Momodou Ceesay (born 24 December 1988) is a

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striker who last played for Kazakh club Kyzylzhar and the

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. He is featured on the Gambian national team in the official 2010 FIFA World Cup video game.

Club career

Ceesay started his football career playing for his home town club of Kanifing United. Ceesay came to Žilina in summer 2010 signing half-year contract and he scored in his first the

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match on 31 July 2010. He expressively helped to promotion of Žilina to the

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, scoring three goals in the qualifying rounds. Ceesay left Kairat Almaty on 7 July 2015, after his contract was terminated by mutual consent. In September 2015 he signed for

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On 28 June 2018, Kyzylzhar announced the signing of Ceesay. On 18 June 2019, Ceesay was released by Irtysh Pavlodar, returning to Kyzylzhar in July 2019.

Personal life

Ceesay's younger brother,

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, was also a professional footballer. He last played for

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in the

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in 2014.

International

Ceesay made his senior national team debut against

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on 30 May 2010. In his second international match he scored his first goal for Gambia against

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on 4 September 2010.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Gambia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

;MŠK Žilina *

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: **Winner: 2011–12 *

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: **Winner: 2011–12 **Runner-up:

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;Kairat *

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: **Winner:

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International

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: Winner

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References

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