, on loan from

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Club career

Vushtrria

On 1 February 2020, Charles joined Kosovo Superleague side

Vushtrria Vushtrri ( sq-definite, Vushtrria) or Vučitrn ( sr-Cyrl, Вучитрн), is a city and municipality located in the Mitrovica District in northern Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Vushtrri has 26,964 inhabitants, while the muni ...

. On 5 March 2020, he made his debut against Dukagjini after being named in the starting line-up and scored his side's second goal during a 3–3 home draw.

Trepça '89

On 1 August 2020, Charles signed with Trepça '89. On 18 September 2020, he made his debut in a 2–0 home defeat to Arbëria, coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute in place of

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. On 25 October 2020, Charles scored a hat-trick for Trepça in his seventh appearance for the club in a 4–3 home win over Ballkani.

CSKA Sofia

On 12 February 2021, Charles joined

Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

club

after a trial that was approved by manager

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. Fifteen days later, he made his debut in a 1–0 away defeat to Ludogorets Razgrad after coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute in place of Georgi Yomov. Three days after his debut, "The Chancellor", as he is called by the media in Bulgaria because of the same name as Otto von Bismarck, marked his first goal for the "armymen", in the 2020–21 Bulgarian Cup round of 16 against

Cherno More Varna Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an asso ...

. On 19 May 2021, Charles scored the winner in the Bulgarian Cup final against Arda Kurdzhali in the 85th minute, which granted CSKA Sofia a Bulgarian Cup title.

Loan to Željezničar

On 30 January 2024, Charles was loaned to

club Željezničar for the remainder of the 2023–24 season. He made his debut in a 3–0 home win against

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in the city derby on 3 March 2024.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

CSKA Sofia *

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: 2020–21

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Charles, Bismark 2001 births Living people People from Berekum Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Berekum Chelsea F.C. players KF Vushtrria players KF Trepça '89 players PFC CSKA Sofia players OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players Football Superleague of Kosovo players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Kosovo Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina