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Sandy Gbandi
Personal information
Full name	Sandy H. Gbandi Junior
Date of birth	July 12, 1983 (age 26)
Place of birth	Harbel, Liberia
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Puerto Rico Islanders
Number	15
Youth career
2003–2006	UAB Blazers
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 October, 2009.; † Appearances (Goals).;

Sandy Gbandi (born July 12, 1983 in Harbel) is a Liberian soccer player who currently plays for Puerto Rico Islanders in the USL First Division.

[edit] Career

[edit] Early life and college

Born near the Firestone rubber plantation, Gbandi and his family fled from his native Liberia to Houston, Texas following the outbreak of the First Liberian Civil War in 1989, when he was just six years old. Gbandi went on to attend Jersey Village High School, played club soccer for the Houston Dynamos and the Houston Texans as a youth, and played four years of college soccer at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Gbandi played in 56 games for UAB, scoring 10 goals and adding 14 assists. As a sophomore in 2004 he was selected First Team All-Conference USA and then was named Second Team All-Conference USA a year later.

[edit] Professional

Gbandi left school early when he was selected in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft by FC Dallas, but he never saw any first team-minutes with the team, and was waived at the end of the season.

Gbandi signed with the Puerto Rico Islanders in the USL First Division in 2008, helping the Islanders win the 2008 USL First Division regular season title and progressed to the semi finals of the CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09.

[edit] Personal

Sandy's brother, Chris Gbandi, is also a professional soccer player; they played together at FC Dallas in 2007.

[edit] Honors

[edit] Puerto Rico Islanders

USL First Division Commissioner's Cup (1): 2008

[edit] External links

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