Sekou Gassama
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Full name | Sékou Gassama | ||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Sekou Gassama Cissokho | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Granollers, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Atlético Vallés | ||||||||||||||||
2004–2007 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Atlético Vallés | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Damm | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Almería | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Almería B | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Valladolid B | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Rayo Vallecano B | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Bergantiños | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Badalona | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Sant Andreu | 33 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Almería B | 23 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Almería | 25 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | → Valencia B (loan) | 8 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | Valladolid | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020 | → Fuenlabrada (loan) | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Fuenlabrada (loan) | 9 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Málaga (loan) | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 26 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
Senegal U20 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2024 |
Sékou Gassama (born 6 May 1995) is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born in Spain, he represented Senegal at under-20 international level.
Club career
Born in Granollers, Barcelona, Spain, Gassama started his career at FC Barcelona's youth setup, as a central defender.[1] He finished his formation with UD Almería,[2] and made his senior debut with the reserves on 13 October 2013, coming on as a half-time substitute in a 0–3 Segunda División B home loss against La Roda CF.
On 14 July 2014, Gassama signed a three-year contract with Real Valladolid, being assigned to the B-team also in the third division.[3] The following 26 January he terminated his contract and joined another reserve team, Rayo Vallecano B in the same category.[4]
Gassama continued to appear in the third and fourth tiers in the following years, representing Bergantiños CF,[5] CF Badalona,[6] UE Sant Andreu[7] and Almería B.[8] With the latter he achieved promotion to the third division by netting a career-best 21 goals, six only in the play-offs.
Gassama was definitely promoted to Almería's main squad in Segunda División ahead of the 2018–19 campaign,[9] and made his professional debut on 17 August, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Cádiz CF.[10] His first professional goal came on 11 September, as he scored the equalizer in a 2–1 away defeat of Málaga CF for the season's Copa del Rey.[11]
On 1 November 2018, Gassama scored a late brace in a 3–3 home draw against Villarreal CF also for the national cup. The following 31 January, he moved to third division side Valencia CF Mestalla on loan until June.[12]
Gassama returned to the Rojiblancos for the 2019–20 season, being a first-choice under Pedro Emanuel and scoring a brace in his first match of the campaign, a 3–0 home defeat of Albacete Balompié.[13] However, he lost space after the arrival of Darwin Núñez and Juan Muñoz, being demoted to a backup option by new manager Guti.
On 28 January 2020, Gassama signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with La Liga side Real Valladolid, being immediately loaned to CF Fuenlabrada until June.[14] On 1 October, he was again loaned to Fuenla for the 2020–21 campaign,[15] but spent most of the season nursing foot and knee injuries.[16]
On 28 August 2021, Gassama moved to fellow second division side Málaga CF on loan for the 2021–22 season.[17] Roughly one year later, he moved to Racing de Santander in the same category, also on a one-year loan deal.[18]
On 1 July 2023, Gassama terminated his contract with Valladolid.[19] Following his departure, he joined Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta on a two-year deal.[20]
Personal life
Gassama's siblings Mamadou and Kaba are handball players.[21]
References
- ^ "Sekou, el nuevo descubrimiento almeriense para el gol" [Sekou, the new discovering almeriense for the goal] (in Spanish). Cuenta con la Cantera. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Sekou, senegalés de la Damm, llega a Almería" [Sekou, Senegalese from Damm, arrives at Almería] (in Spanish). Vavel. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Sekou Gassama potencia la delantera del filial" [Sekou Gassama bolsters the forward lines of the reserves] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Sekou Gassama se desvincula del Promesas" [Sekou Gassama leaves Promesas] (in Spanish). Blanquivioletas. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Sekou Gassama Cissokho, nuevo fichaje del Bergantiños" [Sekou Gassama Cissokho, new signing of Bergantiños] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Sekou Gassama, nou davanter escapulat" [Sekou Gassama, new forward escapulat] (in Catalan). CF Badalona. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Sekou Gassama es suma a la davantera" [Sekou Gassama adds up to the forward lines] (in Catalan). UE Sant Andreu. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "El gigante Sekou ha vuelto al Almería B" [The giant Sekou returned to Almería B] (in Spanish). La Voz de Almería. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Chema y Sekou, dispuestos a aprovechar la oportunidad que estaban buscando" [Chema and Sekou, willing to exploit the opportunity they have been looking for] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Álex Fernández da la primera victoria de la temporada al Cádiz" [Alex Fernández gives the first victory of the season to Cádiz] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "El Almería remonta al Málaga y pasa a la siguiente ronda" [Almería complete comeback over Málaga and go to the following round] (in Spanish). Marca. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Sekou se marcha cedido al Valencia Mestalla hasta el final de temporada" [Sekou moves out on loan at Valencia Mestalla until the end of the season] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "El VAR dictó sentencia y el Almería no lo desperdició" [VAR sentenced it and Almería took advantage of it] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "Sekou Gassama 2024" (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Sekou, al Fuenlabrada" [Sekou, to Fuenlabrada] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "La mala suerte se ceba con Sekou: otra vez fuera por lesión" [Bad luck plays with Sekou: again out due to an injury] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Sekou, cedido al Málaga CF" [Sekou, loaned to Málaga CF] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Sekou, cedido al Real Racing" [Sekou, loaned to Real Racing] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Sekou y Paulo Vitor no continúan" [Sekou and Paulo Vitor will not continue] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Sekou Gassama is part of it!". anorthosisfc.com.cy (in Cypriot Greek). 12 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Sekou Gassama ens explica per què es va decantar per al futbol" [Sekou Gassama explains why he was delighted by football] (in Catalan). Betevé. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
External links
- Sekou Gassama at BDFutbol
- Sekou Gassama at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Sekou Gassama at Soccerway
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