Yankuba Jarju | |
Fullname: | Yankuba Jarju |
Birth Date: | 20 August 1996 |
Birth Place: | Gambia |
Height: | 1.82m |
Position: | Forward |
Currentclub: | Quevilly-Rouen |
Clubnumber: | 12 |
Years1: | 2014–2017 |
Clubs1: | Real Banjul |
Years2: | 2017–2018 |
Clubs2: | Génération Foot |
Years3: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs3: | → Pau (loan) |
Caps3: | 30 |
Goals3: | 8 |
Years4: | 2019–2021 |
Clubs4: | Pau |
Caps4: | 28 |
Goals4: | 5 |
Years5: | 2021–2024 |
Clubs5: | Cholet |
Caps5: | 104 |
Goals5: | 34 |
Years6: | 2024– |
Clubs6: | Quevilly-Rouen |
Caps6: | 1 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2017– |
Nationalteam1: | Gambia |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 11:40, 20 August 2024 (UTC) |
Nationalteam-Update: | 13 October 2019 |
Yankuba Jarju (born 20 August 1996) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Quevilly-Rouen.
Jarju started his career in his native Gambia, with Real Banjul, before spending a season with Génération Foot in Senegal. He arrived in France in the summer of 2018, initially on loan with Pau, but on a permanent contract from the summer of 2019. He was part of the side that gained promotion to Ligue 2 in 2020, but did not establish himself at that level, and moved to Cholet in January 2021.[1]
Jarju made his professional debut with the Gambia national football team in a 0–0 2018 African Nations Championship qualifying tie on 15 July 2017.[2]