Jibril Bojang
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 September 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Masr | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2010 | Skeid | ||
| 2011–2013 | Vålerenga | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010 | Skeid | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | Drøbak-Frogn | ||
| 2014–2015 | Skeid | 20 | (3) |
| 2015 | Grorud | 5 | (0) |
| 2016 | Lørenskog | 8 | (1) |
| 2016 | Start | 9 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Mjøndalen | 52 | (7) |
| 2020– | Masr | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Norway U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | Norway U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019– | Gambia | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 February 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2019 | |||
Jibril Bojang (born 13 September 1994) is a football striker who currently plays for Egyptian Premier League side Masr. He was born in Norway and represented it on junior levels, before switching to Gambia on senior level.
Club career
Bojang is of Gambian descent.[1] He played youth football in Skeid, and made his first-team debut in the last match of the 2010 season. From 2011 he played junior football for Vålerenga for two and a half seasons, before joining Drøbak-Frogn in the summer of 2013. In 2014, he returned to Skeid, spending one and a half season there. In late 2015 he played for Grorud, and in early 2016 for Lørenskog. In July 2016 he was signed by top-tier club Start,[2][3][4] and made his debut in a 2–4 home loss against Vålerenga.
Bojang had featured for Vålerenga's first team in a 2013 friendly match.[5] Prior to joining Start, Bojang also negotiated a transfer with Mjøndalen IF, Kristiansund BK and Falkenbergs FF.[4] Ahead of the 2017 season, on the last day of the winter transfer window, he did join Mjøndalen IF.[6]
International
He made his Gambia national football team debut on 12 June 2019 in a friendly against Morocco, as a 62nd-minute substitute for Sulayman Bojang.[7]
External links
- Jibril Bojang at National-Football-Teams.com
References
- ^ Bah, Sulayman (20 July 2016). "Norwegian outfit signs Gambian youngster". Foroyaa. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ Vindegg, Anders (13 September 2015). "Jibril Bojang forlater Skeid" (in Norwegian). Skeid Fotball. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ Larsen, Torbjørn (23 August 2013). "Det er bare målene som avgjør". Akershus Amtstidende (in Norwegian). p. 21.
- ^ a b Goffeng, Simen (19 July 2016). "Start henter Lørenskog-spiller Jibril Bojang". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ Karlsen, Tor Kise (31 January 2013). "Ungdomsrevolusjon i VIF". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). p. 37.
- ^ Nilsen, Jostein (31 March 2017). "Start-angriper klar for MIF". Drammens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "Morocco v Gambia game report". ESPN. 12 June 2019.
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Oslo
- Norwegian people of Gambian descent
- Norwegian footballers
- Norway youth international footballers
- Gambian footballers
- The Gambia international footballers
- Association football forwards
- Skeid Fotball players
- Drøbak-Frogn IL players
- IK Start players
- Eliteserien players
- Mjøndalen IF players
- 1. divisjon players
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