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{{short description|Gambian footballer (born 1988)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name                = Ebrima Sohna
| image               = Ebrima Sohna.jpg
| image_size          = 200
| caption             = 
| fullname            = Ebrima Sohna<ref name="FIFA">{{Cite web |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2007/pdf/FWYC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=9 |date=5 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000046/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2007/pdf/FWYC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=31 December 2013}}</ref>
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1988|12|14|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Bakau]], [[The Gambia|Gambia]]
| height              = {{height|m=1.78}}         
| position            = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub         = 
| clubnumber          = 
| youthyears1         = 
| youthclubs1         = [[Steve Biko FC]]
| youthyears2         = –2005
| youthclubs2         = [[Wallidan F.C.|Wallidan]]
| years1              = 2005–2006
| clubs1              = [[Wallidan F.C.|Wallidan]]
| caps1               = 18
| goals1              = 2
| years2              = 2007–2011
| years3              = 2012
| years4              = 2012–2013
| years5              = 2013
| years6              = 2014–2016
| years7              = 2016–2017
| years8              = 2017
| years9              = 2018
| years10              = 2019–2020
| clubs2              = [[Sandefjord Fotball|Sandefjord]]
| clubs3              = [[Rovaniemen Palloseura|RoPS]]
| clubs4              = [[Kuopion Palloseura|KuPS]]
| clubs5              = [[FC Vostok|Vostok]]
| clubs6              = [[Kuopion Palloseura|KuPS]]
| clubs7              = [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al-Arabi SC]]
| clubs8              = [[Vaasan Palloseura|VPS]]
| clubs9              = [[Keşla FK|Keşla]]
| clubs10              = [[Mosta F.C.|Mosta]]
| caps2               = 113
| caps3               = 12
| caps4               = 12
| caps5               = 25
| caps6               = 60
| caps7               = 9
| caps8               = 15
| caps9               = 18
| caps10               = 4
| goals2              = 4
| goals3              = 1
| goals4              = 0
| goals5              = 0
| goals6              = 0
| goals7              = 1
| goals8              = 0
| goals9              = 0
| goals10              = 0
| nationalyears1      = 2005–
| nationalteam1       = [[Gambia national football team|Gambia]]
| nationalcaps1       = 37
| nationalgoals1      = 3
| club-update         = 21 December 2018
| nationalteam-update = 16 November 2020
}}

'''Ebrima Sohna''' (born 14 December 1988) is a [[The Gambia|Gambian]] [[association football|footballer]]. He plays as a [[midfielder]].

==Career==
===KuPS===
In February 2014, Sohna resigned for [[Kuopion Palloseura|KuPS]] on a one-year contract,<ref>{{cite web|title=Kuopion Palloseura re-sign Ebrima Sohna|url=http://gambiasports.gm/index.php/football/1254-kuopion-palloseura-re-sign-ebrima-sohna|website=gambiasports.gm/|publisher=gambiasports.gm|accessdate=6 May 2015|date=11 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> extending his deal by another year in October 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=EBRIMA SOHNA EXTENDS CLUB CONTRACT|url=http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/2075|website=foroyaa.gm/|accessdate=6 May 2015|date=28 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030459/http://www.foroyaa.gm/archives/2075|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Al-Arabi SC===
On January 13, 2016 he signed a 1-year and a half Deal with the [[Kuwait]]i side.

===Keşla===
In January 2018, Sohna signed for [[Keşla FK]] on a contract until the end of the [[2017–18 Keşla FK season|2017–18]] season.<ref name="Keşla Sign Two">{{cite web|title=Keşlə növbəti transferlər həyata keçirib|url=http://keshlafc.az/main/news/694-ke-l-fk-n-n-m-lumat-78|website=keshlafc.az|publisher=Keşla FK|accessdate=25 January 2018|language=Azerbaijani|date=25 January 2018}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On 22 June 2018, Sohna a new contract with [[Keşla FK|Keşla]] until the end of the 2018/19 season,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keshlafc.az/main/news/814-ke-l-fk-n-n-m-lumat-65|title=Keşlə FK-da növbəti müqavilələrə imza atıldı|publisher=Keşla FK|language=Azerbaijani|date=22 June 2018|accessdate=22 June 2018}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> leaving in December 2018.<ref name="Four Leave">{{cite web |title=Кешля расстанется с 4 легионерами |url=http://www.azerifootball.com/ru/13/news/41355.html |website=azerifootball.com/ |publisher=Azeri Football |accessdate=21 December 2018 |language=Azerbaijani |date=21 December 2018}}</ref>

==International career==
Sohna is a holding midfielder who with his fellow country men won the CAF U-17 Championship in Banjul 2005. He went on to be a key part of the Gambian team which beat Brazil in the [[2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship]] in Peru.<ref>{{FIFA|235150|Ebrima Sohna}}</ref>

Sohna also helped the Gambia U-20 to qualify for the CAF U-20 Youth Championship CONGO 2007, where the Gambia came out third position thus qualifying for the FIFA U-20 Youth Championship in Canada. Back in Gambia where Sohna started his career in the youth system of [[Wallidan FC]] one of the top club in Gambian football.

Sohna scored his first international goal against [[Sierra Leone national football team|Mexico]] on 23 December 2007.<ref>[https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/5330/Gambia_Sierra_Leone.html Gambia 2 - 0 Sierra Leone], national-football-teams, 23 December 2007</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
<ref name="NFT Stats"/><ref>{{cite web|title=E.Sohna|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ebrima-sohna/8249/|website=uk.soccerway.com/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=6 May 2015}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!rowspan="2"|Division
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Wallidan FC|Wallidan]]
|2005–06
|[[GFA League First Division]]
|18||2||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||18||2
|-
|rowspan="6" valign="center"|[[Sandefjord Fotball|Sandefjord]]
|[[2007 in Norwegian football|2007]]
|[[Tippeligaen]]
|16||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||16||0
|-
|[[2008 in Norwegian football|2008]]
|[[1. divisjon]]
|17||1||0||0||colspan=2|–||17||1
|-
|[[2009 in Norwegian football|2009]]
|Tippeligaen
|26||1||1||0||colspan=2|–||27||1
|-
|[[2010 in Norwegian football|2010]]
|Tippeligaen
|27||0||3||0||colspan=2|–||30||0
|-
|[[2011 in Norwegian football|2011]]
|1. divisjon
|23||2||3||0||colspan=2|–||26||2
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!109!!4!!7!!0!!0!!0!!116!!4
|-
|valign="center"|[[RoPS]]
|[[2012 Veikkausliiga|2012]]
|[[Veikkausliiga]]
|12||1||0||0||colspan=2|–||12||1
|-
|valign="center"|[[Kuopion Palloseura|KuPS]]
|2012
|Veikkausliiga
|12||0||1||0||colspan=2|–||13||0
|-
|valign="center"|[[FC Vostok|Vostok]]
|[[2013 Kazakhstan Premier League|2013]]
|[[Kazakhstan Premier League]]
|25||0||1||0||colspan=2|–||26||0
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Kuopion Palloseura|KuPS]]
|[[2014 Veikkausliiga|2014]]
|Veikkausliiga
|31||0||3||1||colspan=2|–||34||1
|-
|[[2015 Veikkausliiga|2015]]
|Veikkausliiga
|29||0||6||0||colspan=2|–||35||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!60!!0!!9!!1!!0!!0!!69!!1
|-
|[[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al-Arabi]]
|[[2016–17 Kuwaiti Premier League|2016–17]]
|[[Kuwaiti Premier League]]
|9||1||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||9||1
|-
|[[Vaasan Palloseura|VPS]]
|[[2017 Veikkausliiga|2017]]
|Veikkausliiga
|15||0||0||0||4{{efn|Appearances in [[UEFA Europa League]]|name=uel}}||1||19||1
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Keşla FK|Keşla]]
|[[2017–18 Azerbaijan Premier League|2017–18]]
|[[Azerbaijan Premier League]]
|11||0||3||0||colspan=2|–||14||0
|-
|[[2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League|2018–19]]
|Azerbaijan Premier League
|7||0||1||0||2{{efn|name=uel}}||0||10||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!18!!0!!4!!0!!2!!0!!24!!0
|-
|[[Mosta F.C.|Mosta]]
|[[2019–20 Maltese Premier League|2019–20]]
|[[Maltese Premier League]]
|4||0||1||0||colspan=2|–||5||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career Total
!282!!8!!23!!1!!6!!1!!311!!10
|}
{{notelist}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | [[Gambia national football team|Gambia national team]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|2007||1||1
|-
|2008||6||0
|-
|2009||0||0
|-
|2010||4||1
|-
|2011||3||0
|-
|2012||1||0
|-
|2013||4||0
|-
|2014||0||0
|-
|2015||4||0
|-
|2016||0||0
|-
|2017||0||0
|-
|2018||4||0
|-
|2019||8||1
|-
|2020||2||0
|-
!Total||37||3
|}<ref name="NFT Stats">{{cite web |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/25034.html |title=Ebrima Sohna  |website=National-Football-Teams.com |access-date=6 May 2015}}</ref>

===International goals===
:''Scores and results list the Gambia's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT Stats"/>
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 23 December 2007 || [[Independence Stadium (Bakau)|Independence Stadium]], [[Bakau]], [[Gambia]] || {{fb|Sierra Leone}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 2–0 || rowspan=3 | [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 2. || 30 May 2010 || [[Hans-Walter Wild Stadion]], [[Bayreuth]], [[Germany]] || {{fb|MEX}} || align=center|'''1'''–3 || align=center| 1–5
|-
| 3. || 7 June 2019 || [[Stade de Marrakech]], [[Marrakesh]], [[Morocco]] || {{fb|GUI}} || align=center|'''1'''–0|| align=center| 1–0 
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|The Gambia|Biography|Association football}}
* {{NFT|25034}}

{{Gambia squad 2021 Africa Cup of Nations}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sohna, Ebrima}}
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