| Alex Bangura (Left) | |
| Birth Date: | 13 July 1999[1] |
| Birth Place: | Mokomre, Sierra Leone[2] |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Position: | Wing-back, winger |
| Currentclub: | Middlesbrough |
| Clubnumber: | 24 |
| Youthyears1: | 2011-2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | DRL |
| Youthyears2: | 2015–2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Feyenoord |
| Years1: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Jong Cambuur |
| Caps1: | 7 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2018–2023 |
| Clubs2: | Cambuur |
| Caps2: | 106 |
| Goals2: | 5 |
| Years3: | 2023– |
| Clubs3: | Middlesbrough |
| Caps3: | 14 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2022– |
| Nationalteam1: | Sierra Leone |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 18:43, 3 December 2023 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 11:07, 9 February 2023 (UTC) |
Alex Bangura (born 13 July 1999) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a winger for club Middlesbrough and the Sierra Leone national team.
Bangura made his debut for Cambuur on 4 February 2019 away to Jong AZ. He went on to captain the side.[3]
On 1 September 2023, Middlesbrough announced the signing of Bangura on a four-year contract for £1 million. He scored his first goal for the club on 28 November 2023 in a 4–0 win against Preston North End.[4]
Born in Sierra Leone, he also holds Dutch citizenship.[5] He debuted for the Sierra Leone national team in a friendly 3–0 loss to Togo on 24 March 2022.[6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Cambuur | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 3 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 106 | 5 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 113! | 5 | |||||
| Middlesbrough | 2023–24 | EFL Championship | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 113 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 6 | |||