Jibril Bojang | |
Birth Date: | 13 September 1994 |
Birth Place: | Oslo, Norway |
Height: | 1.83 m |
Currentclub: | Bærum |
Clubnumber: | 18 |
Position: | Forward |
Youthyears1: | –2010 |
Youthclubs1: | Skeid |
Youthyears2: | 2011–2013 |
Youthclubs2: | Vålerenga |
Years1: | 2010 |
Clubs1: | Skeid |
Caps1: | 1 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2013 |
Years3: | 2014–2015 |
Clubs3: | Skeid |
Caps3: | 20 |
Goals3: | 3 |
Years4: | 2015 |
Clubs4: | Grorud |
Caps4: | 5 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2016 |
Clubs5: | Lørenskog |
Caps5: | 8 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 2016 |
Clubs6: | Start |
Caps6: | 9 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2017–2019 |
Clubs7: | Mjøndalen |
Caps7: | 52 |
Goals7: | 7 |
Years8: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs8: | Masr |
Caps8: | 6 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Years9: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs9: | Strømmen |
Caps9: | 12 |
Goals9: | 3 |
Years10: | 2023– |
Clubs10: | Bærum |
Caps10: | 16 |
Goals10: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2011 |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2013 |
Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2019– |
Nationalteam3: | Gambia |
Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 7 December 2023 |
Ntupdate: | 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 Bojng. He made a contract for the 2023-season.[7]
He made his Gambia national football team debut on 12 June 2019 in a friendly against Morocco, as a 62nd-minute substitute for Sulayman Bojang.[8]