Sainey Sanyang

Sainey Sanyang
Personal information
Full name	Sainey Sanyang
Date of birth	18 April 2003
Place of birth	Old Jeswang, The Gambia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Left back
Team information
Current team	CSKA Sofia
Number	3
Youth career
0000–2023	Hawks FC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2023–	CSKA Sofia
2025–	CSKA Sofia II
International career‡
2023	Gambia U20
2025–	Gambia
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:12, 29 November 2025 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals as of 03:55, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Sainey Sanyang (born 18 April 2003) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Bulgarian First League club CSKA Sofia and Gambia national football team.

Career

Sanyang was transferred to CSKA Sofia during the summer of 2023.^[1]

On 5 September 2025, he earned his first cap for Gambia, playing the full 90 minutes of the 3:1 away victory over Kenya in a 2026 World Cup qualifier.^[2]^[3]

As of 29 November 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
CSKA Sofia	2023–24	First League	15	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	21	0
	2024–25		14	2	1	0	–		1	0	16	2
	2025–26		9	0	1	1	–		0	0	10	1
	Total		38	2	5	1	2	0	2	0	47	3
CSKA Sofia II	2024–25	Second League	5	1	–		–		–		5	1
	2025–26	Second League	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	Total		6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Career total			44	3	5	1	2	0	2	0	53	4

As of match played 14 October 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Gambia
Gambia	2025	6	0
Total		6	0

International

^ CSKA signed Gambian national player, cska.bg 25 June 2023
^ Jackson, Graeme (5 September 2025). "The Scorpions run riot in Nairobi". africanfootball.com. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
^ "Match log for Sainey Sanyang". soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 September 2025.