Joseph

Ceesay

RB Empoli #15

Right-Back – Midfielder

Joseph Ceesay

Empoli Serie B

#1645 full-back aged 26–29

Date of birth / Age: 3 Jun 1998 (28)
Citizenship: GambiaSweden
Foot: Right
Height · Weight: 1.84 m / 78 kg
Main position: Right-Back
Contract until: 2027

Benchmarks

full-backs with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#4963

full-back in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#1645

among full-backs aged 26–29

In his league

11%

of Serie B full-backs rank below him

Finishing

+0.6

goals above expected · better than 69% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

3 Expected

2.4

36 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

4 Expected

Teammates converted fewer of his chances than expected.

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 31
Starting eleven: 16
Goals: 3
Assists: 0
Yellow cards: 2
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,632

Starting eleven52%

16 of 31 appearances

Minutes played1,632

53 per appearance

Goal involvement3

3 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

212 matches · since 2017

DMCMCBCFLBRWLWAMRB

Position	Apps	G	A
Right-Back	88	0	5
Attacking Midfield	36	5	3
Left Winger	35	5	5
Right Winger	31	2	3
Other · LB, CF, CB, CM, DM	22	2	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Serie B	Empoli	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	117
2025/26	Serie B	Empoli	30	16	3	0	2	0	0	1,584
2025/26	Coppa Italia	Empoli	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	48
2024/25	Serie B	Cesena	29	16	0	3	4	1	0	1,420
2024/25	Coppa Italia	Cesena	2	1	1	–	0	–	0	80
2024	Allsvenskan	IFK Norrköping	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	475
2026	CAF World Cup Qualifiers	Gambia	5	4	0	–	3	–	0	335
2025	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	Gambia	5	5	0	–	2	–	0	431
2023	Allsvenskan	Malmö FF	19	13	0	1	1	0	0	1,140
2022/23	UEFA Europa League	Malmö FF	8	6	1	–	0	–	0	541
2022/23	Svenska Cupen	Malmö FF	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	217
2021/22	Ekstraklasa	Lechia Gdańsk	22	20	0	1	2	0	0	1,564
2022	Allsvenskan	Malmö FF	10	6	0	0	1	0	0	611
2020/21	Ekstraklasa	Lechia Gdańsk	11	7	1	0	3	0	0	535
2020/21	Cup	Lechia Gdańsk	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	63
2020	Allsvenskan	Helsingborg	19	18	0	1	6	0	0	1,532
2019	Superettan	Dalkurd	26	24	6	5	6	0	0	2,116
2018/19	Svenska Cupen	Dalkurd	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	270
2018	Superettan	Brage	10	6	2	–	2	–	0	594
2018	Superettan	Frej	9	2	0	–	1	–	0	264
2017/18	Svenska Cupen	Frej	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2017	Play-offs 2/3	Frej	1	0	0	–	1	–	0	19
2017	Superettan	Frej	11	8	1	1	1	0	0	662
2017	Ettan	Vasalund	3	3	1	–	1	–	0	264
2017	UEFA U19 Championship	Sweden U19	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			238	171	17	13^*	37	1^*	1	15,062

By competition	Apps	G	A
Serie B	61	3	3
Superettan	56	9	6
Allsvenskan	54	0	3
Ekstraklasa	33	1	1
Gambia	10	0	–
UEFA Europa League	8	1	–
Svenska Cupen	7	0	–
Coppa Italia	3	1	–
Ettan	3	1	–
Cup	1	1	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2025 Jul 2025 · Transfer Malmö FF Empoli Transfer
Jun 2025 Jun 2025 · Back from Loan Cesena Malmö FF Back from Loan
Jul 2024 Jul 2024 · Loan Malmö FF Cesena Loan Loan
Jul 2024 Jul 2024 · Back from Loan IFK Norrköping Malmö FF Back from Loan
Mar 2024 Mar 2024 · Loan Malmö FF IFK Norrköping Loan Loan
Jul 2022 Jul 2022 · Transfer Lechia Gdańsk Malmö FF Transfer €300K
Jan 2021 Jan 2021 · Transfer Helsingborg Lechia Gdańsk Transfer
Jan 2020 Jan 2020 · Transfer Djurgården Helsingborg Transfer
Dec 2019 Dec 2019 · Back from Loan Dalkurd Djurgården Back from Loan
Jan 2019 Jan 2019 · Loan Djurgården Dalkurd Loan Loan
Dec 2018 Dec 2018 · Back from Loan Brage Djurgården Back from Loan
Aug 2018 Aug 2018 · Loan Djurgården Brage Loan Loan

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Empoli 2025–2027 33 3
Cesena 2024 31 1
IFK Norrköping 2024 6 0
Malmö FF 2022–2023 40 1
Lechia Gdańsk 2020–2022 34 2
Helsingborg 2020 19 0
Dalkurd 2018–2019 29 6
Frej 2017–2018 22 1

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