Claude Stéphane Seanla (born 2 June 1988) is an Ivorian retired footballer who played as a

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Career

Seanla was born in

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, Ivory Coast. He started his career at

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, and hit 6 goals in 11 starts in an injury hit campaign for Spurs' reserve team in 2005–06, having scored 11 goals in 18 starts the season before. Seanla signed his first professional forms for

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in June 2006, following a trial spell. He made his first professional appearance on 19 September 2006, coming on a substitute for

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for the second half of extra time in the

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second round victory over

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. Seanla left Vicarage Road by mutual consent in February 2007, having made just one appearance for the first team. The following month, he joined

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side

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after impressing for their reserve side, scoring four times in two games. He was released at the end of 2006–07 season following Kettering's failure to win promotion from the Conference North. On 30 July 2007, he signed for

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side

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on a free transfer after a successful trial. On 9 November 2007, he joined St Albans City on a month's loan. In January 2008, Seanla was transfer listed. He struggled when played out of position in midfield, and played only five times for the Bees. In March, he was loaned out to

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. He failed to make an impression even at this level, however, and shortly after his loan spell was cancelled, he was released by Barnet. On his debut for Ashford Town, he scored two goals in the second half in a 3–2 loss to Chipstead. He scored five goals in eight games, but was unable to add to that tally due to injury, and joined

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in January 2009. Seanla's impressive strike rate for Horsham saw him join promotion hopefuls

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in March 2010. He scored the only goal of a play-off semi-final against

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and helped contribute to a play-off final win against

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to seal promotion for the club. On his debut for

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, Seanla scored two goals against

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in the Angels' 7–1 victory against the Essex team. He later played for Winslow United. In August 2013, he joined

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, before joining

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for the 2014–15 season. He carried on playing the SSML from 2015 onwards, playing for Clean Slate and New Bradwell St Peter. Seanla stated in a June 2018 interview that he had retired from football.My interview with former Spurs youngster Claude Stepháne Seanla
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References

External links

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Profile on Kettering Town Site

Soccerdata Stéphane Seanla
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