Tijan Jaiteh (born 31 December 1988) is a Gambian former footballer.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tijan Jaiteh[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 December 1988 | ||
| 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 | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2012 | Brann | 68 | (2) |
| 2011 | → Randers (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Sandefjord | 52 | (3) |
| 2014 | Sandnes Ulf | 24 | (0) |
| 2015 | Koper | 2 | (0) |
| 2016 | KuPS | 26 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Bnei Yehuda | 12 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Al-Markhiya | 17 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Partizani Tirana | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Gambia U17 | |||
| Gambia U20 | |||
| 2007–2018 | Gambia | 20 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He was captain of Gambia's international youth team for a number of years.[2] And is currently the captain of the senior national team Appointed as good will ambassador of The Gambia Tijan Jaiteh is accorded full diplomatic status “
Club career
editIn 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.[3] 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.[4]
On 18 March 2012 he signed a one-year contract with Sandefjord. On 5 February 2019 it was confirmed, that Jaiteh had signed a one-year contract with FK Partizani Tirana.[5]
International
editJaiteh 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.[6]
References
edit- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
- ^ "Pride of The Gambia - Tijan Jaiteh - Daily Observer". Observer.gm. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
- ^ "Brann henter gambier". Vg.no. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
- ^ "-Tijan Jaiteh har forsvunnet til Italia" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. 25 August 2011. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ Tijan Jaiteh joins Albanian giants FK Partizani Tirana, bubajallow.blogspot.com, 5 February 2019
- ^ Roar Lyngøy. "Døgnvill Jaiteh | Aftenbladet.no". Fotball.aftenbladet.no. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
External links
edit- Tijan Jaiteh at National-Football-Teams.com
- Tijan Jaiteh at Soccerway
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