Lars Joseph Ceesay (born 3 June 1998) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

club

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their ...

, on from

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association, ...

Club career

Ceesay began to play football in

Hässelby SK Hässelby Athletic Sports Club is a Swedish sports club located in Hässelby within the city of Stockholm. Founded in 1913, the departments it operates include the sports football, athletics and floorball. Their football club, Hässelby SK F ...

. In 2008 he moved to

Brommapojkarna Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning ''the Bromma boys'') or simply BP, is a Swedish football club located in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality. Brommapojkarna is t ...

, well known for their youth academy. In the summer of 2013, Ceesay moved to another club in the Stockholm region,

Djurgården Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, ''Kungliga Djurgården'' (), is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum ...

. In November 2016 he signed his first A-team deal with Djurgården; a 3.5-years contract. During spring 2017, he was loaned out to Vasalunds and scored a goal in May 2017 against Enskede. In July 2017, Ceesay was loaned out to Frej for the rest of the 2017 season. In December, the loan was extended until the end of 2018. He was called back to Djurgården in July 2018, only to be sent on loan to Brage a month later. In January 2019 he was again loaned, this time to Dalkurd, for the 2019 season. On 29 November 2019, he signed with

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs IF (full name Helsingborgs Idrottsförening), commonly referred to as HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish first tier, Allsvenskan, following promotion in the 2021 Superet ...

on a two-year deal. On 11 July 2022, Ceesay signed with

. On 23 March 2024, it was decided that Ceesay would join

on loan until the summer transfer window.

International career

Born in Sweden, Ceesay is of Gambian descent. On 5 October 2020, he was called up to the Sweden U21 national team training camp in

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Helsingborg Helsingborg (, , , ) is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 113,816 (2020). Helsingborg is the cent ...

. He did not appear in scheduled UEFA Euro U-21 qualifying games against

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and

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Personal life

His younger brother

Jesper Ceesay Jesper Ismaila Ceesay (born 4 May 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for IFK Norrköping. Born in Sweden, he is a youth international for the Gambia. Career Ceesay is a product of the youth academies of Hässelby and B ...

plays for

Honours

Malmö FF *

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References

1998 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Swedish people of Gambian descent Men's association football midfielders Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Vasalunds IF players IK Frej players IK Brage players Dalkurd FF players Helsingborgs IF players Lechia Gdańsk players Malmö FF players IFK Norrköping players Ettan Fotboll players Superettan players Allsvenskan players Ekstraklasa players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Poland {{Sweden-footy-midfielder-stub