Omar Colley

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Omar Colley
Personnel
birthday October 24, 1992
place of birth Banjul ,  Gambia
size 191 cm
position Central defense
Juniors
Years station
0000-2010 Wallidan Banjul
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2010-2011 Wallidan Banjul 15 (0)
2012 Real de Banjul 17 (1)
2013-2014 Kuopion PS 57 (5)
2015-2016 Djurgårdens IF 44 (5)
2016-2018 KRC Genk 54 (3)
2018– Sampdoria Genoa 42 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
Gambia U17 8 (2)
Gambia U20 10 (0)
2012– Gambia 19 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of June 1, 2020

2 As of June 1, 2020

Omar Colley (born October 24, 1992 in Banjul ) is a Gambian football player who has been under contract with the Italian first division club Sampdoria Genoa since July 2018 . The central defender has been a Gambian international since June 2012 .

Career

society

Beginnings in Gambia

Omar Colley began his footballing career in his Gambian homeland with Wallidan Banjul , where he has played in the GFA League First Division since 2010 . In this and the following year he competed sample training with the MLS - Franchise Sporting Kansas City . A change did not materialize and in January 2012 he joined Real de Banjul . With this team he became Gambian champions in the 2012 game year.

Kuopion PS

In January 2013 he signed a two-year contract with the Finnish first division club Kuopion PS . He made his debut on January 25, 2013 in a 4-1 cup win over Vaasan PS . In the Liigacup, which takes place before the league championship , he established himself as a regular player and on March 9, 2013 he met for the first time for the club from Central Finland in the quarter-final win against Myllykosken Pallo -47 . The central defender scored his first goal in the Veikkausliiga on April 21 (2nd matchday) in the 1: 2 away defeat against FF Jaro . That season he made 26 league games in which he scored two goals. In the following game year, 2014 , he only missed one of the 33 league games and scored four goals in these. At the end of his contract, he left Kuopio after two years and was subsequently described by the club president as the “best foreign commitment of all time”.

Djurgårdens IF

The Swedish first division club Djurgårdens IF had already secured the Gambier's signature in August 2014 and on January 1, 2015 he entered into a three-year contract there. He made his debut on February 22, 2015 in the 0-0 draw in the Swedish Cup against Ängelholms FF . He scored his first goal on April 26, 2015 (5th matchday) in a 2-0 away win against GIF Sundsvall . In the 2015 season he played 27 league games in which he scored three goals. In the next season, 2016 , he made two goals in 17 league appearances until August 2016.

KRC Genk

On August 12, 2016, Omar Colley completed a medical check at the Belgian first division club KRC Genk without the consent of his club and thus missed the preparation for the league game against IF Elfsborg . Sports director Djurgårdens Bo Andersson announced that Colley would not be sold to Genk due to the injuries. He was therefore only substituted on against Elfsborg on August 14, 2016 (18th matchday). Despite the transfer ban, he was sold to KRC Genk the next day for a transfer fee of two million euros. Three days later he made his debut in a 2-2 draw against NK Lokomotiva Zagreb in qualifying for the UEFA Europa League for his new club. In Belgium, too, he was promoted to the undisputed regular player in a very short time and on December 18 (19th matchday) he scored in the top Belgian league for the first time in a 2-2 draw against Standard Liège . On March 9, 2017, he scored a goal in the 5-2 away win against KAA Gent in the second round of the Europa League. In total, he played 52 competitive games in this season 2016/17 , in which he scored four goals. In the next 2017/18 season , he played 38 league games in which he scored a goal.

Sampdoria Genoa

On June 19, 2018, Omar Colley moved to the Italian first division club Sampdoria Genoa for a transfer fee of eight million euros , where he signed a four-year contract. He made his debut on August 12, 2018 in a 1-0 cup win against AS Viterbese Castrense . At the Blucerchiati , for the first time in his professional football career, he failed to establish himself in the starting line-up of a new club and he was only used irregularly , especially at the beginning of the 2018/19 season . In the second half of the season he gradually developed into a regular in central defense and ended the season with 23 competitive appearances. In the next 2019/20 season , he was considered a regular under head coach Eusebio Di Francesco from the start and retained this status under his successor Claudio Ranieri . On March 14, 2020 it was announced that Colley had tested positive for COVID-19 , making him one of the first professionals in Italy to contract the disease.

National team

Omar Colley took part with the Gambian U17 national team at the U17 African Championship 2009 in Algeria and won the tournament in the final against the hosts with this selection . In 2011 he took part with the U20s in the 2011 U20 African Championship in South Africa , where he was used in all three group matches.

On June 15, 2012, he made his debut in the 1: 4 defeat against Algeria in the qualifier for the Africa Cup 2013 for the Gambian senior team , when he replaced Mustapha Alasan Jarju for the last minutes of the game . Since 2016 he has been the regular captain of the selection.

successes

Real de Banjul
Gambia U17

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Twitter-kyselytunti: Omar Colley In: YouTube from October 24, 2014 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  2. ↑ Wallidan starlet gets Kansas City invitation In: Internet Archive, November 24, 2010 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  3. ↑ Wallidan clarify Omar Colley transfer talk In: Internet Archive of April 11, 2011 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  4. ↑ a b Defender Omar Colley signs first professional contract In: archive.today from January 28, 2013 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  5. ↑ Kuopion PS 4-1 Vaasan PS In: transfermarkt.at of January 25, 2013 (accessed on June 1, 2020)
  6. ↑ a b Omar Colley - performance data 2013 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on June 1, 2020)
  7. ↑ Myllykosken Pallo -47 4-5 nE Koupion PS In: transfermarkt.at of March 9, 2013 (accessed on June 1, 2020)
  8. ↑ FF Jaro 2-1 Kuopion PS In: transfermarkt.at of April 21, 2013 (accessed on June 1, 2020)
  9. ↑ Omar Colley - performance data 2014 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed June 1, 2020)
  10. ↑ Nye djurgårdaren ett fysiskt monster: “Snabbast och uthålligast - någonsin” In: fotboll on September 26, 2014 (accessed on June 1, 2020)
  11. ↑ Omar Colley leaves KuPS for Djurgården In: Archive.today from August 13, 2014 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  12. ↑ Djurgårdens IF 0-0 Ängelholms FF In: Soccerway from February 22, 2015 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  13. ↑ GIF Sundsvall 0-2 Djurgårdens IF In: transfermarkt.at from April 26, 2015 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  14. ↑ Omar Colley - Performance data 2015 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed June 1, 2020)
  15. ↑ Omar Colley - performance data 2016 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed June 1, 2020)
  16. ↑ Djurgården vägrar sälja Colley till Genk: “Beredda ta ärendet till Fifa” In: fotbollskanalen from August 13, 2016 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  17. ↑ Djurgården säljer nu Omar Colley till Genk In: Expressen from August 15, 2016 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  18. ↑ Lokomotiva Zagreb 2-2 Genk In: Sky Sports from August 18, 2016 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  19. ↑ a b Omar Colley - performance data 2016/17 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on June 1, 2020)
  20. ↑ Mbwana Samatta ainusuru Genk nyumbani In: Yahoo of December 18, 2016 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  21. ↑ Gent 2-5 Genk: Mbwana Samatta double earns precious victory as Belgian derby lights up Europa League In: Daily Mail of March 9, 2017 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  22. ↑ Omar Colley - performance data 2017/18 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on June 1, 2020)
  23. ↑ Colley è blucerchiato: arriva dal Genk a titolo definitivo In: Sampdoria Genua from June 19, 2018 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  24. ↑ Le Genkois Omar Colley signe à la Sampdoria In: RTBF from June 19, 2018 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  25. ↑ Jankto goal, la Sampdoria supera la Viterbese e passa il turno in Coppa Italia In: Genova24 from August 12, 2018 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  26. ↑ a b Omar Colley - performance data 2018/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on June 1, 2020)
  27. ↑ Omar Colley - Performance data 2019/20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on June 1, 2020)
  28. ↑ Number of Serie A professionals who tested positive is increasing In: weltfussball.com on March 14, 2020 (accessed on June 1, 2020)
  29. ↑ Omar Colley wins foreign athlete of the year award In: The Point, May 3, 2017 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  30. ↑ Omar Colley - Gambia U20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed June 1, 2020)
  31. ↑ Algeria 4-1 Gambia In: transfermarkt.at from June 15, 2012 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  32. ↑ Omar Colley - Gambia In: transfermarkt.at (accessed June 1, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Colley, Omar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Banjul , Gambia