Edrissa Sonko (born 23 March 1980) is a Gambian former professional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

who played as a

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...

Club career

Sonko was born in Essau. His previous clubs are Steve Biko F.C., Real de Banjul,

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

Roda JC Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. ...

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands County, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east ...

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ado ...

and

Skoda Xanthi Xanthi Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Ξάνθη Π.Α.Ε.) is a Greek professional football club based in Xanthi, Western Thrace and plays at Xanthi FC Arena. The club resigned from the Super League 2 due to financial issues. Founded in 1967, Xan ...

. He netted his first Tranmere goal in the win at home to

Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The club competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They have spent their complete history ...

in the

Football League Trophy The English Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship purposes as the Papa Johns Trophy after restaurant chain Papa John's Pizza, is an annual English association football knockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One and EFL Leag ...

in September 2008. His first league goal followed just over a week later away at

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. The ...

, he scored a long range volley in the 2–1 Tranmere win. Scottish side Falkirk F.C were reportedly interested in signing him but on 19 September 2009, Sonko signed a one-year deal with

Hereford United Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'The ...

. He was released at the end of the season and moved to Cypriot side

APEP Apep, also spelled Apepi or Aapep, ( Ancient Egyptian: ; Coptic: Erman, Adolf, and Hermann Grapow, eds. 1926–1953. ''Wörterbuch der aegyptischen Sprache im Auftrage der deutschen Akademien''. 6 vols. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'schen Buch ...

. In September 2010 he joined

Ras AlKhaima Club Ras Al Khaimah SC is an Emirati club based in RAK City, Ras al-Khaimah. They play their home games at the Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium. Honours * UAE Division One: 1 ** 1986–87 References RAK Ras Al-Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) ( a ...

in the United Arab Emirates. He scored his first goal for

against Ajman.

International career

Sonko played 14 international matches and scored seven goals for

Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...

.FIFA.com - FIFA Spielerstatistik Edrissa SONKO
/ref>

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sonko, Edrissa 1980 births Living people Gambian footballers Association football midfielders The Gambia international footballers Belgian Pro League players English Football League players Eredivisie players UAE First Division League players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Roda JC Kerkrade players Walsall F.C. players Xanthi F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Hereford United F.C. players Ras Al Khaimah Club players Masafi Club players Al-Taawon (UAE) Club players Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium Gambian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Greece Gambian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England People from North Bank Division