Tijan Jaiteh Explained

Tijan Jaiteh
Fullname:Tijan Jaiteh[1]
Birth Date:31 December 1988
Birth Place:Bwiam, Gambia
Height:1.880NaN0
Position:Defensive midfielder
Youthclubs1:Gambia Ports Authority
Years1:2007–2012
Clubs1:Brann
Caps1:68
Goals1:2
Years2:2011
Clubs2:Randers (loan)
Caps2:13
Goals2:0
Years3:2012–2013
Clubs3:Sandefjord
Caps3:52
Goals3:3
Years4:2014
Clubs4:Sandnes Ulf
Caps4:24
Goals4:0
Years5:2015
Clubs5:Koper
Caps5:2
Goals5:0
Years6:2016
Clubs6:KuPS
Caps6:26
Goals6:1
Years7:2016–2017
Clubs7:Bnei Yehuda
Caps7:12
Goals7:0
Years8:2017–2018
Clubs8:Al-Markhiya
Caps8:17
Goals8:0
Years9:2019–2020
Clubs9:Partizani Tirana
Caps9:3
Goals9:0
Nationalteam1:Gambia U17
Nationalteam2:Gambia U20
Nationalyears3:2007–2018
Nationalteam3:Gambia
Nationalcaps3:20
Nationalgoals3:1

Tijan Jaiteh (born 31 December 1988) is a Gambian former footballer.

He was captain of Gambia's international youth team for a number of years.[2] And is currently the captain of the senior national teamAppointed 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players . FIFA . 9 . 5 July 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000046/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2007/pdf/FWYC_2007_SquadLists.pdf . 31 December 2013.
  2. Web site: Pride of The Gambia - Tijan Jaiteh - Daily Observer . Observer.gm . 2008-12-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721032823/http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/2008/1/7/pride-of-the-gambia-tijan-jaiteh . 2011-07-21 .
  3. Web site: Brann henter gambier . Vg.no . 2008-12-19.
  4. Web site: -Tijan Jaiteh har forsvunnet til Italia . Bergens Tidende . Norwegian . 2011-08-25 . 2011-08-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121018133857/http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article208121.ece . 2012-10-18 .
  5. https://bubajallow.blogspot.com/2019/02/tijan-jaiteh-joins-albanian-giants-fk.html Tijan Jaiteh joins Albanian giants FK Partizani Tirana
  6. Web site: Roar Lyngøy . Døgnvill Jaiteh | Aftenbladet.no . Fotball.aftenbladet.no . 2008-12-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720085103/http://fotball.aftenbladet.no/uefa/article85734.ece . 2011-07-20 .