Jibril Bojang (born 13 September 1994) is a football striker who currently plays for 1. divisjon side Strømmen. Born in Norway, he represents the Gambia national team.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Strømmen | ||
Number | 27 | ||
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) |
2020–2021 | Masr | 6 | (0) |
2021– | Strømmen | 12 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Norway U17 | 2 | (0) |
2013 | Norway U19 | 3 | (0) |
2019– | Gambia | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2019 |
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]
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]
Strømmen IF – current squad | |
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