Mamadou Danso

Mamadou " Futty " Danso (* April 27, 1983 in Serekunda ) is a Gambian footballer who plays for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer since 2011.

Career

College

Mamadou Danso played at North Carolina Wesleyan College, and in 2008 came to the Southern Polytechnic State University, where he was active two years for the college team SPSU Hornets. He was selected twice for the All- Southern States Athletic Conference selection and was the first student of his college, which made ​​it into the All-America selection. In the two seasons he scored 35 goals for the Hornets. While he was in college he played for the U23 of the Carolina RailHawks FC in the USL Premier Development League, where he succeeded in eight games two goals.

Association

He first came to D.C. United, but since he left college early to pursue professional football, he moved in April 2009 to the USL Team of the Portland Timbers without having previously signed a contract in Major League Soccer. His league debut, he played on 25 April, where he came on as a substitute into play in the game against the Vancouver Whitecaps. His first Ligaspieltor followed on 24 May in a 2-1 victory over the Puerto Rico Islanders FC, ​​where he scored the winning goal. During the 2009 season, his team was 24 games unbeaten. After 40 games and two goals, the franchise disbanded, but was refounded under the same name and plays since in Major League Soccer.

National

Danso was nominated as part of qualifying for the African Cup of Nations 2012 for the games 4 September 2010 against Namibia and on October 8 against Burkina Faso, but did not play.

Then in 2011 he came to his international debut. Since then he has played twice for Gambia, where he even managed a hit.

Achievements

• USL First Division Commissioner's Cup: 2009