Abdulai Bell-Baggie

Abdulai Hindolo Bell-Baggie (born 28 April 1992) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays as a winger for club Gosport Borough.

Bell-Baggie was born in Sierra Leone, and moved to England with his family in 1999, remaining in England with a foster family when his parents returned to Sierra Leone in 2005.

He attended Hillside and Bulmershe College in Berkshire as a youth, and became a part of the set-up at Reading at age nine.

Though he spent some time at Southampton's youth team, he returned to Reading in 2007.

He was awarded a club number in December 2009.

He joined League Two side Rotherham United on a one-month loan in March 2010, making his professional debut as a substitute on 16 March 2010 in a 2–1 defeat at Accrington Stanley, replacing Marcus Marshall a few minutes before full-time.

His first start came in a 3–0 defeat at Aldershot on 5 April, after this game the loan spell was extended until the end of the season.

However, his twelfth and final match for the club was the most significant game of his season, as he replaced Kevin Ellison late into the play-off final defeat to Dagenham and Redbridge at Wembley on 30 May 2010.

In August 2010 he was brought in by Port Vale's Micky Adams on a one-month loan to cover for Lewis Haldane, who was recovering from illness.

This move came despite an offer of another loan spell from Rotherham United, and talk of Aldershot expecting the winger to join them on loan.

After one substitute appearances he stated his aim to win a place in the starting eleven, however, he finished his loan spell with only one start – in the Football League Trophy, and four substitute appearances to his name.

At the end of November he joined Conference National high-flyers Crawley Town on loan, but only made one FA Cup appearance.

At the end of the 2010–11 season Bell-Baggie was released by Reading.

In August 2011, Bell-Baggie signed a contract with Yeovil Town to keep him at the League One club until January 2012.

In December 2011, Bell-Baggie was informed his short-term contract would not be extended and he was released without making a single appearance.

He signed with Conference club Hayes & Yeading United on 6 January, and played in the club's 3–1 defeat at Kidderminster Harriers the next day.

On 16 January his ten-day spell at the club came to an end when he was signed by Salisbury City manager Darrell Clarke.

He joined Salisbury City in January 2012, before switching to Tranmere Rovers seven months later.

In July 2012, he joined Tranmere Rovers on trial.

Manager Ronnie Moore, who was also manager during the winger's time at Rotherham, was impressed enough to offer Bell-Baggie a one-year contract, which was duly signed.

He scored two goals in 34 appearances across the 2012–13 campaign.

Born in Sierra Leone, Bell-Baggie represented both the England under-16 and England under-17 national teams before winning his first cap for Sierra Leone in 2013.

A former Reading player, he has played on loan for Rotherham United, Port Vale, and Crawley Town and was briefly contracted to Yeovil Town and Hayes & Yeading United.

Having featured regularly for the club since his arrival, he signed a new contract on 7 March 2013, keeping him at Tranmere until 2015.

Bell-Baggie played 15 games at the start of the 2013–14 season, but did not make an appearance for Rovers after November as the club suffered relegation out of League One.

He was named in the Football League team of the week for his performance in a 3–2 defeat at Accrington Stanley on 6 September 2014, having a bagged a brace in the second half.

After spending three years at Tranmere, he was released before joining Bristol Rovers in March 2015 but failed to make an appearance for the club.

He joined Stockport County in June 2015, and moved on to Poole Town in March 2016.

He was placed on the transfer list in January 2015 by new manager Micky Adams, who had previously coached him at Port Vale, before having his contract cancelled by mutual consent a month later.

In March 2015, Bell-Baggie joined Conference Premier club Bristol Rovers on a deal until the end of the 2014–15 season.

Rovers won promotion out of the play-offs, though Bell-Baggie never made an appearance for the club.

He was released at the end of the season.

In June 2015, Bell-Baggie signed for National League North side Stockport County, and was described by manager Neil Young as "an exciting and excellent" player.

He was released by new "Hatters" manager Jim Gannon in February after struggling with a series of niggling injuries.

He played four league games towards the end of the 2015–16 season as the "Dolphins" won promotion into the National League South as champions of the Southern League Premier Division.

He signed with Poole Town in March 2016.

He scored two goals in 35 league games in the 2016–17 campaign, however, Poole were barred from competing in the play-offs as Tatnam Ground did not meet National League standard regulations.

He joined Weymouth in October 2017 and helped the club to win the Southern League Premier Division title in 2018–19.

He signed with Eastleigh in June 2020 and moved on to Havant & Waterlooville 12 months later.

He signed with Salisbury in January 2022 and moved on to Gosport Borough five months later.