Pa Dibba
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pa Amat Dibba | ||
| Date of birth | 15 October 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Farafenni, Gambia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Hammarby IF | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hammarby IF | |||
| FOC Farsta | |||
| Enskede IK | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2011 | Brandbergens IF | 87 | (112) |
| 2011–2016 | GIF Sundsvall | 132 | (34) |
| 2016– | Hammarby IF | 7 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015– | Gambia | 5 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 October 2016. | |||
Pa Amat Dibba (born 15 October 1987) is a Gambian footballer who plays for Hammarby IF as a forward.[1]
Career
Dibba was born in Gambia but moved to Sweden with his family at age seven.[2] The family settled in Brandbergen, near Stockholm.[3] As a youth player he spent time with Hammarby IF, FOC Farsta and Enskede IK before eventually playing first team football with Brandbergens IF.[4]
Brandbergens IF were playing in the ninth tier of Swedish football at the time but would make a quick rise to the fifth tier during Dibbas years with the club. At the start of 2011 Dibba trialed with Hammarby IF feeder club Hammarby Talang FF. They were interested in signing him but didn't have room in their squad at the time. Dibba instead remained at Brandbergen for the first half of the season and then trialed with Superettan side GIF Sundsvall during the summer where he was eventually signed on a 3.5 year deal.[5]
On 19 November 2014 Pa sign a new contact to stay with GIF Sundsvall until 2016.[6]
Personal life
Dibba has a total of 14 siblings.[2] Even though he has lived the majority of his life in Sweden it was his dream to represent the Gambia national football team.[7]
Career statistics
- As of 6 January 2015[8]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sweden | League | Svenska Cupen | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2010 | Brandbergens IF | Division 4 | 14 | 9 | — | — | 14 | 9 | ||
| 2011 | Division 3 | 14 | 11 | — | — | 14 | 11 | |||
| GIF Sundsvall | Superettan | 10 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | Allsvenskan | 22 | 2 | — | — | 22 | 2 | |||
| 2013 | Superettan | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 29 | 8 | ||
| 2014 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | — | 31 | 14 | |||
| Career total | 113 | 41 | 7 | 3 | — | 120 | 44 | |||
References
- ↑ "Pa Amat Dibba". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- 1 2 "Lär känna Pa Dibba – Kungen av Fifa" (in Swedish). GIF Sundsvall. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ↑ "Dibba skrattar hela vägen" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ↑ "Pa Dibba – GIF:s joker" (in Swedish). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ↑ "Från sjuan till allsvensk succé" (in Swedish). SN24. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ↑ http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/2502#more-2502
- ↑ "Pa Dibba drömmer om landslaget" (in Swedish). IK Brage. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ↑ "Eliteprospects.com - Pa Amat Dibba". Eliteprospects. 6 January 2015.
External links
- SvFF profile
- Pa Dibba at National-Football-Teams.com
- Eliteprospects profile