Jibril Bojang
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 September 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | 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) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals 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.
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 Bojang. He made a contract for the 2023-season.[7]