Ibrahima Sonko is a Senegalese international football player who currently features for the English Premier League club Stoke City. He plays as a central defender and is the cousin of Bacary Sagna, who currently plays for Arsenal.

Ibrahima Sonko started his professional club career at French club Grenoble. He had moved to France when he was six month and 14 days old. He played for Grenoble between 1999 and 2002 and scored 2 goals in 43 league matches.

He joined Brentford in England in 2002 and played for them for two years, scoring 8 goals in 80 league matches. In 2004 he was signed by Reading on a free transfer and played for the Royals for four seasons and spent two seasons in the Premier League for Reading. He scored a total of 8 goals in 127 league matches for Reading.

Position Defender
Born 22 Jan 1981
Nationality Senegal Senegal
Team History
Harlow Town F.C. 2015 - 2018
Akhisar Belediyespor 2012 - 2015
435 ipswich town fc Ipswich 2011 - 2012
83 portsmouth fc Portsmouth 2010 - 2011 (loan)
429 stoke city fc Stoke City 2008 - 2011
436 hull city afc Hull City 2009 - 2010 (loan)
85 reading fc Reading 2004 - 2008
532 brentford fc Brentford 2002 - 2004
Grenoble Foot 38 Grenoble Foot 38 1999 - 2002

In his first season in the Premiership (2006-2007), Sonko was caught in several controversies. One of them was on October 14,2006 when his challenge left Chelsea custodian Carlo Cudicini unconscious. On December 22 of that year, he admitted to having death threats over that incident.

In the summer of 2008, after Reading had been relegated from the Premiership, Ibrahima Sonko signed for Stoke City for a transfer fee of 2 million pounds.

Ibrahima Sonko made his international debut for Senegal in 2008 and has played 3 matches for his nation so far, scoring 1 goal. His debut for Senegal was against Namibia in Dakar on January 12,2008.

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