Tijan Jaiteh

Tijan Jaiteh
Personal information
Full name	Tijan Jaiteh
Date of birth	31 December 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Bwiam, Gambia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Gambia Ports Authority
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2012	Brann
2011	→ Randers (loan)
2012–2013	Sandefjord
2014	Sandnes Ulf
2015	Koper
2016-	KuPS
International career‡
	Gambia U17
	Gambia U20
2007–	Gambia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 March 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 October 2015

Tijan Jaiteh (born 31 December 1988) is a Gambian footballer. He was captain of Gambia's international youth team for a number of years.^[1]

Club career

In 2005, Jaiteh, along with three of his countrymen, came to Bergen on a trial for the Norwegian Premier League club SK Brann. The club secured exclusive rights to buy all four of the young Gambians. In October 2006 it became clear that only Jaiteh passed the bar, and he joined SK Brann in January 2007.^[2] He won the Norwegian Premier League with Brann the same year.

31 January 2011 he was loaned out to Randers until the end of 2011, but he had his loan cut short after disappearing from the club in August.^[3]

On 18 March 2012 he signed a one year contract with Sandefjord.

International

Jaiteh competed in the 2007 African Youth Championship where Gambia finished third and got qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Jaiteh was part of Gambian U-20 team at both tournaments, and Gambia ended knocked out by Austria in the Round of 16 at U-20 World cup.^[4]

Honours

Norway

Norwegian Premier League: 2007

International

African Under-17 Championship: 2005

References

^ "Pride of The Gambia - Tijan Jaiteh - Daily Observer". Observer.gm. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
^ "Brann henter gambier". Vg.no. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
^ "-Tijan Jaiteh har forsvunnet til Italia" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
^ Roar Lyngøy. "Døgnvill Jaiteh | Aftenbladet.no". Fotball.aftenbladet.no. Retrieved 2008-12-19.

External links

Tijan Jaiteh at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] "Pride of The Gambia - Tijan Jaiteh - Daily Observer". Observer.gm. Retrieved 2008-12-19.

[2] "Brann henter gambier". Vg.no. Retrieved 2008-12-19.

[3] "-Tijan Jaiteh har forsvunnet til Italia" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-08-26.

[4] Roar Lyngøy. "Døgnvill Jaiteh | Aftenbladet.no". Fotball.aftenbladet.no. Retrieved 2008-12-19.

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