William Jebor
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-11-10) 10 November 1991
Place of birth Monrovia, Liberia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
LISCR
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 LPRC Oilers 10 (14)
2009–2010 Taliya 15 (14)
2010–2011 Tersana 10 (8)
2011–2012 Eastern Company 14 (14)
2012–2014 Tala'ea El Gaish 14 (10)
2014 → Al-Ahli Tripoli (loan) 8 (7)
2014–2017 Rio Ave 14 (1)
2015–2016 → Ponferradina (loan) 17 (2)
2016–2017 → Wydad Casablanca (loan) 34 (23)
2017–2018 Al Nassr FC 8 (3)
2018–2019 Wydad Casablanca 15 (3)
2019–2020 Al-Fujairah 12 (0)
2022–2023 Nõmme Kalju 10 (1)
2023 Valletta 9 (0)
International career‡
2011– Liberia 23 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:15, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:10, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

William Jebor (born 10 November 1991) is a Liberian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Liberia national team, for which he serves as captain. He is currently a free agent.

He is the second Liberian to be an Africa Footballer of the Year nominee, after George Weah, who won the prestigious award three times.

Club career

Born in Monrovia, Jebor made his senior debut with LPRC Oilers in 2008, aged 17, after previously representing LISCR FC as a youth.[1] In the summer of 2009, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing for Syrian Premier League side Taliya SC.

In 2010, Jebor switched teams and countries again, joining Egyptian Second Division club Tersana SC.[2] After a short spell at Eastern Company, he moved to Tala'ea El Gaish in the Egyptian Premier League.

Jebor made his debut for the club on 3 February 2013, starting in a 1–0 away loss against Ismaily SC, and scored his first goal for the club on 12 March, netting the first in a 2–1 home win against El Mokawloon SC. He finished the campaign with ten goals, being tournament's topscorer;[3] highlights included a hat-trick in a 3–2 home success over Ittihad El Shorta on 7 May.

In January 2014, Jebor switched clubs and countries again, after agreeing to a six-month loan deal with Al-Ahli Tripoli SC. On 5 August he signed a four-year contract with Portuguese side Rio Ave FC.[4]

Jebor made his Primeira Liga debut on 13 September 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute for Renan Bressan in a 1–1 draw at Moreirense FC.[5] He scored his first goal for the club on 30 April of the following year, netting his team's only in a 1–1 Taça de Portugal home draw against SC Braga.[6]

On 28 July 2015, Jebor was loaned to SD Ponferradina in Spanish Segunda División, in a season-long deal.[7]

In January 2023 Jebor signed a contract until the end of the season with Maltese Premier League side Valletta.[8]

International career

Jebor made his debut for Liberia on 26 March 2011, starting in a 4–2 loss against Cape Verde. His first international goal came on 14 June 2015, in a 2–1 defeat at Togo.[9]

On 13 October 2015, Jebor scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 win at Guinea-Bissau, after scoring another one in the first leg. And he also scored another hat-trick against Djibouti in the African Cup of Nations Qualifier. On 29 March 2016, he scored another hat-trick in a CAF 2017 qualification match in Monrovia, Liberia, between Djibouti and Liberia, becoming the only Liberian senior national football team player to score a hat-trick more than once in an international tournament.

Career statistics

As of matches played on 12 September 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Liberia 201110
201200
201300
201400
201565
201634
201700
201853
201930
202000
202100
202220
202331
Total2313
As of 28 March 2023[10]
Scores and results list Liberia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jebor goal.
List of international goals scored by William Jebor
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
114 June 2015Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Togo1–01–22017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
28 October 2015Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia Guinea-Bissau1–01–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
313 October 2015Estadio 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau1–03–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
42–0
53–1
629 March 2016Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia Djibouti3–05–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
74–0
85–0
95 June 2016Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia Togo2–02–22017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
109 September 2018Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia DR Congo1–01–12019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
1116 October 2018Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia Congo2–02–12019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
1218 November 2018Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia Zimbabwe1–01–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
1328 March 2023Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia South Africa1–11–22023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honors

Wydad Casablanca

References

  1. ↑ ""Oilers Better Than LISCR" – Says Bedell". Liberian Soccer. 17 June 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Liberian Contingent Grows in Egypt". Liberian Soccer. 26 November 2010. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Egyptian Premier League 2012/2013 – Top scorers". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Jebor o Iron Man" [Jebor the Iron Man] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave's official website. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Moreirense 1–1 Rio Ave" (in Portuguese). Sapo. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "TP: Rio Ave-Sp. Braga, 1–1 (crónica)" [TP: Rio Ave-Sp. Braga, 1–1 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "William Jebor se une a la Ponferradina" [William Jebor joins Ponferradina] (in Spanish). Ponferradina's official website. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Camilleri, Valhmor (25 January 2023). "Valletta FC sign Liberian striker William Jebor". Times of Malta. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Late Adebayor goal downs Liberia". MTN Group. 14 June 2015. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  10. 1 2 "William Jebor". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
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