Moussa Sanoh (born 20 July 1995) is a professional

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who plays as a winger. Born in the Ivory Coast to Liberian and Guinean parents, and raised in the Netherlands, Sanoh represents the Liberia national team.

Club career

Jong PSV

Sanoh joined PSV in 2009, and made his

Jong PSV Jong PSV is a Dutch football team based in Eindhoven. It is the reserve team of PSV Eindhoven and plays in the Eerste Divisie since the 2013–14 season. History Until 2013, Jong PSV played in the Beloften Eredivisie, a league exclusively for ...

debut in March 2014, in their 2–1 away victory against

FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...

, replacing

Aleksandar Boljević Aleksandar Boljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Бољевић; born 12 December 1995) is a Montenegrin professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovi ...

in the 90th minute. On 2 December 2014, Sanoh scored his first goal for Jong PSV in their 3–1 home win against

De Graafschap VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...

, sealing the hosts' victory in the 93rd minute.

RKC Waalwijk

In order to find first-team football, Sanoh joined fellow

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

side

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

in January 2016 on a six-month deal. Three days later, Sanoh made his RKC Waalwijk debut in their 3–1 defeat against

Almere City Almere City Football Club is a Dutch professional Association football, football club based in Almere, Flevoland. Founded in 2001, plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and hosts home matches ...

, featuring for the entire 90 minutes. Following an impressive first few months at the club, Sanoh signed a new one-year deal prior to the 2016–17 campaign. He went onto score his first goal for RKC in their 3–1 away victory over Jong Utrecht, netting in the 71st minute after replacing

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. Sanoh went onto net four more times before leaving the

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side in June 2017.

Crawley Town

On 5 June 2017, Sanoh agreed to join English side

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on a two-year deal with the option of an extra year. On 8 August 2017, Sanoh made his Crawley debut during their

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first round 5–1 defeat against

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side

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. A month later, he made his league debut in their 1–0 home defeat against

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, replacing

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in the 68th minute. Sanoh scored his first goal for Crawley in their 3–1 away defeat against

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in an

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group stage tie. On 3 July 2018, it was announced that Sanoh would leave Crawley, following a mutual termination in his contract.

Later years

On 5 July 2018, following his release from Crawley, Sanoh joined

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n side Politehnica Iași on a two-year deal. On 1 July 2019, Sanoh joined Romanian club

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. On 12 January 2020, Sanoh joined

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club

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on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season. His contract with Gaz Metan Mediaș was terminated at the end of December 2020. In January 2021, Sanoh continued his career with

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of the

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. On 10 August 2021, Sanoh signed a one-year contract with newly promoted Romanian

club

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, with an option for an additional year. Sanoh returned to the Netherlands on 24 June 2022, signing a one-year contract with

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, Ivory Coast, and raised in

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, Netherlands, by a father of Liberian descent and a mother of Guinean descent. Once eligible to represent

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

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, or

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at international level, he featured for the

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under-17 and under-19 sides between 2013 and 2014 before switching to represent

at senior level. On 2 October 2021, he accepted a call-up from Liberia for two

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against

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. He made his senior debut for Liberia in a 2–1

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loss to

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on 7 October 2021.

Career statistics

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