William Jebor (born 10 November 1991) is a Liberian professional

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who plays as a striker for the Liberia national team, for which he serves as captain. He is the second Liberian to be an Africa Footballer of the Year nominee, after

George Weah George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (; born 1 October 1966) is a Liberian politician and former professional footballer who is the incumbent president of Liberia, in office since 2018. Prior to his election to the presidency, Weah served as ...

, who won the prestigious award three times.

Club career

Born in

Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As th ...

, Jebor made his senior debut with

LPRC Oilers LPRC Oilers is a football club from Liberia based in Monrovia. Their home stadium is thLiberia Petroleum Refining Company The LPRC Oilers have been a fixture in Liberian football since the late 1980s. The team is considered one of the better s ...

in 2008, aged 17, after previously representing

LISCR FC Liberian International Shipping & Corporate Registry FC, abbreviated to LISCR FC, is a football (soccer) club from Liberia based in Gardnersville, Montserrado County. They play their home matches at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium in central Monr ...

as a youth. In the summer of 2009, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing for

Syrian Premier League The Syrian Premier League ( ar, الدوري السوري الممتاز) is a professional association football league in Syria and the top division in of the Syrian football league system. The league comprises 12 teams and operates on a system ...

side

Taliya SC Taliya Sports Club ( ar, نادي الطليعة الرياضي) is a Syrian professional football club based in Hama. History The Taliya Sports Club was founded in 1941 in the Syrian city of Hama under the name of Al-Waqah Club. In 1971 the cl ...

. In 2010, Jebor switched teams and countries again, joining Egyptian Second Division club Tersana SC. After a short spell at Eastern Company, he moved to Tala'ea El Gaish in the Egyptian Premier League. Jebor made his debut for the club on 3 February 2013, starting in a 1–0 away loss against

Ismaily SC Ismaily Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الإسماعيلي الرياضي) is an Egyptian professional football club, established on 20 March 1921 as El Nahda Sporting Club ( ar, جمعية نهضة الشباب المصري ) ( Egyptian pronunci ...

, and scored his first goal for the club on 12 March, netting the first in a 2–1 home win against

El Mokawloon SC Al Mokawloon Al Arab Sporting Club ( ar, نادي المقاولون العرب الرياضي), shortly known as El Mokawloon (The contractors) locally, is an Egyptian sports club based in Nasr City, Cairo, and owned by the prominent constructio ...

. He finished the campaign with ten goals, being tournament's topscorer; highlights included a

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in a 3–2 home success over

Ittihad El Shorta Ittihad El Shorta ( ar, نادي إتحاد الشرطة), also known as Police Union, or simply El Shorta, is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club plays in the Egyptian Third Division, the third-highest league in the Egypti ...

on 7 May. In January 2014, Jebor switched clubs and countries again, after agreeing to a six-month loan deal with Al-Ahli Tripoli SC. On 5 August he signed a four-year contract with Portuguese side

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. Jebor made his Primeira Liga debut on 13 September 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute for Renan Bressan in a 1–1 draw at

Moreirense FC Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joa ...

. He scored his first goal for the club on 30 April of the following year, netting his team's only in a 1–1

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home draw against

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. On 28 July 2015, Jebor was loaned to

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the ...

in Spanish Segunda División, in a

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-long deal. In January 2023 Jebor signed a contract until the end of the season with

Maltese Premier League The Maltese Premier League, known as BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons with Bank of Valletta ( colloquially known as ''Il-Kampjonat Premjer''), is the highest level of professional football in Malta. Managed by the Malta Football Associa ...

side

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International career

Jebor made his debut for Liberia on 26 March 2011, starting in a 4–2 loss against Cape Verde. His first international goal came on 14 June 2015, in a 2–1 defeat at

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. On 13 October 2015, Jebor scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 win at

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...

, after scoring another one in the first leg. And he also scored another hat-trick against Djibouti in the African Cup of Nations Qualifier. On 29 March 2016, he scored another hat-trick in a CAF 2017 qualification match in Monrovia, Liberia, between Djibouti and Liberia, becoming the only Liberian senior national football team player to score a hat-trick more than once in an international tournament.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Liberia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jebor goal.''

Honors

Wydad Casablanca * Botola top scorer: Moroccan League 2016–2017

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