Kabba-Modou Cham | |
Birth Date: | 25 December 1992 |
Birth Place: | Antwerp, Belgium |
Position: | Striker |
Youthyears1: | –2010 |
Youthclubs1: | VW Hamme |
Youthyears2: | 2010–2012 |
Youthclubs2: | K.V. Mechelen |
Youthyears3: | 2012–2013 |
Youthclubs3: | Sint-Truiden |
Years1: | 2013–2014 |
Caps1: | 9 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Years2: | 2015 |
Caps2: | ? |
Goals2: | ? |
Years3: | 2015–2016 |
Caps3: | ? |
Goals3: | ? |
Years4: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs4: | KSV Bornem |
Caps4: | ? |
Goals4: | ? |
Years5: | 2017–2018 |
Caps5: | ? |
Goals5: | ? |
Years6: | 2020- |
Caps6: | ? |
Goals6: | ? |
Nationalyears1: | 2011 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 1 January 2021 |
Kabba-Modou Cham (born 25 December 1992) is a former professional football player who last played for Royal Cappellen. Born in Belgium, he is a youth international for the Gambia.
He has also played competitively for KVV Coxyde and KSV Bornem, as well as abroad for Scottish club Greenock Morton and Mosta in Malta.
Cham started his career with various professional youth academies back home in Belgium, namely K Beerschot VA,VW Hamme,K.V. Mechelen and S.K. Beveren.He started his senior career for Sint-Truiden but left after one year to go and sign for Greenock Morton in July 2013 on a two-year contract,[1] and made his first competitive debut for Morton in a 1–0 defeat in the Scottish Challenge Cup to Annan Athletic.
Cham ingratiated himself with the Morton support after he scored a double against arch-rivals St Mirren in the Renfrewshire Cup final.[2] [3]
Cham was born in Belgium to a Greek mother and a Gambian father[4] and has elected to represent Gambia at international level. To date, he has made one appearance for the Under-20 side in a 2011 African Youth Championship group match against Nigeria.[5]
His maternal grandfather is Greek but moved to Belgium, where the striker's mother, Panayoula Kontoyannis, was born meaning that Cham is also eligible to represent Greece at international level.[6]