Ebrima Colley

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Ebrima Colley
File:Ebrima Colley (cropped).jpg
Colley in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 26)
Place of birth Serekunda, The Gambia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Young Boys
Number 11
Youth career
2017–2019 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2024 Atalanta 5 (0)
2020–2021 → Hellas Verona (loan) 23 (1)
2021–2022 → Spezia (loan) 11 (0)
2022–2023 → Fatih Karagümrük (loan) 24 (1)
2023–2024 → Young Boys (loan) 24 (3)
2024– Young Boys 34 (3)
International career‡
2019– Gambia 28 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:27, 9 November 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 September 2024

Ebrima Colley (born 1 February 2000) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Young Boys and the Gambia national team.

Club career

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Colley started playing for Atalanta's under-19 squad in the 2017–18 season.[2] He made his professional debut for the senior team in a 1–2 Serie A loss to Bologna on 15 December 2019.[3]

On 23 September 2020, Colley joined Serie A side Hellas Verona on loan for the remainder of the season.[4]

On 7 August 2021, Colley joined fellow top-tier club Spezia on loan until the end of the campaign.[5] On 13 August 2022, Colley was loaned to Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük for the rest of the season.[6]

On 1 September 2023, Colley joined Swiss Super League club Young Boys on loan for the remainder of the season, with the deal including an option-to-buy.[7][8] Later that year, on 13 December, he became the first Gambian to score in the UEFA Champions League, by netting a goal in a 2–1 away defeat against RB Leipzig.[9]

International career

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Colley made his debut for the Gambia national football team on 22 March 2019 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Algeria, as a 81st-minute substitute for Ebrima Sohna.[10]

He played in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.[11][12]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 9 November 2025[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atalanta 2019–20 Serie A 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Hellas Verona (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 23 1 2 1 — 25 2
Spezia (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 11 0 1 1 — 12 1
Fatih Karagümrük (loan) 2022–23 Süper Lig 27 1 3 1 — 30 2
Young Boys (loan) 2023–24 Swiss Super League 24 3 2 0 3[a] 1 29 1
Young Boys 2024–25 Swiss Super League 26 3 4 1 9[b] 0 39 4
2025-26 Swiss Super League 8 0 2 0 4[c] 0 14 0
Total 34 3 6 1 13 0 53 4
Career total 124 6 14 4 16 1 154 10
  1. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 8 September 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Gambia 2019 7 0
2020 2 0
2021 1 0
2022 6 0
2023 6 1
2024 6 1
Total 28 2
Scores and results list Gambia's goal tally first.[13]
List of international goals scored by Ebrima Colley
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 November 2023 Benjamini Mkapa National Stadium, Miburani, Tanzania File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 2–3 2–3 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying
2. 23 January 2024 Stade de la Paix, Bouaké, Ivory Coast File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 2–1 2–3 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

References

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