Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ibrahima Sanoh | ||
Date of birth | 11 April 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Conakry, Guinea | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012 | UPEI Panthers | 11 | (2) |
2014–2017 | Holland Hurricanes | 70 | (101) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020 | HFX Wanderers | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2020 |
Ibrahima Sanoh (born 11 April 1994) is a Guinean former footballer.
Born in Guinea, Sanoh moved to Canada in 2011 to attend school and learn English.[1] In 2014, he played at the amateur level with Sherwood-Parkdale Rangers SC Bayern.[2] In 2019, he played with PEI FC.[3]
He began attending the University of Prince Edward Island, but was not able to play for the men's soccer team in his first year, but did train with the team.[4] He began playing for the soccer team in 2012, scoring in his first game for the team in a 3-1 victory over the Mount Allison Mounties on September 8, 2012, also earning the team’s rookie of the year honours that season.[4] He then took the following year off.[4]
In 2014, he began attending Holland College.[4] In his four seasons, he was named a CCAA All-Canadian and the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association player of the year four years in a row.[5][6][7] He was named a all-star at the national tournament in 2015.[8] In February 2017, he was named the PEI Soccer Association Male Athlete of the Year for 2016.[9][10] In his fourth season with Holland in 2017, he helped them win bronze at the national championships, after having won four conference titles.[11][8] That season, he was named the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year,[12] becoming the first Holland player to earn the honour in any sport.[13] He was also named the school's Male Athlete of the Year on two occasions - the 2014/15 season and 2017/18 season.[14] In his time with Holland, he scored a record 101 goals in 70 games played.[15]
In January 2018, Sanoh attended a combine with the coaches of Major League Soccer club Toronto FC,[16] returning a couple of weeks later to trial with the second team, Toronto FC II.[17][18]
Sanoh appeared in a friendly for the HFX Wanderers FC Atlantic Selects team (which occurred prior to the Wanderers formal professional launch in 2019) in 2018 against Fortuna Düsseldorf's U-21 team, scoring a goal in the match.[19][20]
In December 2019, he signed a professional contract with HFX Wanderers FC of the Canadian Premier League.[21][22] The club waited for his Canadian permanent residency paperwork to be finalized before officially signing his, allowing him to count as a domestic player for roster purposes.[23] He made his professional debut on August 15 as a substitute against Pacific FC, also scoring his first goal on a penalty kick in a 2-2 draw.[24][25] After the 2020 season, he was released by the club.[26]