Tuesday 13 June 2017

BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY - AFRO-SIERRA LEONEAN " JULIUS WOBAY " IS AN INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALLER WHO PLAYS AS AN ATTACKING MIDFIELDER - GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY J Julius Wobay
Julius Wobay
Personal information
Full name Julius Gibrilla Wobay
Date of birth 19 May 1984 (age 33)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 East End Lions
2003–2004 Onisilos Sotira 12 (3)
2004–2007 Nea Salamis Famagusta FC 61 (24)
2007–2010 Universitatea Craiova 102 (12)
2010 → Aris Limassol (loan) 5 (1)
2011 Khazar Lankaran 19 (5)
2012 Al-Masry 0 (0)














































































































































2012–2015 Neftchi Baku 58 (15)
2013–2014 → Al Shaab (loan) 12 (1)
2016–2017 Olimpija Ljubljana 33 (3)
National team‡
2001– Sierra Leone 29 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2017
Julius Gibrilla Wobay (born 19 May 1984) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Contents
1 Football career
1.1 East End Lions
1.2 Cyprus
1.3 Universitatea Craiova
1.4 Aris Limassol
1.5 Khazar Lankaran
1.6 Al-Masry
1.7 Neftchi Baku
1.8 Olimpija
2 International
3 Career statistics
3.1 International goals
4 Honours
Football career
East End Lions
Julius Gibrilla Wobay was born and raised in Freetown, Sierra Leone to parents from the Mende ethnic group.[citation needed] He attended the Ahmadiyya Muslim Secondary School in Freetown.[citation needed] He began his professional football career in his native Sierra Leone with East End Lions in the Sierra Leone National Premier League.

Cyprus[edit]
After the 2003 season, Wobay left the Sierra Leone National Premier League and signed with Cyprus side Onisilos Sotira where he played 12 matches and scored three goals. Then Wobay signed with Nea Salamis Famagusta FC, a club in Cyprus top division.

Universitatea Craiova[edit]
In January 2007, Wobay moved to Romanian Liga I side Universitatea Craiova on a four and a half year contract from Cypriot club Nea Salamina FC for $450k.[1]

Aris Limassol
Three years after his movement from Salamina to Craiova, Wobay comes back (on a loan until the end of the season) to Cyprus but this time for Aris Limassol. On 20/1 he signed his contract with Cypriot side.[citation needed] The deal doesn't include a summer buying option for Aris Limassol.[citation needed]

Khazar Lankaran
After returning to Universitatea Craiova for the first half of the 2010–11 season, Wobay went on to sign a two-year contract with Khazar Lankaran in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the winter break.[2] Wobay went on to make 26 appearances for Khazar, scoring 6 goals.[3]

Al-Masry
On 31 January 2012, Wobay signed for Al-Masry of Egypt on a contract till the end of 2011-12 season, and was in the stands watching his new club as the Port Said Stadium riot unfolded.[4]

Neftchi Baku

Julius Wobay in action during a match against Internazionale in 2012.
During the summer of 2012 Wobay signed a one-year contract with Neftchi Baku.[5] Wobay made his club debut in their 3–0 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 1st leg match against Zestafoni, scoring the second goal.[6] Wobay followed this up with a goal in the second leg[7] and one in their 6–2 aggregate defeat to Ironi Kiryat Shmona in the third round,[8] which saw them knocked into the UEFA Europa League play off round where Wobay also scored[9] to help Neftchi reach the Group Stage of the UEFA Europa League for the first time. During the 2012–13 season Wobay played in 31 league games, scoring eight goals, and five cup games to help Neftchi win a 2013 League and Cup double.

Wobay has signed a new contract with Neftchi in June 2013,[10] before moving on loan to Al Shabab of the UAE Arabian Gulf League on a year-long loan in July 2013.[11] Wobay was deregistered by Al Shabab during the 2014 January transfer window.[12]

Olimpija
On 29 January 2016 Wobay signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Slovenian club Olimpija Ljubljana.[13]

International
On 14 February 2001 Woobay made his debut for the Sierra Leone national team in a 2002 Fifa World Cup qualifier against Liberia in a match played in the Liberian capital of Monrovia.[citation needed]

Career statistics
As of 7 October 2014.
Club statistics[14]
Season Club League League Cup Continental Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
2003–04 Onisilos Sotira Cypriot First Division 12 3 – 12 3
2004–05 Nea Salamis Famagusta 25 9 – 25 9
2005–06 22 11 – 22 11
2006–07 14 4 – 14 4
2006–07 Universitatea Craiova Liga I 14 0 – 14 0
2007–08 31 4 – 31 4
2008–09 28 3 – 28 3
2009–10 14 2 – 14 2
2009–10 Aris Limassol (loan) Cypriot First Division 5 1 – 5 1
2010–11 Universitatea Craiova Liga I 15 3 3 1 – 18 4
2010–11 Khazar Lankaran Azerbaijan Premier League 11 2 5 1 0 0 16 4
2011–12 8 3 0 0 2 0 10 3
2011–12 Al-Masry Egyptian Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012–13 Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan Premier League 31 8 5 0 12 4 48 12
2013–14 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2013–14 Al Shabab (loan) UAE Arabian Gulf League 12 1 3 1 – 15 2
2014–15 Neftchi Baku Azerbaijan Premier League 27 7 5 1 6 1 38 9
Total Cyprus 78 28 78 28
Romania 102 12 3 1 0 0 105 13
Azerbaijan 77 20 15 2 21 5 113 27
Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
UAE 12 1 3 1 0 0 15 2
Total 269 61 18 3 21 5 308 69
International goals
Scores and results list Sierra Leone's goal tally first.[15]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 24 March 2007 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Togo 1–2 1–3 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2. 10 June 2017 National Stadium, Freetown, Sierra Leone Kenya 1–0 2–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
Honours
Khazar Lankaran
Azerbaijan Cup: 2010–11
Neftchi Baku
Azerbaijan Premier League: 2012–13
Azerbaijan Cup: 2012–13
Olimpija Ljubljana
Slovenian First League: 2015–16

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