Joseph Ceesay

Joseph Ceesay (born 3 June 1998) is a Swedish football player who plays for Lechia Gdańsk.[1][2] His younger brother Jesper Ceesay plays for AIK.[3] He is a central midfielder who is slightly defensively balanced.

Joseph Ceesay
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lechia Gdańsk
Number 22
Youth career
Hässelby SK
Djurgårdens IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Djurgårdens IF 0 (0)
2017 → Vasalunds IF (loan) 3 (1)
2017 → IK Frej (loan) 11 (1)
2018 → IK Frej (loan) 9 (0)
2018 → IK Brage (loan) 10 (2)
2019 → Dalkurd FF (loan) 26 (6)
2020–2021 Helsingborgs IF 19 (0)
2021– Lechia Gdańsk 22 (1)
National team‡
2016–2017 Sweden U19 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 September 2021

Career

Ceesay began to play football in Hässelby SK.[4] In 2008 he moved to IF Brommapojkarna, well known for their youth academy. In the summer of 2013, Ceesay moved to another club in the Stockholm region, Djurgårdens IF. In November 2016 he signed his first A-team deal with Djurgården; a 3,5-years contract. During spring 2017, he was loaned out to Vasalunds IF and scored a goal in May 2017 against Enskede IK.

In July 2017 Ceesay was loaned out to IK Frej for the rest of the 2017 season. In December, the loan was extended until the end of 2018.[5] He was called back to Djurgården in July 2018, [6] only to be sent on loan to IK Brage a month later.[7] In January 2019 he was again loaned, this time to Dalkurd FF, for the 2019 season. [8]

On 29 November 2019, Ceesay signed with Helsingborgs IF on a two-year deal.[9]

International career

On 5 October 2020, Ceesay was called-up to the Swedish U21 national team training camp in Olympia, Helsingborg.[10] He did not appear in scheduled UEFA Euro U-21 qualifying games against Luxembourg[11] and Armenia.[12]

References
  1. Joseph Ceesay at Soccerway
  2. "19. Joseph Ceesay - Helsingborgs IF". Fotbolltransfers.com. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. "AIK Fotboll värvar Jesper Ceesay" (Press release) (in Swedish). AIK. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  4. "Brages Joseph Ceesay inför lördagens match". IK Brage (in Swedish). 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  5. "Officiellt: Djurgården lånar ut Joseph Ceesay till Frej". Fotbolltransfers.com (in Northern Sami). Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  6. "Officiellt: Djurgårdens IF kallar tillbaka Joseph Ceesay". Fotbolltransfers.com (in Northern Sami). Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  7. "Officiellt: IK Brage lånar Joseph Ceesay". Fotbolltransfers.com (in Northern Sami). Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  8. "Välkommen till Dalkurd, Joseph Ceesay - Dalkurd FF". 2019-01-29. Archived from the original on 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  9. "Joseph Ceesay klar för HIF". HIF. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  10. "Ändringar i truppen – Tre U21-debutanter kallas in - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  11. LiveScore, SofaScore com. "Sweden U21 Luxembourg U21 live score, video stream and H2H results - SofaScore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  12. LiveScore, SofaScore com. "Sweden U21 Armenia U21 live score, video stream and H2H results - SofaScore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 2020-10-08.


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