A
young Gambian sensation from Kuntaya plying his trade in the third tier of
Spanish football has expressed his strong desire and willingness to represent
the Scorpions should they knock on his doors.
“The
Gambia is my homeland, that’s the place I am proud of, and representing The
Gambia in the biggest international competitions and winning them, is one of my
biggest dreams,” he said.
Ousman
Touray was born in The Gambia and he started playing football in his hometown
of Kuntaya when he was a small boy.
He
continued playing football in the Kombos where he was attending High school.
Shortly
before completing high school in 2010, he travelled to Spain where he continued
playing football for a small club called
Cerdanyola De Mataro, a first division league Under16, registering an
impressive score of 30 goals in just his first year at the club.
This
sensational performance in his maiden season as a soccer player in Spanish
football drew the attention of the biggest club in the city of Mataro in
Catalonia.
After
reaching an agreement with them, he was signed by C.E Mataro to play for their
youth team.
He
spent two years at the club playing against the youth teams of giant clubs like
Barcelona, Espanyol, Girona, Sabadell where he recorded an impressive score of
35 goals to his name.
Due
to his consistency and superb goal-scoring records, Ousman got promoted to the
Mataro first team in the first division regional league.
After
playing a season with the Mataro Seniors with an impressing tally of 15 goals
and 7 assists to his name in his first year at the club, Spanish 3rd division
side, Vilasar de Mar signed him to play for their first team where he is
currently playing and has continued to impress with 4 goals and 4 assists to
his name so far.
Ousman
Touray plays as a winger left and right and occasionally as a striker.
“I
have loved this game since I was a kid, and I always dream of playing at the
top level,” the young Gambian winger said, adding that he intends to play in
the European top leagues.
