Jibril Bojang

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.

Jibril Bojang
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club 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)
National team‡
2011 Norway U17 2 (0)
2013 Norway U19 3 (0)
2019– Gambia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2019

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]

References
  1. Bah, Sulayman (20 July 2016). "Norwegian outfit signs Gambian youngster". Foroyaa. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. Vindegg, Anders (13 September 2015). "Jibril Bojang forlater Skeid" (in Norwegian). Skeid Fotball. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. Larsen, Torbjørn (23 August 2013). "Det er bare målene som avgjør". Akershus Amtstidende (in Norwegian). p. 21.
  4. Goffeng, Simen (19 July 2016). "Start henter Lørenskog-spiller Jibril Bojang". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  5. Karlsen, Tor Kise (31 January 2013). "Ungdomsrevolusjon i VIF". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). p. 37.
  6. Nilsen, Jostein (31 March 2017). "Start-angriper klar for MIF". Drammens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  7. "Morocco v Gambia game report". ESPN. 12 June 2019.
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