Allen Njie
Liberian footballer
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Allen Njie (born 26 July 1999) is a Liberian footballer who plays as a midfielder.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 July 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Barnesville, Liberia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pepper Football Club | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | LISCR | ||
| 2019–2021 | Grasshopper | 18 | (2) |
| 2020 | → Bnei Sakhnin (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Slaven Belupo (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Aarau | 60 | (2) |
| 2024 | Vaduz | 15 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Liberia U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018– | Liberia | 20 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:54, 28 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Born in Barnesville, Njie has played for Liberian clubs Pepper FC and LISCR as well as Swiss club Grasshopper.[1][3]
In October 2020 he moved on loan to Israeli club Bnei Sakhnin.[4]
In February 2021 he moved on loan to Croatian club Slaven Belupo.[5]
In July 2021, he moved to Swiss club FC Aarau.[6] In autumn 2023, he missed a number of games for personal reasons and subsequently his contract with Aarau was dissolved by mutual consent on 29 November 2023.[7]
He signed with Liechtenstein side FC Vaduz on 20 December 2023 to begin in the second half of the season.[8] On 30 April, Vaduz announced that they would not extend his contract after the end of the season.[9]
International career
After playing for the Liberian under-20 team,[3] he made his senior international debut for Liberia in 2018.[1]
