Saihou Gassama
Personal information
Full name Saihou Gassama
Date of birth (1993-12-11) 11 December 1993
Place of birth Banjul, Gambia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Right midfielder
Team information
Current team
Borja
Youth career
2009 Gambia Ports Authority
2009–2012 Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Zaragoza B 24 (1)
2010–2011Santa Isabel (loan) 17 (4)
2013–2014 Sariñena 31 (3)
2014–2015 Huesca 19 (1)
2015–2016 La Hoya Lorca 24 (3)
2017 Mancha Real 15 (0)
2017 Teruel 13 (8)
2018 Izarra 11 (1)
2018–2019 Tarazona 16 (2)
2019– Borja 9 (3)
International career
2011 Gambia U20 3 (0)
2012– Gambia 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:30, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2013

Saihou Gassama (born 11 December 1993) is a Gambian footballer who plays for Spanish club SD Borja as a right midfielder.

Club career

Gassama began his career on homeland's club Gambia Ports Authority F.C. but moved to Spain in 2009, signing a contract with Real Zaragoza after impressing on a trial. He was subsequently loaned to Tercera División club RSD Santa Isabel in the 2010–11 season.

Gassama returned to the Aragonese side in the 2011 summer being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[1] On 1 September 2013 he moved to fellow league team CD Sariñena, after suffering relegation in the previous campaign.[2]

On 18 July 2014 Gassama joined SD Huesca, also in the third level.[3] He appeared in 19 matches and scored one goal during his first and only season, as his side returned to Segunda División after a two-year absence.

International career

He was called to Gambia national football team, after a successful period with under-20's. He made his international debut on 2 June 2012, against Morocco.[4] He scored his first goal on the 15th, against Algeria.

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