Omar Colley

Gambian clubs

Colley started out playing youth football with Wallidan FC who are a part of his home country's top flight GFA League First Division. After he started playing for the first team he trialed with Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City on two occasions in 2010 and 2011. The Americans wanted to sign Colley but refused to pay any form of transfer fee or training compensation to his Gambian club. Wallidans founder called their offer "out of touch with modern football" and "an insult to the local clubs" so Colley instead moved to Real de Banjul where he helped the team become Gambian champions in 2012.

KuPS

In January 2013, he signed a two-year contract with Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) in Finnish Veikkausliiga. During the time between his two seasons in Finland he trialed with a couple of 2. Bundesliga clubs and Arminia Bielefeld made an offer to buy Colley. An agreement was not reached however as they could not agree on the transfer fee. As his contract with the Finnish club was nearing the end Colley was described as "perhaps our best foreign signing ever" by the KuPS club president.

Djurgårdens IF and Genk

In August 2014, Colley signed a three-year contract with Swedish side Djurgårdens IF, starting the first of January 2015. He played his debut game for the club on 22 February 2015 against Ängelholms FF in the Swedish Cup. On 12 August 2016, Colley travelled to Belgium to complete a medical with top-tier club K.R.C. Genk and by…

Colley was part of the Gambia national under-17 football team that won the 2009 African U-17 Championship as well as the Gambia national under-20 football team that played in the 2011 African Youth Championship. In 2012, he made his debut for the senior Gambia national team in a friendly game against Angola. He played in the 2021 Africa cup of Nations, his national team's first continental tournament, where they made a sensational quarter-final.

Club

As of 10 April 2025

International

As of match played 29 May 2026

As of match played 29 May 2026. Gambia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Colley goal.

Beşiktaş

Turkish Cup: 2023–24 Turkish Super Cup: 2024 Gambia U17

African U-17 Championship: 2009