Personal information | |||
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Full name | Momodou Lamin Sonko | ||
Date of birth | 31 January 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Gent | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2019 | Västra Frölunda | ||
2020–2022 | Häcken | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2024 | Häcken | 25 | (7) |
2024– | Gent | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2022 | Sweden U17 | 6 | (0) |
2022– | Sweden U19 | 8 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:44, 3 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2023 |
Momodou Lamin Sonko (born 31 January 2005) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Belgian club Gent as a forward.
Momodou Sonko played with Västra Frölunda in Gothenburg,[1] before moving to BK Häcken in 2020.[2] There he quickly appeared as one of the most promising youth players of the club.[3][4][5]
Sonko signed his first long-term professional contract with the Allsvenskan club in May 2022.[2][6] His professional debut for Häcken followed on the 30 August 2022, starting in a 2–1 Cup victory against Älmhult.[4][7]
He made his Allsvenskan debut on 2 October 2022, replacing Erik Friberg during a 1–1 away draw to Varbergs BoIS.[8][9]
At the end of the season he was fully promoted to the first team, after he helped them win their first ever national championship.[9][10]
He took the spotlight right at the start of the 2023 season, scoring a goal and delivering an assist, as he started a 5–0 win home Cup win to Jönköpings Södra.[5][11]
On 29 January 2024, two days before his 19th birthday, Momodou signed a contract at KAA Gent until 2028.[12]He broke the club's record transfer spending with a fee of around 8 million euro. [13]
Born in Sweden, Sonko is of Gambian descent.[14] He is a youth international for Sweden, having played with the under-17[2] and under-18[15] selections.
BK Häcken
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
BK Häcken | 2022 | Allsvenskan | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | |||
2023 | Allsvenskan | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 9[b] | 3 | — | 31 | 11 | |||
Total | 23 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 14 |