| Born: 9th May
1989 in Islington. Previous clubs: Crystal Palace,
Weymouth and Bromley.
Signed: January
2009.
Moses Swaibu is
one of the many players who have joined Lincoln
City after being spotted playing in non-league
football.
Swaibu began his
career at Crystal Palace aged 16 after being
spotted playing in a school's team. He became one
of the many promising young players that Crystal
Palace had around 2006; players that included
John Bostock. Despite tough competition, Swaibu
was awarded the Scholar of the Year and Vice
Presidents Young Player Of The Year for the
2006/07 season and seemed destined for great
things at Crystal Palace.
Swaibu graduated
from the youth team by accepting a one-year
professional contract for the 2007/08 season.
However, the Crystal Palace management decided
that Swaibu would benefit from a loan spell, so
loaned him to Conference club Weymouth in
February 2008 but he made just one appearance.
In May 2008, and
without making a single appearance for Crystal
Palace, Swaibu was released. He immediately
joined Gillingham on trial but was not taken on.
He failed to find a professional club so in
September 2008, Swaibu signed for non-league
Bromley on non-contract terms. While at Bromley,
he was spotted by Lincoln City's talent scouts
and invited for a trial in January 2009. It was a
successful trial and he was rewarded with a
contract until the end of the season.
With Lincoln short
of fit centre-halves, Swaibu was given a first
team place and he made his Football League debut
against Morecambe in February 2009. The departure
of Lincoln City's Frank Sinclair in March 2009
vacated a central defensive position to partner
Janos Kovacs. Swaibu grabbed his opportunity and
made several impressive performances; as the
season drew to a close both he and Kovacs were
showing signs of developing a good partnership
that was improving both player's abilities.
Although he only
became a first team regular at Lincoln in March
2009, Swaibu was named as the Young Player of the
Season for 2008/09. His reward was a new two-year
contract that will keep him at Lincoln City FC
until at least 2011 unless another club buys him
first, which cannot be ruled out if he continues
his excellent form into the 2009/10 season.
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