Sambégou Bangoura

Football player infobox
playername = Sambégou Bangoura


fullname = Sambégou Bangoura
nickname = Sammy
height = height|ft=6
dateofbirth = birth date|1982|4|3|mf=y
cityofbirth = Conakry
countryofbirth = Guinea
currentclub = Panserraikos
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2000–2004
2004–2005
2005–2007
2007
2007–
2008
2008-
clubs = Lokeren
Standard Liège
Stoke City
→FC Brussels "(loan)"
Boavista F.C.
→Cádiz CF "(loan)"
→Panserraikos "(loan)"
caps(goals) = 58 (40)
50 (21)
28 (9)
? (?)
6 (3)
0 (0)
nationalyears = 2004-
nationalteam = Guinea
nationalcaps(goals) = 11 (3)
pcupdate = 17:55, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 11 October 2006

Sambégou Bangoura (born April 3, 1982 in Conakry) is a Guinean football player, currently playing for Panserraikos in Greece.

Bangoura, who primarily played for clubs in Belgium, also had a stint in The Championship (second division) side Stoke City, transferred for 1.25 million euros in August 2005, a club record fee at that time. He was signed by then-Stoke manager Johan Boskamp. Sambégou played basketball in his native Guinea before becoming a professional football player.

He was part of the Guinean 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition, before losing 2-1 in the quarter finals to Mali. Bangoura played again in the 2006 African Nations Cup, with a prominent role in the country's three group wins before the team was knocked out in the quarter finals by Senegal in a match which ended 3-2. He failed to turn up at Stoke City after the tournament, as he stayed in Guinea due to "family problems". He later returned, however he only managed to get on the score sheet once in the remainder of 2005-06 season. Bangoura was fined two weeks wage for this misconduct.

In June 2006, he did not return to pre-season training for Stoke and a club statement confirmed that Bangoura would be fined on his eventual return. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/5198588.stm Bangoura facing heavy punishment] ]

On 4 August 2006, one day before club's first game against Southend United, he returned to The Potters. He claimed the reason for his late arrival was that he could not get a passport for his young daughter, who had to remain in Guinea. Bangoura had to "work hard" in order to impress then-Stoke manager Tony Pulis and work his way back into favour at the club. "Sammy" played his first full 90 minutes of football in a reserve match against Shrewsbury Town. Bangoura was handed his first start of the season against Burnley FC, however he lasted only 43 minutes before limping off due to injury. He failed to cement a starting place, and speculations for a loan or permanent move arose.

Bangoura joined FC Brussels on a 6-month loan on 11 January 2007, in the hope to get first team action. The personal problems he had experienced in England continued in Belgium. After that, Bangoura once again failed to turn up for pre-season at Stoke City; his whereabouts were unknown.

In 13 August 2007, Bangoura was presented as a new Boavista F.C. player. The transfer cost the Portuguese side £270,000 up front with a further £100,000 after a scoring bonus. In addition, Stoke City will receive 20% of any future fee. cite news
title = Sambegou sold
url = http://www.stokecityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~1091263,00.html
publisher = Stoke Official Website
date = 2007-08-14
accessdate = 2007-08-14] He would not last long, as he joined Spain's Cádiz CF (second division) on loan, during the January transfer window.

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