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
Team information
Current team
 Bærum
Number 18
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)
2021–2022 Strømmen 12 (3)
2023– Bærum 16 (1)
International career‡
2011 Norway U17 2 (0)
2013 Norway U19 3 (0)
2019– Gambia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2023
‡ 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 2. divisjon side Bærum. Born in Norway, he represents the Gambia national team.

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]

On 21 March 2023, after a few weeks of trial training, Bærum announced that they had signed a contract with Bojng. He made a contract for the 2023-season.[7]

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.[8]

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. 1 2 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. ↑ "GAMBISK LANDSLAGSSPISS KLAR FOR BÆRUM" [GAMBIAN NATIONAL TEAM FORWARD READY FOR BÆRUM]. baerumsk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Morocco v Gambia game report". ESPN. 12 June 2019.
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