Kekuta Manne ( born Kekuta Manneh ; December 30, 1994, Bakau , Gambia ) is an American footballer of Gambian descent, left wing forward of the Cincinnati club.
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| Nickname | Scooter [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 30, 1994 (24 years old) Bakau , The Gambia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  USA  Gambia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 175 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | left flank forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Cincinnati | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| room | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Manne began his career as a football player at the age of 14 at the Gambia Championship Club Steve Biko . In 2010, he came to the United States and joined the youth team Texas Rush [2] , in 23 games for which he scored 35 times in the youth league US Soccer Development Academy in the 2010/11 season. In the next season of this league, he scored 21 goals in 16 games as part of the Lonestar SK team. In 2012, he played for the Austin Aztex club from the Premier Development League , the fourth US division level, where it scored 10 goals in 12 matches [3] .
In January 2013, Manne signed a contract with MLS for the Generation Adidas program and got the opportunity to participate in the draft [4] . On January 17, at the MLS Superdraft 2013, he was selected under the general fourth number by the Vancouver Whitecaps club [3] . For the Canadian club in official games, Manne made his debut on March 3 in the match of the first round of the MLS 2013 season against Toronto , leaving the starting lineup and playing the time [5] . He opened his score to goals in the league on April 27, 2013, hitting the gates of Dallas [6] . On October 9, 2013, in the match against the Seattle Sounders , the 18-year-old Manne distinguished himself three times, becoming the youngest hat-trick author in the history of MLS [7] .
On March 30, 2017, Manne was exchanged at Columbus Crew for Tony Chani and $ 225 thousand of targeted and $ 75 thousand of fixed distribution facilities [8] . For Crew, he made his debut on April 29 in a match against New York City , substituting in the 81st minute instead of Ethan Finlay [9] . He scored the first goal for Cru at the Montreal Impact goal on June 24 [10] . After the season ended, Manne's contract expired and he was offered a new contract [11] . However, the player preferred to try his strength abroad, having left for viewing in the Second Bundesliga club “ Union Berlin ” [12] .
On December 26, 2017, Manne signed a contract with the club of the Mexican Pachuca Championship [13] [14] . For his new club, he made his debut on January 16, 2018 in the Clausura Mexico Cup match against Atletico San Luis . He spent only eight minutes in the MX League - in the match against Toluca on March 3, 2018.
In June 2018, Mann joined the club of the Swiss championship St. Gallen [15] [16] . His European debut took place on August 19 in the Swiss Cup match against the Huersdorf team. In the Swiss Super League, he made his debut on September 2 in a match against Xamax .
On February 13, 2019, Manne transferred from St. Gallen to Cincinnati on a free transfer, but Cincinnati paid $ 250 thousand in trust and $ 50 thousand in fixed distribution funds for rights to it at Cincinnati [17] . For the newly formed MLS franchise, he made his debut in her first official match, in the duel of the first round of the season 2019 against the Seattle Sounders on March 2, in which he replaced in the second half instead of Korben Bone [18] .
International Career
Back in 2015, Manne expressed his desire to play for the US team after receiving American citizenship, as was supposed, in September 2016 [19] . On January 5, 2017, Manne was invited to the training camp of the American team on the eve of friendly matches with the national teams of Serbia on January 29 and Jamaica on February 3 [20] . At the time of the call, he was not yet a US citizen, becoming him only during his stay in the camp [21] . On January 23, he left the training camp, because all the documents were not fully completed, and he could not yet speak for the Americans [22] [23] [24] . On March 18, 2018, Manne was called up to the U.S. team for a friendly match with the Paraguayan national team on March 27 [25] , but was not included in the application for the game [26] .
Performance Statistics
- As of March 3, 2019 [27]
| Performance | League | Playoffs | Cup | Continent. | Total | |||||||
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| Club | League | Season | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Mls | 2013 | 20 | 6 | - | one | 0 | - | 21 | 6 | ||
| 2014 | 29th | four | one | 0 | 2 | one | - | 32 | five | |||
| 2015 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | four | 0 | one | 0 | 39 | 7 | ||
| 2016 | 17 | five | - | four | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | five | |||
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 2 | one | five | one | ||||
| Total | 101 | 22 | 3 | 0 | eleven | one | 3 | one | 118 | 24 | ||
| Columbus Crew | Mls | 2017 | nineteen | four | five | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 24 | four | |
| Total | nineteen | four | five | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 24 | four | |||
| Pachuca | League MX | 2017/18 | one | 0 | - | five | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | one | 0 | - | five | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | ||||
| St gallen | Super League | 2018/19 | 7 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Cincinnati | Mls | 2019 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | one | 0 | |
| Total | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | one | 0 | |||
| Total career | 129 | 26 | eight | 0 | 18 | one | 3 | one | 158 | 28 | ||
Achievements
- Team
Vancouver Whitecaps
- Canadian Championship Winner: 2015
Notes
- ↑ Farhan Devji. How Kekuta Manneh got the nickname 'Scooter' . Vancouver Whitecaps FC (April 7, 2015). Date of treatment January 15, 2017.
- ↑ Lamin Drammeh. Kekuta Manneh making waves at Texas Rush Club . The Point Newspaper (February 02, 2011). Date of treatment January 15, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 Gary Kingston. Whitecaps excited about adding speedy phenom Kekuta Manneh in MLS SuperDraft . Vancouver Sun (01.17.2013). Date of treatment January 15, 2017.
- ↑ Simon Borg. MLS inks two more players to Generation adidas deals . MLSsoccer.com (January 10, 2013). Date of treatment January 15, 2017.
- ↑ Sandy Beeson. Vancouver Whitecaps FC defeat Toronto FC 1-0 to start 2013 MLS season . Vancouver Whitecaps FC (March 2, 2013). Date of treatment January 15, 2017.
- ↑ Martin MacMahon. Recap: Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. FC Dallas 04/27/2013 MLS Matchcenter (Apr 28, 2013). Date of treatment January 15, 2017.
- ↑ Farhan Devji. Manneh hat-trick propels Vancouver Whitecaps FC to historic 4-1 victory over Seattle Sounders FC . Vancouver Whitecaps FC (October 9, 2013). Date of treatment January 15, 2017.
- ↑ Alicia Rodriguez. Columbus Crew SC land Kekuta Manneh from Vancouver in trade for Tony Tchani . MLSsoccer.com (March 30, 2017). Date of treatment July 10, 2017.
- ↑ Jeff Helfrich. Finlay joins 30/30 club, Manneh debuts at MAPFRE Stadium . Columbus Crew SC (April 29, 2017). Date of treatment July 10, 2017.
- ↑ Andrew King. Kekuta Manneh finally breaks out for Crew SC with goal, assist vs. Montreal MLSsoccer.com (June 24, 2017). Date of treatment July 10, 2017.
- ↑ Options exercised on 9 players ahead of 2018 season . Columbus Crew SC (December 1, 2017). Date of treatment February 28, 2018.
- ↑ Andrew Erickson. Crew SC | Kekuta Manneh appears ready to join FC Union Berlin . The Columbus Dispatch (December 5, 2017). Date of treatment February 28, 2018.
- ↑ Pachuca acquires Kekuta Manneh from MLS 'Columbus Crew SC . ESPN (December 27, 2017). Date of treatment February 28, 2018.
- ↑ Paul Kennedy. Kekuta Manneh headed to Pachuca in Mexico . Soccer America (December 27, 2017). Date of treatment February 28, 2018.
- ↑ Patricia Loher. Der FCSG erreicht in Bazenheid nur ein 1: 1 - Manneh soll die Offensive verstärken (German) . St. Galler Tagblatt (23.6.2018). Date of treatment December 19, 2018.
- ↑ Zwei weitere Neuzugänge beim FCSG (German) . 4-4-2.com (29 Juni, 2018). Date of treatment December 19, 2018.
- ↑ Tom Bogert. FC Cincinnati sign Kekuta Manneh, send Columbus up to $ 400k for rights . MLSsoccer.com (February 13, 2019). Date of treatment March 3, 2019.
- ↑ Season Opener Ends In 4-1 Loss . FC Cincinnati (March 3, 2019). Date of treatment March 3, 2019.
- ↑ Michael McColl. Vancouver Whitecaps' Kekuta Manneh, months away from acquiring US citizenship, sets sights on national team . MLSsoccer.com (November 17, 2015). Date of treatment July 10, 2017.
- ↑ Arena Calls 32 Players for MNT January Camp . US Soccer (Jan 5, 2017). Date of treatment July 10, 2017.
- ↑ Star Spangled: Manneh is a US Citizen . US Soccer (Jan 11, 2017). Date of treatment July 10, 2017.
- ↑ Acosta, Hedges and Manneh Depart MNT January Camp . US Soccer (Jan 23, 2017). Date of treatment July 10, 2017.
- ↑ FC Dallas's Hedges, Acosta leave US January camp with minor injuries . SI.com (January 23rd, 2017). Date of treatment July 10, 2017.
- ↑ Ryan Tolmich. Acosta, Hedges, Manneh depart USMNT January camp . SBI Soccer (January 23, 2017). Date of treatment July 10, 2017.
- ↑ Sarachan Calls 22 Players to North Carolina for USA-Paraguay on March 27 in Cary . US Soccer (Mar 18, 2018). Date of treatment December 19, 2018.
- ↑ Bobby Wood Penalty Kick Lifts MNT to Spirited 1-0 Win vs. Paraguay US Soccer (Mar 27, 2018). Date of treatment December 19, 2018.
- ↑ Soccerway Profile
Links
- Player profile on Transfermarkt
- Soccerway Profile
- Worldfootball.net profile
- Profile at FootballDatabase.eu (English)
- Player profile on soccerbase.com
- Profile on the MLS website