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Tijan Jaiteh

Tijan Jaiteh

Gambian footballer

Tijan Jaiteh (born 31 December 1988) is a Gambian footballer for Al-Markhiya.

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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

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.[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

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.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "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.
  2. [2]
    "Pride of The Gambia - Tijan Jaiteh - Daily Observer". Observer.gm. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
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    "Brann henter gambier". Vg.no. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
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    "-Tijan Jaiteh har forsvunnet til Italia" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. 2011-08-25. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  5. [5]
    Tijan Jaiteh joins Albanian giants FK Partizani Tirana, bubajallow.blogspot.com, 5 February 2019
  6. [6]
    Roar Lyngøy. "Døgnvill Jaiteh | Aftenbladet.no". Fotball.aftenbladet.no. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
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