Sheikh Sibi

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Sheikh Sibi
Personal information
Full name Sheikh Sibi
Date of birth (1998-02-21) 21 February 1998 (age 28)
Place of birth Serekunda, The Gambia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Virtus Verona
Number 22
Youth career
Tallinding United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Virtus Verona 160 (0)
International career‡
2021– Gambia 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 September 2024

Sheikh Sibi (born 21 February 1998) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie C Group A club Virtus Verona and the Gambia national team.[1]

Early life

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Sibi was born in Serekunda to a Gambian mother and a Mauritanian father.[2] He left Gambia at the age of 16 with the hope of migrating to Europe. During the journey, he crossed the Sahara desert and reached Tripoli, where he worked as a painter for five months. In July 2015, he crossed the Mediterranean Sea in a boat and reached the Italian island of Lampedusa.[3]

Club career

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Following his arrival in Italy, Sibi was assigned to Costagrande Reception Center in Verona. He soon moved to Virtus Vita, a non-profit organization which welcomes migrants. Since Virtus Vita and Virtus Verona were owned by the same company Vencomp, it helped Sibi to continue his football career.[4]

Sibi made his club debut for Virtus Verona on 30 October 2016 in a 2–1 Serie D defeat to Union Feltre. He made his Serie C and professional debut on 16 September 2018 in a 2–0 defeat to Fermana.[5]

International career

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Sibi has received several call-ups to the Gambia national team since June 2019.[6] He made his international debut on 29 March 2021 in a 1–0 defeat to DR Congo.[7] He played in the 2021 Africa cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.[8][9]

Career statistics

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International

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As of match played 8 September 2024[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Gambia 2021 3 0
2022 0 0
2024 2 0
2025 0 0
Total 5 0

References

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