Sékou Gassama (born 6 May 1995) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Racing de Santander, on loan from Real Valladolid.
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Full name | Sékou Gassama | |||||||||||||||
Birth name | Sekou Gassama Cissokho | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 (age 27) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Granollers, Spain | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Racing Santander (on loan from Valladolid) | |||||||||||||||
Number | 12 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Atlético Vallés | |||||||||||||||
2004–2007 | Barcelona | |||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Atlético Vallés | |||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Damm | |||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Almería | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Almería B | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Valladolid B | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2015 | Rayo Vallecano B | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Bergantiños | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2016 | Badalona | 16 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Sant Andreu | 33 | (12) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Almería B | 23 | (15) | |||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Almería | 25 | (6) | |||||||||||||
2019 | → Valencia B (loan) | 8 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2020– | Valladolid | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2020 | → Fuenlabrada (loan) | 9 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Fuenlabrada (loan) | 9 | (5) | |||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Málaga (loan) | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2022– | → Racing Santander (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
Senegal U20 | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2021 |
Born in Granollers, Barcelona, Spain, Gassama started his career at FC Barcelona's youth setup, as a central defender.[1] He finished his formation with UD Almería,[2] and made his senior debut with the reserves on 13 October 2013, coming on as a half-time substitute in a 0–3 Segunda División B home loss against La Roda CF.
On 14 July 2014, Gassama signed a three-year contract with Real Valladolid, being assigned to the B-team also in the third division.[3] The following 26 January he terminated his contract and joined another reserve team, Rayo Vallecano B in the same category.[4]
Gassama continued to appear in the third and fourth tiers in the following years, representing Bergantiños CF,[5] CF Badalona,[6] UE Sant Andreu[7] and Almería B.[8] With the latter he achieved promotion to the third division by netting a career-best 21 goals, six only in the play-offs.
Gassama was definitely promoted to Almería's main squad in Segunda División ahead of the 2018–19 campaign,[9] and made his professional debut on 17 August, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Cádiz CF.[10] His first professional goal came on 11 September, as he scored the equalizer in a 2–1 away defeat of Málaga CF for the season's Copa del Rey.[11]
On 1 November 2018, Gassama scored a late brace in a 3–3 home draw against Villarreal CF also for the national cup. The following 31 January, he moved to third division side Valencia CF Mestalla on loan until June.[12]
Gassama returned to the Rojiblancos for the 2019–20 season, being a first-choice under Pedro Emanuel and scoring a brace in his first match of the campaign, a 3–0 home defeat of Albacete Balompié.[13] However, he lost space after the arrival of Darwin Núñez and Juan Muñoz, being demoted to a backup option by new manager Guti.
On 28 January 2020, Gassama signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with La Liga side Real Valladolid, being immediately loaned to CF Fuenlabrada until June.[14] On 1 October, he was again loaned to Fuenla for the 2020–21 campaign,[15] but spent the most of the season nursing foot and knee injuries.[16]
On 28 August 2021, Gassama moved to fellow second division side Málaga CF on loan for the 2021–22 season.[17] Roughly one year later, he moved to Racing de Santander in the same category, also on a one-year loan deal.[18]
Gassama's siblings Mamadou and Kaba are handball players.[19]
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