Abdoulie Kenny Mansally (born 27 January 1989) is a Gambian professional footballer. He is featured on the Gambian national team in the official 2010 FIFA World Cup video game.
 Mansally with Turku in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abdoulie Kenny Mansally | ||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Banjul, the Gambia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Wing back, winger, forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Real de Banjul | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Real de Banjul | ||
| 2007–2012 | New England Revolution | 89 | (7) |
| 2012–2015 | Real Salt Lake | 49 | (1) |
| 2016 | Houston Dynamo | 9 | (0) |
| 2016 | → RGVFC Toros (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | PS Kemi | 29 | (6) |
| 2018 | Inter Turku | 20 | (2) |
| 2019 | Charlotte Independence | 29 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2005 | Gambia U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2007 | Gambia U20 | 4 | (1) |
| 2008–2015 | Gambia | 16 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:01, 21 October 2019 (UTC) | |||
Professional career
editNew England Revolution
editMansally began his career in The Gambia, graduating from the youth academy of Real de Banjul, and playing in the GFA League First Division.
He was scouted by New England Revolution head coach Steve Nicol while playing in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and signed with the Revolution shortly thereafter along with his Gambian teammate, Sainey Nyassi.[1] He made his first start for the Revolution on 29 March 2008, and scored his first MLS goal on 9 April 2008 in a game against the Kansas City Wizards.
On 3 April 2010, he had his first career multi-goal game, a brace (including his first league goal in over a year) with a pair of goals 110 seconds apart to spark New England to a 2–0 victory.
Mansally was waived by New England on 4 May 2012.[2]
Real Salt Lake
editAfter trials with both D.C. United and Real Salt Lake, Mansally officially signed with Salt Lake on 20 June 2012.[3] He made his debut for the club on 4 July 2012 in a 0-0 tie against Seattle Sounders FC.
Houston Dynamo
editMansally was traded to Houston Dynamo ahead of the 2016 season in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft.[4]
FC Inter Turku
editAfter signing for FC Inter Turku in February 2018, he left the club again at the end of the year.[5]
International career
editMansally received his first call-up for the Gambia National Football Team during qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, and was an unused substitute in the home and away matches against Liberia. He earned his first cap for his country coming off the bench in a qualifier against Algeria.[6]
Personal
edit
Mansally went by the nickname "Kenny" for years, including for his first six seasons as a professional in MLS before dropping the nickname at the outset of the 2013 season in order to remind people of who he is and where he came from.[7]
Mansally received his U.S. green card in 2010 which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.[8]
Mansally received his US citizenship in 2015.
Charity Work
editMansally started the Mansally Foundation based on improving the lives and the conditions of the community where he grew up. The country of Gambia is a small country in Africa where most families farm for a living. The foundation is in place to provide children from Gambia access to food, medical care, and an education to a brighter future.[9]
https://web.archive.org/web/20150222050125/http://www.mansallyfoundation.org/
Honors
editNew England Revolution
editReal Salt Lake
edit- Major League Soccer Western Conference Championship (1): 2013
Individual
edit- MLS Player Of The Week: Week 2, 2010 [10]
References
edit- ^ Revs at the forefront of African scouting in MLS Published: 22 April 2009; Retrieved: 13 May 2014
- ^ Mansally waived Archived 14 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Published: 4 May 2012; Retrieved: 13 May 2014
- ^ Michael C. Lewis (20 June 2012). "Real Salt Lake acquires Kenny Mansally". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ "Houston Dynamo acquire defender Abdoulie Mansally from Real Salt Lake | Houston Dynamo".
- ^ FC Interin uudet kuviot aukevat – pari uutta lähtijää vahvistui, suomifutis.com, 1 November 2018
- ^ "FIFA Match Report: Gambia vs Algeria". Fifa.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ Stejskal, Sam (7 March 2013). "Who killed Kenny? Mansally to go by given name Abdoulie". Real Salt Lake. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Revolution Update: February 18, 2010 | New England Revolution". Revolutionsoccer.net. 18 February 2010. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ "Mansally Foundation". Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ Kenny Mansally earns MLS Player of the Week Archived 14 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Published: 5 April 2010; Retrieved: 13 May 2010
External links
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Media related to Abdoulie Mansally at Wikimedia Commons- Abdoulie Mansally at Major League Soccer
- Abdoulie Mansally at National-Football-Teams.com
