| Adama Bojang | |
| Full Name: | Adama Bojang[1] |
| Birth Date: | 28 May 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Bakau, Gambia |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Grasshopper Club Zürich (on loan from Reims) |
| Clubnumber: | 25 |
| Years1: | –2023 |
| Clubs1: | Steve Biko FC |
| Caps1: | ? |
| Goals1: | ? |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | Reims |
| Caps2: | 9 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2023– |
| Clubs3: | Reims II |
| Caps3: | 8 |
| Goals3: | 8 |
| Years4: | 2024– |
| Clubs4: | → Grasshopper (loan) |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam1: | Gambia U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 6 |
| Club-Update: | 7 September 2024 |
Adama Bojang (born 28 May 2004) is a Gambian youth international footballer who plays for Grasshopper Club Zürich, on loan from Stade de Reims, and for the Gambia national under-20 football team. He was part of the Gambia squad that finished runner-up at the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.[2]
Born in Bakau,[3] Bojang played in the Gambian top division for Steve Biko FC.[4] He helped the side earn promotion from the Gambian second division in 2021.[5] In January 2023, during the second game week of the new season scored the first hat-trick of the season by any player in the Gambian First Division league, when he netted three goals in a 4-1 win over Brikama United at the Bakau Mini Stadium.[6] Due to his form for club and country Gambia Football Federation vice-president Bakary Jammeh confirmed in the media that Bojang was generating interest from football clubs abroad, including some in Egypt and England.[7] [8] In July 2023 Bojang signed a five-year contract with Reims.[9]
On 7 September 2024, he joined Swiss record champions Grasshopper Club Zürich on loan for the 2024–25 season.[10]
He played for Gambia, who were coached by Abdoulie Bojang, Adama's grandfather, at the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.[11] Bojang scored four goals including scored a hat-trick against South Sudan in the quarter-final.[12] He also scored the winner against Nigeria in the semi-final.[13] The results in the tournament qualified the Gambian team for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[14] Bojang was also named in the CAF Best XI Team of the Tournament.[15]
A reported 6ft 3ins, he has been nicknamed ‘the Gambian Hurricane'.[16]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Steve Biko FC | 2022–23 | GFA League | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Reims B | 2023–24 | Championnat National 3 | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Reims | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Grasshopper (loan) | 2024–25 | Swiss Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | |||