Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1999-07-13) 13 July 1999 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Mokomre, Sierra Leone | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Wing-back, winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Middlesbrough | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011-2015 | DRL | ||
2015–2018 | Feyenoord | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Jong Cambuur | 7 | (1) |
2018–2023 | Cambuur | 106 | (5) |
2023– | Middlesbrough | 14 | (2) |
International career | |||
2022– | Sierra Leone | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:43, 3 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:07, 9 February 2023 (UTC) |
Alex Bangura (born 13 July 1999) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a winger for EFL Championship club Middlesbrough and the Sierra Leone national team.
Club career
Cambuur
Bangura made his debut for Cambuur on 4 February 2019 away to Jong AZ. He went on to captain the side.
Middlesbrough
On 1 September 2023, Middlesbrough announced the signing of Bangura on a four-year contract for £1 million. He scored his first goal for the club on 28 November 2023 in a 4–0 win against Preston North End.
International career
Born in Sierra Leone, he also holds Dutch citizenship. He debuted for the Sierra Leone national team in a friendly 3–0 loss to Togo on 24 March 2022.
Career statistics
- As of match played 2 December 2023
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Cambuur | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | Eredivisie | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 3 | |||
2022–23 | Eredivisie | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | |||
2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 106 | 5 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 113 | 5 | ||||
Middlesbrough | 2023–24 | EFL Championship | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |
Career total | 113 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 6 |
References
- ^ "Alex Bangura". worldfootball.net. Heim Spiel. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "? In de spotlight: Alex Bangura" (in Dutch). SC Cambuur. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ FC, Middlesbrough (1 September 2023). "Alex Bangura Joins The Boro". Middlesbrough FC. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- "Middlesbrough 4-0 Preston". BBC. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- "Alex Bangura" (in Dutch). SC Cambuur. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- "Breaking: Leone Stars Suffers Heavy Defeat to Togo. Checkout Full Time Scores". 24 March 2022.
- Alex Bangura at Soccerway
External links
- Career stats - Voetbal International
- Alex Bangura at WorldFootball.net
- Alex Bangura at Soccerway
Middlesbrough F.C. – current squad | |
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Sierra Leonean men's footballers
- Sierra Leone men's international footballers
- Dutch men's footballers
- Sierra Leonean emigrants to the Netherlands
- Dutch people of Sierra Leonean descent
- Naturalised citizens of the Netherlands
- Men's association football wingers
- SC Cambuur players
- SC Feyenoord players
- Middlesbrough F.C. players
- Feyenoord players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Eredivisie players
- Sierra Leonean expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in England
- English Football League players
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen