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title: "Abdoulie Ceesay announced as St. Pauli player"
date: 2025-01-03T19:52:28Z
lang: en
author: "Morten Palu"
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# Abdoulie Ceesay announced as St. Pauli player
![](https://i0.wp.com/balticfootballnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1735913205-e1736020469303.jpg?resize=729%2C486&ssl=1)Photo: St. Pauli

Abdoulie Ceesay.

**[Paide Linnameeskond](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=987) have announced in a press release, that 20-year old Abdoulie Ceesay has left the club to join St. Pauli in the German Bundesliga.**

Sitting at 14th place in the **Bundesliga**, **FC St. Pauli** have bought the playing rights from **Paide Linnameeskond** for the Gambian striker.

Joining the [Estonian Men’s 2024 Player of the Year and national team captain Karol Mets](https://balticfootballnews.com/?p=4312), Ceesay developed his game a lot in the half a season spent in Estonia. In the **[Premium Liiga](https://balticfootballnews.com/?page_id=1224)**, Ceesay scored 13 goals in 15 appearances, also finding the back of the net in European fixtures against **Bala Town** (Wales), **Stjarnan** (Iceland) and **Häcken** (Sweden). The young striker’s performances earned him a call up to the **Gambian national team**, where he scored his first ever national team goal in a win against **Tunisia**.

With a 113-year history, **FC St. Pauli** rejoined the **Bundesliga** after a 13-year absence in the spring of 2024, after finishing first in **Bundesliga 2**. The team plays their home games at Millerntor-Stadion (capacity almost 30 000) and are city rivals with **Hamburg SV**.

**Abdoulie Ceesay stated in his farewell message, that he is extremely thankful for the opportunity to make such a big next step in his career.**

> _“Thank you, team mates, coaches, and the board. I am thanking you for the time that we shared together, the belief shown in me and for the opportunity to show myself in Europe. I would also like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all the people in my home country the Gambia, who have helped raise me and developed me as a footballer. Thank you to my family, my friends and my home club_ **_Real de Banjul._** _I hope that I can make you all, in Paide or in Gambia, glad, I will give my everything for it in Germany. Thank you!_“

**Source:** [https://www.instagram.com/p/DEXbXZqtU40/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link](https://www.instagram.com/p/DEXbXZqtU40/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)