Tony Sanneh
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Harry Sanneh | ||
| Date of birth | June 1, 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | St. Paul, Minnesota, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1993 | UW–Milwaukee Panthers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994 | Milwaukee Rampage | 18 | (14) |
| 1994–1996 | Chicago Power (indoor) | 43 | (31) |
| 1995–1996 | Minnesota Thunder | 24 | (18) |
| 1995–1996 | Milwaukee Wave (indoor) | 16 | (6) |
| 1996–1998 | D.C. United | 86 | (20) |
| 1999–2001 | Hertha BSC | 31 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | 1. FC Nuremberg | 52 | (5) |
| 2004 | Columbus Crew | 8 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | Chicago Fire | 31 | (0) |
| 2007 | Minnesota Thunder | 2 | (0) |
| 2007 | Colorado Rapids | 9 | (0) |
| 2009 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 13 | (0) |
| Total | 333 | (97) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–2005 | United States | 43 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 2, 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 4, 2007 |
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Anthony "Tony" Sanneh (born June 1, 1971) is a retired American soccer player who last played for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.
Tony Sanneh was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota to an African father from Gambia and an American mother from Wisconsin. He attended the St. Paul Academy and Summit School and played for the local soccer team, St. Paul Blackhawks. He graduated in 1990 having been selected twice to the All State team. He went on to play college soccer for the NCAA Division I University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Panthers in the Horizon League, where, as a striker, he became the school's all-time scoring leader, with 53 goals and 32 assists from 1990 to 1993. He was named an NCAA Second-Team All-American in 1993.
In 1994, his first year out of college, Sanneh played with USISL's Milwaukee Rampage, where he scored 14 goals and 14 assists while teaming up with Brian McBride. After Brian McBride converted Sanneh's cross for the game-winning goal in the US' opening 2002 World Cup match against Portugal, McBride referenced their partnership in the postgame interview, saying he and Sanneh had run that play "100 times with the Milwaukee Rampage." That winter, Sanneh joined the indoor soccer Chicago Power of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). He played 34 games, scoring 27 goals in the 1994–95 season. He also played goalkeeper in four games for a total of 79:15 minutes. In the 1995–96 indoor season, he played in only nine games, scoring four goals, but also played 4:19 minutes as a goalkeeper. In 1995, he played with a former UWM Panthers teammate, Manny Lagos, on the Minnesota Thunder, amassing 18 goals and 22 assists with the team. He also played the 1995–96 indoor season with the Milwaukee Wave. In 1996, midway through the inaugural MLS season, Sanneh was signed by D.C. United. Originally a forward, Tony played a variety of positions for United, mostly at right midfield. He went on to score goals in the first two MLS Cup, leading DC to consecutive titles. Sanneh ended his original MLS stay after the 1998 season, signing with Bundesliga club Hertha BSC in January 1999.
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