Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mustapha Soon Carayol[1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 September 1988 [2] | ||
Place of birth | Banjul, Gambia | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Burton Albion | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
Swindon Town | |||
Macclesfield Town | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2008 | Milton Keynes Dons | 0 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Crawley Town (loan) | 25 | (2) |
2008–2010 | Torquay United | 50 | (6) |
2009 | → Kettering Town (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Lincoln City | 33 | (3) |
2011–2012 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | (4) |
2012–2016 | Middlesbrough | 50 | (11) |
2015 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 15 | (3) |
2016 | → Leeds United (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2016–2018 | Nottingham Forest | 34 | (2) |
2018 | Ipswich Town | 8 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Apollon Limassol | 14 | (2) |
2019–2020 | Adana Demirspor | 8 | (1) |
2021–2022 | Gillingham | 22 | (1) |
2022– | Burton Albion | 52 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2015– | Gambia | 7 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:48, 26 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:58, 27 April 2019 (UTC) |
Mustapha Soon Carayol (born 4 September 1988) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Burton Albion and the Gambia national team.
He has notably played in the EFL Championship for Middlesbrough, Brighton & Hove Albion, Huddersfield Town, Leeds United, Nottingham Forest and Ipswich Town. He also played in Cyprus and Turkey for Apollon Limassol and Adana Demirspor and in the Football League for Milton Keynes Dons, Torquay United, Lincoln City, Bristol Rovers and Gillingham, as well as several spells with non-league clubs Crawley Town and Kettering Town.