Macoumba Kandji
Kandji playing for HJK
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 August 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Georgia Military Bulldogs | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | Atlanta Silverbacks U23's | 8 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 28 | (13) |
| 2008 | → New York Red Bulls (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | New York Red Bulls | 36 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | Colorado Rapids | 16 | (0) |
| 2012 | Houston Dynamo | 29 | (4) |
| 2013 | Kalloni | 19 | (6) |
| 2013–2014 | Levadiakos | 12 | (0) |
| 2014 | HJK Helsinki | 24 | (6) |
| 2015 | Al-Faisaly | 10 | (2) |
| 2015 | HJK Helsinki | 5 | (0) |
| Total | 192 | (38) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 October 2015. |
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Macoumba Kandji (born 2 August 1985 in Dakar) is a Senegalese footballer most recently with HJK Helsinki of the Finnish Veikkausliiga.
Kandji was born in Senegal, raised in The Gambia, and came to the United States in 2003. He attended East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he was voted MVP in 2003 as the Men's All-State Team forward, and played college soccer at Georgia Military College, where he was selected in the All-Region team in 2004 and 2005, scoring 17 goals and providing six assists during the 2005 season.
During 2006, Kandji also impressed while playing for Atlanta Silverbacks U23's in the USL Premier Development League, scoring one goal and one assist in eight games.
Kandji joined the senior Atlanta Silverbacks team in 2007. He made his first team debut 4 August 2007 against Charleston Battery. From then on, he began to establish himself as one of the top players of the USL. During the 2008 season Kandji appeared in 21 league matches for Atlanta, registering 11 goals and 5 assists. He was named to the USL-1 Weekly Best 11 on six occasions, despite playing just one game in the final six weeks of the season due to an ankle injury.
Kandji finished the 2008 season ranked third in points (27 points, 21 games), though he missed nearly a third of the season due to injury, travel restrictions, and a loan to New York Red Bulls. During his time with the Silverbacks, Kandji was the main feature of an ESPN Soccernet article highlighting some of the USL's tops stars.
On 15 September 2008, Kandji signed with New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer on loan through the end of the 2008 MLS season. This initial loan deal involved Red Bulls paying Atlanta Silverbacks a fee of $25,000. If the loan was a success, then another fee of $150,000 would be paid for Kandji, making the total amount paid $175,000. He made his MLS debut against Colorado Rapids on 27 September 2008, where he recorded an assist.
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