Jatto Ceesay

{{short description|Gambian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jatto Ceesay | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|11|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Banjul]], [[the Gambia]] | height = 1.73 m | currentclub = | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] | years1 = 1993–1995 |clubs1 = [[Wallidan F.C.|Wallidan Sens]] |caps1 = 15 |goals1 = 8 | years2 = 1995–2005 |clubs2 = [[Willem II (football club)|Willem II]] |caps2 = 232 |goals2 = 38 | years3 = 2003 |clubs3 = → [[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]] (loan) |caps3 = 5 |goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2006–2007 |clubs4 = [[AEK Larnaca]] |caps4 = 27 |goals4 = 12 | years5 = 2007–2008 |clubs5 = [[FC Omniworld|Omniworld]] |caps5 = 9 |goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2008 |clubs6 = [[AEP Paphos FC|AEP Paphos]] |caps6 = 11 |goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2009 |clubs7 = [[Digenis Akritas Morphou|Digenis Morphou]] |caps7 = 15 |goals7 = 6 | years8 = 2010 |clubs8 = [[Othellos Athienou F.C.|Othellos Athienou]] |caps8 = 13 |goals8 = 3 | years9 = 2010–2011 |clubs9 = [[Ayia Napa F.C.|Ayia Napa]] |caps9 = 23 |goals9 = 11 | years10 = 2011–2012 |clubs10 = [[Ormideia F.C.|Ormideia]] |caps10 = 25 |goals10 = 9 | nationalyears1 = 1994–2006 |nationalteam1 = [[Gambia national football team|The Gambia]] |nationalcaps1 = 17 |nationalgoals1 = 5 }} '''Jatto Ceesay''' (born 16 November 1974) is a [[The Gambia|Gambian]] former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]].

==Career== Born in [[Banjul]], Ceesay started to play football as a small boy with the Gambian team Wallidan Sens. As a young boy he left to go to the Netherlands. At 20-years of age Ceesay made his debut for [[Willem II (football club)|Willem II]]. After eight seasons in which he was a regular first-team player, he left in the summer of 2003, joining [[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]] in Saudi Arabia.

This adventure provided no sporting success and he returned in the winter of 2004 to Willem II. He continued to play competitive games for the Tilburgers in the 2003–04 season, though mainly as a back-up. Partly due to the presence of [[Kevin Bobson]], [[Martijn Reuser]] and [[Anouar Hadouir]] he made only 14 appearances, in which he scored four times. Ceesay also struggled to feature in the 2005–06 season. Eventually he left in the winter to join [[AEK Larnaca]], where he was with [[Raymond Victoria]] and [[Donny de Groot]], two former Willem players. In the summer of 2007 these two players left Cyprus. Ceesay followed and returned to the Netherlands, where he joined [[FC Omniworld]].

He stopped playing professionally in 2012.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/nl/article/jatto-ceesay-koning-van-gambia/ Zo gaat het nu met Jatto Ceesay, de Tilburgse koning van Gambia] vice.com</ref>

:''Scores and results list The Gambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ceesay goal.'' {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Jatto Ceesay |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition !scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- |style="text-align:center"|1 |{{dts|17 November 1995}} |[[Stade Olympique (Nouakchott)|Stade Olympique]], [[Nouakchott]], Mauritania |{{fb|Mauritania}} |style="text-align:center"|'''1'''-2 |style="text-align:center"|1-2 |[[1995 Amílcar Cabral Cup]] |<ref>{{cite web|title=Mauritania vs. Gambia |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/27863/Mauritania_Gambia.html|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|2 |{{dts|1 September 2002}} |[[Independence Stadium (Bakau)|Independence Stadium]], [[Bakau]], The Gambia |{{fb|Guinea}} |style="text-align:center"|'''1'''-0 |style="text-align:center"|1-0 |[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]] |<ref>{{cite web|title=Gambia vs. Guinea |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/5828/Gambia_Guinea.html|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|3 |rowspan="2"|{{dts|13 October 2002}} |rowspan="2"|Independence Stadium, Bakau, The Gambia |rowspan="2"|{{fb|Lesotho}} |style="text-align:center"|'''4'''-0 |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|6-0 |rowspan="2"|[[2004 African Cup of Nations qualification]] |rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Gambia vs. Lesotho|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/20367/Gambia_Lesotho.html|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> |- |style="text-align:center"|4 |style="text-align:center"|'''6'''-0 |- |style="text-align:center"|5 |{{dts|3 September 2006}} |Independence Stadium, Bakau, The Gambia |{{fb|Cape Verde}} |style="text-align:center"|'''1'''-0 |style="text-align:center"|2-0 |[[2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]] |<ref>{{cite web|title=Gambia vs. Cape Verde|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/1320/Gambia_Cape_Verde.html|access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> |}

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