Julius Wobay

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Julius Wobay
Personal information
Full name Julius Gibrilla Wobay
Date of birth (1984-05-19) 19 May 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 East End Lions
2003–2004 Onisilos Sotira 12 (3)
2004–2007 Nea Salamis Famagusta FC 61 (24)
2007–2010 Universitatea Craiova 103 (12)
2010 Aris Limassol (loan) 5 (1)
2011 Khazar Lankaran 19 (5)
2012 Al-Masry 0 (0)
2012–2015 Neftchi Baku 58 (15)
2013–2014 Al Shaab (loan) 12 (1)
International career
2001– Sierra Leone 40 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 April 2015

Julius Gibrilla Wobay (born 19 May 1984 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) nickname Gibo, is a Sierra Leonean International footballer. He is a midfielder most recently for Neftchi Baku PFK in the Azerbaijan Premier League and for the Leone Stars, Sierra Leone national football team.

Football career

East End Lions

Julius Gibrilla Wobay was born and raised in Freetown, Sierra Leone to parents from the Mende ethnic group.[citation needed] He attended the Ahmadiyya Muslim Secondary School in Freetown.[citation needed] He began his professional football career in his native Sierra Leone with East End Lions in the Sierra Leone National Premier League.

Cyprus

After the 2003 season, Wobay left the Sierra Leone National Premier League and signed with Cyprus side Onisilos Sotira where he played 12 matches and scored three goals. Then Wobay signed with Nea Salamis Famagusta FC, a club in Cyprus top division.

Universitatea Craiova

In January 2007, Wobay moved to Romanian Liga I side Universitatea Craiova on a four and a half year contract from Cypriot club Nea Salamina FC for $450k.[1]

Aris Limassol

Three years after his movement from Salamina to Craiova, Wobay comes back (on a loan until the end of the season) to Cyprus but this time for Aris Limassol. On 20/1 he signed his contract with Cypriot side.[citation needed] The deal doesn't include a summer buying option for Aris Limassol.[citation needed]

Khazar Lankaran

After returning to Universitatea Craiova for the first half of the 2010–11 season, Wobay went on to sign a two-year contract with Khazar Lankaran in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the winter break.[2] Wobay went on to make 26 appearances for Khazar, scoring 6 goals.[3]

Al-Masry

On 31 January 2012, Wobay signed for Al-Masry of Egypt on a contract till the end of 2011-12 season, and was in the stands watching his new club as the Port Said Stadium riot unfolded.[4]

Neftchi Baku

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Julius Wobay in action during a match against Internazionale in 2012.

During the summer of 2012 Wobay signed a one-year contract with Neftchi Baku.[5] Wobay made his club debut in their 3-0 UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round 1st leg match against Zestafoni, scoring the second goal.[6] Wobay followed this up with a goal in the 2nd leg[7] and one in their 6-2 aggregate defeat to Ironi Kiryat Shmona in the third round,[8] which saw them knocked into the UEFA Europa League play off round where Wobay also scored[9] to help Neftchi reach the Group Stage of the UEFA Europa League for the first time. During the 2012–2013 season Wobay played in 31 league games, scoring 8 goals, and 5 cup games to help Neftchi win a 2013 League and Cup double.

Wobay has signed a new contract with Neftchi in June 2013,[10] before moving on loan to Al Shabab of the UAE Arabian Gulf League on a year-long loan in July 2013.[11] Wobay was deregistered by Al Shabab during the 2014 January transfer window.[12]

International

On 14 February 2001 Woobay made his debut for the Sierra Leone national team in a 2002 Fifa World Cup qualifier against Liberia in a match played in the Liberian capital of Monrovia.[citation needed]

Career statistics

As of 7 October 2014
Club statistics[13]
Season Club League League Cup Continental Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
2003–04 Onisilos Sotira Cypriot First Division 12 3 - 12 3
2004–05 Nea Salamis Famagusta 25 9 - 25 9
2005–06 22 11 - 22 11
2006–07 14 4 - 14 4
2006–07 Universitatea Craiova Liga I 14 0 - 14 0
2007–08 31 4 - 31 4
2008–09 28 3 - 28 3
2009–10 14 2 - 14 2
2009–10 Aris Limassol (loan) Cypriot First Division 5 1 - 5 1
2010–11 Universitatea Craiova Liga I 15 3 3 1 - 18 4
2010–11 Khazar Lankaran Azerbaijan Premier League 11 2 5 1 0 0 16 4
2011–12 8 3 0 0 2 0 10 3
2011–12 Al-Masry Egyptian Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012–13 Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan Premier League 31 8 5 0 12 4 48 12
2013–14 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2013–14 Al Shabab (loan) UAE Arabian Gulf League 12 1 3 1 - 15 2
2014–15 Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan Premier League 27 7 5 1 6 1 38 9
Total Cyprus 78 28 78 28
Romania 102 12 3 1 0 0 105 13
Azerbaijan 77 20 15 2 21 5 113 27
Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
UAE 12 1 3 1 0 0 15 2
Total 269 61 18 3 21 5 308 69

Honours

Khazar Lankaran
Neftchi Baku

References

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