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Sullay Kaikai

Sulaiman Borbor "Sullay" Kaikai (born 26 August 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League One club Cambridge United. Born in England, he plays for the Sierra Leone national team.

A youth product of Crystal Palace, he made his senior debut on loan at Crawley Town in 2014, and later that year scored on his Palace debut. He was loaned to Cambridge United, Shrewsbury Town, Brentford and Charlton Athletic. After eleven total appearances for Palace, he was signed by NAC Breda in January 2019 and moved to Blackpool that July.

Kaikai started his career at Crystal Palace when he was fifteen. In May 2013, his goal against Liverpool the previous August won the League Football Education Goal of the Season award.

On 7 February 2014, Kaikai joined League One side Crawley Town on an initial one-month loan along with Hiram Boateng. He made his senior debut on 25 February when he came on as a substitute for Andy Drury in the 33rd minute of a 1–1 draw at Swindon Town. On 7 March, he extended his loan with Crawley until 5 April. After making five appearances for the club, two being starts, Kaikai returned to his parent club upon expiry of his loan spell.

On 24 September 2014, Kaikai made his Crystal Palace debut in the third round of the League Cup, replacing Jonathan Williams in the 80th minute of the match against Newcastle United at Selhurst Park. He equalised in added time to send the game into extra time, which the Eagles lost 2–3.

On 27 November 2014, Kaikai joined League Two club Cambridge United, on loan until 3 January 2015. Two days later, Kaikai made his debut for the club, assisting Liam Hughes in a 2–1 win over AFC Wimbledon at the Kingsmeadow Stadium. Kaikai scored his first goal of his loan on 16 December in the FA Cup second round replay, the only goal of a win at Mansfield Town. He signed his first professional contract with Palace on 29 December 2014.

On 16 January 2015, Kaikai's loan at Cambridge was extended until the end of the season. The next day, he scored his first league goal, in a 4–0 win over Newport County at the Abbey Stadium. Kaikai scored a brace on 18 April, in a 3–1 home win over Mansfield. He returned to Palace in the first week of May. He won Palace's Vice-President's Young Player or the Year Award, and the Development Player of the Year Award on 13 May. Ahead of the Premier League match against Liverpool three days later, Kaikai was among several youngsters to make a trip, but was not included either in the starting line-up or substitution bench.

The following season, on 17 September 2015, Kaikai joined League One side Shrewsbury Town on a four-month loan deal. He made his debut as a 67th-minute substitute for Mat Sadler in a 1–0 home defeat to Crewe Alexandra two days later, and got his first goals for the club in a home victory against Colchester United on 10 October, scoring twice to put his team 3–2 and then eventually 4–2 ahead after they had trailed by two goals at half time. After scoring in subsequent matches against Scunthorpe United and Bury, giving him four goals in five appearances, he won the PFA Fans Player of the Month award for October 2015 for League One.

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