Ebrima Sohna
{{short description|Gambian footballer (born 1988)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ebrima Sohna
| image = Ebrima Sohna.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|12|14|df=y}}
| height = {{height|m=1.78}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Steve Biko FC
| youthyears2 = –2005
| youthclubs2 = Wallidan
| years1 = 2005–2006
| clubs1 = Wallidan
| caps1 = 18
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2007–2011
| years3 = 2012
| years4 = 2012–2013
| years5 = 2013
| years6 = 2014–2016
| years7 = 2016–2017
| years8 = 2017
| years9 = 2018
| years10 = 2019–2020
| clubs2 = Sandefjord
| clubs3 = RoPS
| clubs4 = KuPS
| clubs5 = Vostok
| clubs6 = KuPS
| clubs7 = Al-Arabi SC
| clubs8 = VPS
| clubs9 = Keşla
| clubs10 = Mosta
| caps2 = 113
| caps3 = 12
| caps4 = 12
| caps5 = 25
| caps6 = 60
| caps7 = 9
| caps8 = 15
| caps9 = 18
| caps10 = 4
| goals2 = 4
| goals3 = 1
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| goals7 = 1
| goals8 = 0
| goals9 = 0
| goals10 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2005–
| nationalteam1 = Gambia
| nationalcaps1 = 37
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| club-update = 21 December 2018
| nationalteam-update = 16 November 2020
}}
Ebrima Sohna (born 14 December 1988) is a Gambian footballer. He plays as a midfielder.
Career
=KuPS=
In February 2014, Sohna resigned for KuPS on a one-year contract,{{cite web|title=Kuopion Palloseura re-sign Ebrima Sohna|url=http://gambiasports.gm/index.php/football/1254-kuopion-palloseura-re-sign-ebrima-sohna|website=gambiasports.gm/|publisher=gambiasports.gm|accessdate=6 May 2015|date=11 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} extending his deal by another year in October 2014.{{cite web|title=EBRIMA SOHNA EXTENDS CLUB CONTRACT|url=http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/2075|website=foroyaa.gm/|accessdate=6 May 2015|date=28 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030459/http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/2075|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
=Al-Arabi SC=
On January 13, 2016 he signed a 1-year and a half Deal with the Kuwaiti side.
=Keşla=
In January 2018, Sohna signed for Keşla FK on a contract until the end of the 2017–18 season.{{cite web|title=Keşlə növbəti transferlər həyata keçirib|url=http://keshlafc.az/main/news/694-ke-l-fk-n-n-m-lumat-78|website=keshlafc.az|publisher=Keşla FK|accessdate=25 January 2018|language=Azerbaijani|date=25 January 2018}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} On 22 June 2018, Sohna a new contract with Keşla until the end of the 2018/19 season,{{cite web|url=http://www.keshlafc.az/main/news/814-ke-l-fk-n-n-m-lumat-65|title=Keşlə FK-da növbəti müqavilələrə imza atıldı|publisher=Keşla FK|language=Azerbaijani|date=22 June 2018|accessdate=22 June 2018}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} leaving in December 2018.{{cite web |title=Кешля расстанется с 4 легионерами |url=http://www.azerifootball.com/ru/13/news/41355.html |website=azerifootball.com/ |publisher=Azeri Football |accessdate=21 December 2018 |language=Azerbaijani |date=21 December 2018}}
International career
Sohna is a holding midfielder who with his fellow country men won the CAF U-17 Championship in Banjul 2005. He went on to be a key part of the Gambian team which beat Brazil in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Peru.{{FIFA|235150|Ebrima Sohna}}
Sohna also helped the Gambia U-20 to qualify for the CAF U-20 Youth Championship CONGO 2007, where the Gambia came out third position thus qualifying for the FIFA U-20 Youth Championship in Canada. Back in Gambia where Sohna started his career in the youth system of Wallidan FC one of the top club in Gambian football.
Sohna scored his first international goal against Mexico on 23 December 2007.[https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/5330/Gambia_Sierra_Leone.html Gambia 2 - 0 Sierra Leone], national-football-teams, 23 December 2007
Career statistics
=Club=
{{cite web|title=E.Sohna|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ebrima-sohna/8249/|website=uk.soccerway.com/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=6 May 2015}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !rowspan="2"|Division !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Wallidan
|2005–06 |18 | 2 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 18 | 2 | ||
| rowspan="6" valign="center"|Sandefjord
|2007 |16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 16 | 0 | |
| 2008
|17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 17 | 1 | |
| 2009
|Tippeligaen |26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 27 | 1 | |
| 2010
|Tippeligaen |27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 30 | 0 | |
| 2011
|1. divisjon |23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 26 | 2 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!109 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 4 |
| valign="center"|RoPS
|2012 |12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 12 | 1 | |
| valign="center"|KuPS
|2012 |Veikkausliiga |12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 13 | 0 | |
| valign="center"|Vostok
|2013 |25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 26 | 0 | |
| rowspan=3|KuPS
|2014 |Veikkausliiga |31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | colspan=2|– | 34 | 1 | |
| 2015
|Veikkausliiga |29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 35 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!60 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 1 |
| Al-Arabi
|9 | 1 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 9 | 1 | ||
| VPS
|2017 |Veikkausliiga |15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League|name=uel}} | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| rowspan=3|Keşla
|11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 14 | 0 | |
| 2018–19
|Azerbaijan Premier League |7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=uel}} | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| colspan=2|Total
!18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Mosta
|4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|– | 5 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career Total
!282 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 311 | 10 |
{{notelist}}
=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | Gambia national team | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 6 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 4 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| Total||37||3 |
=International goals=
:Scores and results list the Gambia's goal tally first.
| class="wikitable" border="1" | ||||||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 23 December 2007 | Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia | {{fb|Sierra Leone}} | align=center|2–0 | align=center| 2–0 | rowspan=3 | Friendly |
| 2. | 30 May 2010 | Hans-Walter Wild Stadion, Bayreuth, Germany | {{fb|MEX}} | align=center|1–3 | align=center| 1–5 | |
| 3. | 7 June 2019 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco | {{fb|GUI}} | align=center|1–0 | align=center| 1–0 |
References
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External links
{{Portal|The Gambia|Biography|Association football}}
- {{NFT|25034}}
{{Gambia squad 2021 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sohna, Ebrima}}
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Category:Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players
Category:Vaasan Palloseura players
Category:Norwegian First Division players
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Category:Men's association football midfielders
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