USL Charleston Battery

Battery Adds Midfielder Amadou Sanyang

Published on April 6, 2012 under United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Charleston Battery News Release


Charleston, SC. The Charleston Battery has signed Gambian midfielder Amadou Sanyang. Originally signed at age 17 by Major League Soccer's Toronto FC, Sanyang comes to the Battery after spending the 2011 season with MLS's Seattle Sounders.

Sanyang made his debut for Toronto on his 18th birthday and played in 21 MLS regular season games over three seasons with Toronto and Seattle.

A native of Bakau, The Gambia, Sanyang, 6-0, 165 lbs., 20 yrs., began his professional career in 2007 with Gambia's Real de Banjul. He helped lead the City Boys to the Gambian first division championship and was named the league's top midfielder that year. Sanyang has also represented Gambia internationally at the U-17 and U-20 levels.

"Sanyang came to us via Seattle and we are very pleased to have him as he has a tremendous upside in the central midfield. He is coded as a defensive midfielder but we will also look for him to come forward and score a few goals on free kicks." said Mike Anhaeuser, Battery Head Coach.

Battery opens season in Richmond on Saturday - listen live on 1340 AM

The Charleston Battery heads to Richmond, VA to take on the Richmond Kickers Saturday afternoon in the opening game of the 2012 USL PRO season; kick off is set for 5 PM. The game will be broadcast live on 1340 AM with a simultaneous audio stream also available at www.charlestonbattery.com. Fans can also follow the teams progress via the Charleston Battery twitter feed chas_battery.

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