Sanna Nyassi

Sanna Nyassi ( born January 31, 1989 in Bwiam ) is a Gambian footballer who will accrue from the Major League Soccer season in 2012 for the Montreal Impact. His twin brother plays for Sainey D.C. United.

Career

Association

Sanna Nyassi started his career in 2001 in the youth of the Gambia Ports Authority FC until he aufrückte into the professional team in 2005. With Gambia Ports, he managed to win the GFA League First Division in 2006 and the GFA Cup 2007. Through his achievements in the Gambian U-20 national team in 2007, he made a few clubs from Major League Soccer 's attention. He graduated with his twin brother a trial at New England Revolution, but only where his brother was signed. After a trial with established for the new season club Seattle Sounders FC, ​​he was offered a contract. However, he played the rest of the MLS season for Seattle Sounders, the predecessor club, which was disbanded after the 2008 season and completed four league games. On 20 March 2009 completed his debut for the newly founded Sounders, 3-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls, he began in the starting XI and was replaced midway through the second half. His first full MLS season closed Nyassi from winning the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. In the final, D.C. was United with a 2-1 defeat. In the edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2010, he reached with the Sounders again in the final. October 5, 2010 Nyassi scored both goals in a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Crew and Seattle thus able to defend in their first two years of existence club the title.

On 24 November 2010 he was selected in the MLS expansion draft in 2010 as the first pick of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC, ​​but he was transferred after a short time to the Colorado Rapids. On 21 July 2011 in a 4-1 home victory over the New York Red Bulls him scoring a hat -trick.

In MLS Expansion Draft 2011, he was selected by Montreal Impact as a pick, which will be taking part from the Major League Soccer 2012 season on game mode. With Montreal, he managed to win the Canadian Championship in 2013.

National

Nyassi played in 2005 for the Gambian U-17 national team and participated with this at the U-17 African Cup and the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru. In the African Cup, he scored in a 1-0 victory over Burkina Faso in the group stage of the half. By the 1-0 winning goal in the final against Ousman Jallow Gambia Ghana managed to win their first title ever. At the World Cup Gambia difference in a tough group with Brazil and the Netherlands only because of the goal difference and managed an incredible 3-2 victory against the eventual runners-up Brazil. Nyassi came in all three group games used.

Also for the U-20 national team, he was at the U-20 football World Cup 2007 in use. In the first group match against Mexico (0:3), he played from the 65th minute, and in the sixteenth finals at the 1-2 defeat against Austria for five minutes.

On September 4, 2010, he graduated from Namibia to his first senior international game right from the start, scoring his first international goal also. Less than a month later, he played his second and so far last international match against Burkina Faso (1:3).

Achievements

  • GFA League First Division: 2006
  • GFA Cup: 2007
  • Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2009 & 2010
  • Canadian Championship 2013
  • U-17 African Cup of Nations: 2005
2012 Major League Soccer season Sainey Nyassi D.C. United Gambian Cup 2013 Canadian Championship
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