Mohamadou Sumareh ( born 20 September 1994 ) is a gambian -born Malaysian professional football player who plays as a winger for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta’zim and the Malaysia national team. Born in the Gambia, Sumareh obtained malaysian citizenship through naturalization in 2018 and has represented their national team since. He has been nicknamed “ Keliboy ” by Pahang fans. [ 1 ]
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Mohamadou Sumareh began his career at Terengganu in January 2012. Sumareh moved to Polis Di Raja Malaysia in December 2012. In December 2015 he joined Perlis, making 19 league appearances and scoring 5 goals. Sumareh ‘s spell at Perlis did n’t last hanker and in December 2016 he joined Pahang, making 98 league appearances and scoring 17 goals in 5 years. Sumareh joined current club Johor Darul Ta’zim in February 2021. In terms of personal accolades, Sumareh has a individual malaysian Midfielder of the Year award to his name .
early years [edit ]
Sumareh was born in Fajara, Gambia. Sumareh ‘s class moved to Banjul after his give birth. On 2006, Sumareh went to Malaysia at the age of 12, following his forefather who worked as a businessman and began living here three years by and by. From the historic period of 15, he has learned a fortune about Malaysia, particularly the culture in the local community and in football. [ 2 ] He trained with the Kuala Lumpur Youth Soccer ( KLYS ) academy as a adolescent. [ 3 ]
Club career [edit ]
Steve Biko [edit ]
After displaying some talent, he was offered the gamble to join the Steve Biko academy in Gambia in late-2010. however, he was not offered a professional narrow .
Royal Malaysia Police [edit ]
A year late, Sumareh travelled to Malaysia and signed for Malaysia Premier League baseball club PDRM on a biennial compress. He made his first-team debut on 7 January 2013, in a match against Betaria, with a 5–0 win at home ( Hang Jebat Stadium ). In 2014, he succeeded in helping PDRM to become the 2014 Malaysia Premier League champions, thus promoted to the Super league for future season .
Perlis [edit ]
Sumareh signed for Perlis on a annual narrow after the end of the condense with PDRM. [ 4 ] He made his Perlis debut on 15 February 2016 against UiTM in the Malaysia Premier League, with a 1–0 loss at home plate .
Pahang [edit ]
After helping Perlis reach in the sixth place in Premier League, Sumareh joined Pahang on a spare transfer in December 2016 after signing a biennial manage with the Super League club. He made his cabaret introduction on 21 January 2017 in Super League Match against Perak away, which resulted in a 1–1 pull. His beginning Super League goal came on his Darul Makmur Stadium debut on 27 January 2017, in the 14th moment with a 5–0 victory against T–Team. [ 5 ]
Police Tero [edit ]
On 7 September 2020, Sumareh signed for Thai League 1 baseball club, Police Tero .
Johor Darul Ta’zim [edit ]
On 9 February 2021, Sumareh joined Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta’zim. [ 6 ]
International career [edit ]
In October 2018, Sumareh was called up for the Malaysia home team cardinal train from 8 October to prepare for two external friendly matches against Sri Lanka and Kyrgyzstan. [ 7 ] He is the first player called to the Malaysia national team since the 1960s, who was neither born in Malaysia nor have any of his ancestors Malaysian-born or having malaysian citizenship. [ 8 ] He made his debut on 12 October 2018, in a warm-up match against Sri Lanka. In that match, he came on as a utility and scored his inaugural international goal in a 4–1 victory. [ 9 ] He late scored again in a 3–0 succeed against Maldives on 4 November 2018. A day by and by, he was selected to the end 23-man team for the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup. [ 10 ] On 5 September 2019 he scored a all-important last-minute goal against Indonesia in the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Malaysia won the meet 2–3 at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta. On 15 November 2019, he besides scored the decisive goal that helped Malaysia win against Thailand 2–1 at Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lampur and kept Malaysia ‘s hopes for World Cup qualification animated .
personal life [edit ]
Sumareh received his malaysian citizenship in April 2018 after staying in the area for more 5 years. [ 11 ] He is a former student of Maz International School in Shah Alam and SEGi College. [ 12 ]
career statistics [edit ]
cabaret [edit ]
- As of match played 4 September 2021[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
Cup
League Cup
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Perlis
2016
Malaysia Premier League
22
5
2
0
0
0
24
5
Total
22
5
2
0
0
0
24
5
Pahang
2017
Malaysia Super League
21
6
6
4
8
1
35
11
2018
Malaysia Super League
17
3
7
1
8
0
32
4
2019
Malaysia Super League
21
3
5
3
6
1
32
7
2020
Malaysia Super League
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
Total
62
12
18
8
22
2
102
22
Police Tero
2020–21
Thai League 1
4
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
Total
4
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
Johor Darul Ta’zim
2021
Malaysia Super League
11
3
0
0
0
0
11
3
Total
11
3
0
0
0
0
11
3
Career total
99
20
20
8
22
2
141
30
International [edit ]
- As of 11 June 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Malaysia
2018
10
2
2019
9
4
2021
3
0
Total
22
6
- As of match played 14 November 2019. Malaysia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sumareh goal.[14]
Honours [edit ]
- PDRM
- Pahang
Malaysia
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- AFF Championship runners up : 2018
Individual
References [edit ]
- Mohamadou Sumareh at Soccerway