Gibril Sankoh

Gibril Sankoh (left) in 2006

Gibril Sankoh ( born May 15, 1983 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Dutch football player with roots from Sierra Leone.

Career

Association

Gibril Sankoh began playing football in his native Sierra Leone in Freetown Royal Stars. He left in 2002 to De Kennemers Beverwijk. In summer 2004, he joined the second division Stormvogels Telstar. After one season, he moved to first division club FC Groningen. There he was able to eventually prevail as a regular player and completed 150 games. In May 2010 he moved to the German second division club free transfer FC Augsburg. With the Augsburgers he was runner-up in the 2010/11 season and reached with the club the first promotion to the Bundesliga. He made his debut in this 20 August 2011 (3rd Round ) in the 0-2 defeat at home against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Beginning in February 2013 changed Sankoh at his own request to Henan Jianye FC to China.

National

In the summer of 2012, Sankoh decided aground for the national team of his native country Sierra Leone. In early September 2012, he was nominated by coach Lars -Olof Mattsson for Sierra Leone national football team. On September 8, 2012 Sankoh then made ​​his debut in the national team in the first leg of their second qualifying round of the African Nations Cup against Tunisia ( 2:2 ) when he was in the starting and played.