Sekou Bangoura (footballer)
Guinean footballer (born 2002)
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Sekou Tidiany Bangoura (born 25 April 2002) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew and the Guinea national team.
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Bangoura with the Columbus Crew in 2026 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 April 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Conakry, Guinea | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Columbus Crew | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Atlantic | |||
| 2020–2021 | İstanbul Başakşehir | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2025 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Jammerbugt (loan) | 14 | (4) |
| 2023 | → Gençlerbirliği (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Tuzlaspor (loan) | 30 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | → Kiryat Shmona (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | Kiryat Shmona | 10 | (0) |
| 2026– | Columbus Crew | 15 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Guinea U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2023 | Guinea Olympic | 3 | (0) |
| 2025– | Guinea | 1 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:38, 27 July 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:00, 16 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Club career
A youth product of the Guinean club Atlantic, Bangoura moved to the reserve team of Turkish club İstanbul Başakşehir in April 2020 for 2 years before being loaned to Danish second-tier club Jammerbugt FC in February 2022.[1][2]On the final game of the season, he scored with a long-range effort from 33 yards.[3] He was loaned to and Turkish second-tier clubs Gençlerbirliği in February 2023 and Tuzlaspor in September 2023.[4][5][6][7] On 12 July 2024, he joined Kiryat Shmona of the Israeli Premier League on a season-long loan.[8] Kiryat Shmona exercised their purchase option and signed him permanently on 16 May 2025.[9]
On 6 January 2026, Sekou signed with Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew with a contract through June 2029 and an option for a further year.[10]
International career
Bangoura was called up to the Guinea U17s for the 2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, where they finished as runners-up to Cameroon.[11] He played for the Guinea U23s at the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations.[12][13] He was a late addition for the U23s at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[14]
Bangoura was called up to the senior Guinea national team for a set of friendlies in November 2025. He scored on his debut, a 2–0 win over Liberia on 16 November 2025.[15]
