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Mustapha Carayol

Mustapha Carayol, Gambian footballer

Born
June 10, 1989
Age in 2026
37
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1989

About Mustapha Carayol

Mustapha Soon Carayol (born 4 September 1988) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a winger for National League North club Peterborough Sports. He also represented the Gambia national team. He has notably played in the EFL Championship for Middlesbrough, Brighton & Hove Albion, Huddersfield Town, Leeds United, Nottingham Forest and Ipswich Town. He also played in Cyprus and Turkey for Apollon Limassol and Adana Demirspor and in the Football League for Milton Keynes Dons, Torquay United, Lincoln City, Bristol Rovers, Gillingham and Burton Albion, as well as several spells with non-league clubs Crawley Town and Kettering Town. When Ince became manager of Milton Keynes Dons in 2007, he signed Carayol again, offering him his first professional contract. In October 2007, Carayol joined Crawley Town on loan to gain further first team experience. In his first season at Torquay United, Carayol made thirty appearances for the club and helped the club reach promotion back to League Two.

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Mustapha Carayol timeline

  1. When Ince became manager of Milton Keynes Dons in 2007, he signed Carayol again, offering him his first professional contract.
  2. In October 2007, Carayol joined Crawley Town on loan to gain further first team experience.

The world when Mustapha Carayol was born

Mustapha Carayol was born in 1989. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1989

  • #1 song"Look Away" – Chicago
  • Top movieDriving Miss Daisy
  • Top TV showRoseanne
  • Best-selling bookThe Joy Luck Club – Amy Tan

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentSan Francisco earthquake interrupts the World Series
  • Top headlineFall of the Berlin Wall signals end of the Cold War
  • Technology milestoneWorld Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee
  • Defining fadGame Boy
  • Notable inventionGame Boy
  • World population5.19 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGeorge H.W. Bush
  • Sports championOakland Athletics (World Series)
  • Also wonDetroit Pistons (NBA)
  • U.S. population246.8M

1989 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Mustapha Carayol's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19892026
Gas$1.02$3.45/gal
Average home$93,100$435,000
Average income$34,213$67,500
Minimum wage$3.35$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$3.97$11.95
Postage stamp$0.25$0.73
Population246.8M341 million

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