Mohamed Eisa


Mohamed Mamoun Eisa is a Sudanese professional footballer who plays for English club Peterborough United, as a striker.

Early life

Born in Khartoum, Sudan, Eisa's family moved to Camden, London when he was nine years old.

Career

After playing with the Pro Touch Soccer Academy, Eisa had unsuccessful trials at Norwich City, Southend United and Oxford United. He spent his early career in non-league football with Dartford, Leatherhead, VCD Athletic, Corinthian and Greenwich Borough. At Greenwich he scored 57 goals in 100 appearances in all competitions before leaving the club in June 2017.

Cheltenham Town

He signed for Cheltenham Town on 7 July 2017 on an initial one-year deal. After breaking into the first-team, in August 2017 Eisa signed a contract extension with the club until 2020. On 24 March 2018, Eisa equalled Cheltenham's record for 20 league goals in a season. On 6 April 2018, Eisa won the EFL League Two Player Of The Month Award.
During the 2017–18 season he scored 25 goals for Cheltenham Town in all competitions, including 23 in EFL League Two. His goalscoring saw him break Cheltenham's record for the most goals scored in a season. In April 2018 he was nominated for the EFL League Two Player of the Season award. At the club's end of season award, Eisa won the Supporters' Player Of The Year, Players' Player Of The Year and the Sponsors' Player Of The Year awards.

Bristol City

During the 2018 pre-season he was linked with a transfer to Brentford, Leeds United and Portsmouth. He signed for Bristol City on 23 July 2018. He made six appearances for the club.

Peterborough United

On 1 June 2019, Eisa signed for EFL League One side Peterborough United for a club record fee. By 22 November 2019 he had scored 12 of Peterborough's 39 league goals.

Personal life

His brother Abo is also a professional footballer.

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