 Mansally withTurku in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abdoulie Kenny Mansally | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-01-27)27 January 1989 (age 36) | ||
| 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) | |||
Abdoulie Kenny Mansally (born 27 January 1989) is a Gambian professionalfootballer. He is featured on the Gambian national team in the official2010 FIFA World Cup video game.
Mansally began his career inThe Gambia, graduating from the youth academy ofReal de Banjul, and playing in theGFA League First Division.
He was scouted byNew England Revolution head coachSteve Nicol while playing in the2007 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 theKansas 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]
After trials with bothD.C. United andReal 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 againstSeattle Sounders FC.
Mansally was traded toHouston Dynamo ahead of the 2016 season in exchange for a third-round pick in the2017 MLS SuperDraft.[4]
After signing forFC Inter Turku in February 2018, he left the club again at the end of the year.[5]
Mansally received his first call-up for the Gambia National Football Team during qualifying for the2010 World Cup, and was an unused substitute in the home and away matches againstLiberia. He earned his first cap for his country coming off the bench in a qualifier againstAlgeria.[6]
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 hisU.S. green card in 2010 which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.[8]
Mansally received his US citizenship in 2015.
Mansally 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/
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