Alie Sesay

Alie Sesay (born 2 August 1994) is an English-born Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a defender or defensive midfielder for Azerbaijan Premier League club Zira FK and the Sierra Leone national football team.

Alie Sesay

Personal information
Full name	Alie Sesay[1]
Date of birth	(1994-08-02) 2 August 1994[2]
Place of birth	Enfield, England
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing position(s)	Defender, defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Zira
Number	3
Youth career
0000–2010	Arsenal
2010–2013	Leicester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Leicester City	0	(0)
2014	→ Colchester United (loan)	3	(0)
2015	→ Cambridge United (loan)	5	(0)
2016–2017	Barnet	18	(0)
2017–2018	IK Frej	36	(2)
2018–2019	Chania Kissamikos	25	(0)
2019	Arda Kardzhali	1	(0)
2020–	Zira	6	(0)
National team^‡
2014–	Sierra Leone	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:41, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Sesay was in the academy at Arsenal, before joining Leicester City in 2010.[3] On 15 March 2013, he signed a professional contract with Leicester City, alongside Australian Callum Elder.[4]

Colchester United (loan)

On 24 January 2014, Sesay joined Colchester United on loan for the rest of the season.[5] Finally on 26 February, he made his debut for the club in a 1–0 loss against Sheffield United coming as a 46th-minute substitute for Brian Wilson.[6]

Cambridge United (loan)

In October 2015, Sesay joined League Two side Cambridge United on a one-month loan deal.[7]

Barnet

Sesay signed for Barnet in an 18-month deal on 15 January 2016.[8] He was released by mutual consent on 31 January 2017 after only five league appearances in the 2016–17 season.[9]

IK Frej

After interest from AFC Eskilstuna in January 2017,[10] Sesay joined IK Frej the following month.[11] He departed the club midway through the 2018 season after playing a leading role and Captaining the team on several occasions.[12]

AO Chania Kissamikos

On 6 August 2018, Sesay joined Greek Football League side AO Chania Kissamikos.[13] Alie finished the season as the player of the year for AO Chania Kissamikos helping the team to 12 clean sheets in 24 of his appearances in the Greek Football League.

Arda Kardzhali

On 9 August 2019, Sesay joined Bulgarian First League side Arda Kardzhali on a two-year deal.[14]

Zira

On 14 January 2020, Sesay joined Azerbaijan Premier League club Zira FK on an 18-month contract.[15]

International career

Sesay was called up by Sierra Leone for the first time in October 2014.[16] He made his debut in a 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Cameroon on 11 October 2014.[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 October 2019

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Domestic Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Colchester United (loan)	2013–14[18]	League One	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
Cambridge United (loan)	2015–16[19]	League Two	5	0	1	0	—		—		6	0
Barnet	2015–16[19]	League Two	13	0	—		—		—		13	0
	2016–17[19]	League Two	5	0	—		—		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	7	0
	Total		18	0	—		—		2	0	20	0
IK Frej	2017	Superettan	27	2	1	0	—		2[lower-alpha 2]	0	30	2
	2018	Superettan	9	0	3	0	–		–		12	0
	Total		36	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	42	2
AO Chania−Kissamikos	2018–19	Football League (Greece)	25	0	3	0	—		0	0	28	0
FC Arda Kardzhali	2019–20	Bulgarian First League	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
Zira FK	2019–20	Azerbaijan Premier League	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Career total			88	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	100	2

1. Appearances in the EFL Trophy
2. Appearances in the Superettan relegation playoffs

International

As of match played 17 November 2019.[20]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sierra Leone	2014	3	0
	2018	2	0
	2019	2	0
Total		7	0

References

1. "Professional Retain List & Free Transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
2. "Alie Sesay". 11v11. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
3. "Alie Sesay joins Cambridge United on loan from Leicester City". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
4. "Leicester City academy duo sign new deals". Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
5. "Transfer window: Leicester City's Alie Sesay joins Colchester United". BBC. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
6. "Colchester United vs Sheffield United". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
7. "Cambridge sign Sesay from Leicester". BBC Sport. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
8. "Alie Sesay: Barnet sign Leicester City defender". BBC Sport. 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
9. "Official: Alie Sesay leaves Barnet". Retrieved 16 May 2018.
10. "Alie Sesay trains with AFC Eskilstuna". Sierra Leone Concord Times. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
11. DONE DEAL: Ex-Leicester defender Alie Sesay signs for IK Frej Taby
12. "Alie Sesay lämnar IK Frej Täby". Laget.se. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
13. "Στην ομάδα μας ο Alie Sesay" [In our team is Alie Sesay] (in Greek). aoxania-kissamikos.gr. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
14. "August's African football news in brief". BBC. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
15. ""Zirə" PFK Alie Sesayla müqavilə bağlayıb". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). FK Zira. 14 January 2020.
16. Mohamed Fajah Barrie (1 October 2014). "2015 Nations Cup: Sierra Leone call up Leicester's Sesay". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
17. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Alie Sesay". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
18. "Games played by Alie Sesay in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
19. "Games played by Alie Sesay in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
20. "Alie Sesay". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

External links

• Alie Sesay at National-Football-Teams.com
• Alie Sesay at Soccerway