Dawda Ceesay
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-01-25) 25 January 1993[1]
Place of birth Gambia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rahmatganj MFS
Number 18
Youth career
2009 Banjul Hawks[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Feni
2017 Sheikh Russel 11 (3)
2017–2018 → Rahmatganj MFS (loan) 11 (3)
2018–2019 Churchill Brothers 28 (5)
2019 Mohun Bagan 0 (0)
2019 Minerva Punjab 0 (0)
2019 Churchill Brothers 12 (1)
2020–2021 Al-Sadd 27 (2)
2021 Delhi
2022 Binh Duong 6 (0)
2023– Rahmatganj MFS 0 (0)
International career
2009 Gambia U17[3] 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 July 2022

Dawda Ceesay (born 25 January 1993) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bangladesh Premier League club Rahmatganj MFS.

He played for Gambia U-17 in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[4]

Club career

He has been a part of several Bangladesh Football Premier League clubs since 2014.[5][6]

Churchill Brothers

In 2018 January he joined i-League side Churchill Brothers. He scored his first goal in i-League against Indian Arrows.[7]

Minerva Punjab

In July 2019, he joined Minerva Punjab.[8]

Delhi FC

In 2021, Ceesay joined newly formed Minerva Delhi FC and appeared in the 130th edition of Durand Cup.[9] He later appeared in the 2021 I-League Qualifiers, in which they finished on third position.[10][11]

International career

He was a part of Gambia national under-17 football team which won 2009 African U-17 Championship. He scored a goal in the 20th minute against Cameroon U17[12] in the group stage of the tournament. He also played all three group stage matches for Gambia in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 March 2022[13]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sheikh Russel 2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League 11300—113
Rahmatganj MFS
(loan)		 2017–18 11300—113
Churchill Brothers 2017–18 I-League 1122[lower-alpha 1]0—132
2018–19 17300—173
2019–20 12100—121
Churchill Brothers total 4062000426
Delhi 2021 I-League 2nd Division 004[lower-alpha 2]0—40
Binh Duong 2022 V.League 1 2000—20
Career total 641260007012
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

Honours

Gambia U17

References

  1. ↑ "Player Details — Club Career & Statistics: Dawda Ceesay (Gambia)". footballdatabase.eu. FootballDatabase Europe. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Hawks beat Young Africans in 1st Division League". Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Dawda CEESAY". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Dawda CEESAY". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sk Russel edge Muktijoddha". www.dhakatribune.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Rahmatganj survive drop after last day drama". www.dhakatribune.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "I-League: Dawda Ceesay, Israil Gurung strikes help Churchill Brothers overcome Indian Arrows". scroll.in. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Ingale, Shreyash (12 October 2019). "Here's How 'The Warriors – Minerva Punjab' are preparing for upcoming I-League season". iftwc.com. IFTWC – Indian Football Team for World Cup. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  9. ↑ ANI. "Durand Cup: Delhi FC beats Kerala Blasters 1-0, reaches quarterfinals". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "I-League 2019-20: Aser Dipanda brace helps Punjab FC sink Gokulam Kerala". www.goal.com. 20 December 2019. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "Rajasthan United FC Crowned Champions of the I-League Qualifiers 2021". News18. 23 October 2021. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "Cameroon vs Gambia CAN u17 2009 report". Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  13. ↑ Dawda Ceesay at Soccerway
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