Yusupha Bobb (born 22 June 1996) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Gambia national team.[1]
Bobb's career started in The Gambia with local team Banjul Hawks.[2] In 2015, Bobb joined Serie A side Chievo.[1][2] On 24 July 2015, Bobb completed a loan move to Lega Pro club Cittadella, he subsequently made his Cittadella and professional debut on 2 August in a Coppa Italia match against Potenza; Cittadella won 15–0 as Bobb scored twice.[1][3] Three matches later, Bobb scored his first goal in professional league football with a strike against Pavia.[1] He suffered a serious leg injury in a match against Cuneo on 17 January 2016 and subsequently did not feature for Cittadella again prior to returning to Chievo at the end of the 2015–16 campaign.[4]
He was named on the Chievo substitutes bench on 13 August 2016 for a cup tie against Virtus Entella.[1] At the end of August, Bobb joined Taranto on loan, again in Lega Pro.[5] His debut for them came on 11 September in a goalless draw versus Siracusa.[1] In total, he played fourteen times for the club.[1] In 2017, Bobb signed for Padova of Lega Pro on loan.[4] He played five times before returning to his parent team.[1] On 12 July, ahead of the 2017–18 season, Bobb joined Reggiana on a temporary basis.[6] He was loaned out for a fifth occasion in July 2018, joining Cuneo.[1] His first goal arrived on 21 October away to Pro Piacenza, as they won 1–0.[1]
On 19 October 2019, having left Chievo, Bobb headed back to Serie C with Lecco.[7][8]
On 11 February 2021, he signed with Serie C club Livorno.[9] Following Livorno's relegation and exclusion from football, he joined Piacenza following a successful trial.[10]
Bobb has represented The Gambia at U19 and U20 level.[2] He was called up on numerous occasions to the senior squad, including twice being an unused substitute in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying games against Morocco and Ivory Coast respectively.[1] In November 2017, Bobb was called up for Gambia's friendly with Morocco.[11][12] He made his debut in a 2–0 win in Rabat.[13] He played in the 2021 Africa cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.[14][15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chievo | 2015–16 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cittadella (loan) | 2015–16 | Lega Pro | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||
| Taranto (loan) | 2016–17 | Lega Pro | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Padova (loan) | 2016–17 | Lega Pro | 4 | 0 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Reggiana (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie C | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[b] | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| Cuneo (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 3 | |
| Lecco | 2019–20 | Serie C | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |
| Livorno | 2020–21 | Serie C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Piacenza | 2021–22 | Serie C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 9 | 1 | |
| Career total | 114 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 128 | 9 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
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