Alex Bangura

Alex Bangura
Bangura, 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-07-13) 13 July 1999[1]
Place of birth Mokomre, Sierra Leone[2]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Middlesbrough
Number 24
Youth career
2011-2015 DRL
2015–2018 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Jong Cambuur 7 (1)
2018–2023 Cambuur 106 (5)
2023– Middlesbrough 27 (3)
International career‡
2022– Sierra Leone 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:25, 25 April 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 11:07, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

Alex Bangura (born 13 July 1999) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a winger for EFL Championship club Middlesbrough and the Sierra Leone national team.

Club career

Cambuur

Bangura made his debut for Cambuur on 4 February 2019 away to Jong AZ.[2] He went on to captain the side.[3]

Middlesbrough

On 1 September 2023, Middlesbrough announced the signing of Bangura on a four-year contract for £1 million.[3] He scored his first goal for the club on 28 November 2023 in a 4–0 win against Preston North End.[4] Bangura was out for the whole 2024/25 season with injury.[5]

International career

Born in Sierra Leone, he also holds Dutch citizenship.[6] He debuted for the Sierra Leone national team in a friendly 3–0 loss to Togo on 24 March 2022.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 December 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cambuur 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 13010——140
2019–20 Eerste Divisie 10110——200
2020–21 Eerste Divisie 24020——260
2021–22 Eredivisie 27310——283
2022–23 Eredivisie 29120——311
2023–24 Eerste Divisie 3000——30
Total 106570——1135
Middlesbrough 2023–24 EFL Championship 710010—81
Career total 11367010001236
  1. ↑ Includes KNVB Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup

References

  1. 1 2 "Alex Bangura". worldfootball.net. Heim Spiel. Archived from the original on 16 February 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 "? In de spotlight: Alex Bangura" (in Dutch). SC Cambuur. 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 FC, Middlesbrough (1 September 2023). "Alex Bangura Joins The Boro". Middlesbrough FC. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Middlesbrough 4-0 Preston". BBC. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "#24 Alex Bangura". Middlesbrough FC. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Alex Bangura" (in Dutch). SC Cambuur. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Breaking: Leone Stars Suffers Heavy Defeat to Togo. Checkout Full Time Scores". 24 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Alex Bangura at Soccerway
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