Alieu "Al" Njie is a retired American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

forward who played professionally in the

North American Soccer League The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the ...

, American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. Njie attended

Florida International University Florida International University (FIU) is a public research university with its main campus in Westchester, Florida, United States. Founded in 1965 by the Florida Legislature, the school opened to students in 1972. FIU is the third-largest univ ...

, playing on the men's soccer team in 1977 and 1978. In 1979, the

Fort Lauderdale Strikers Fort Lauderdale Strikers may refer to: *Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–1983), member of North American Soccer League from 1977 to 1983 *Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–1994) The Fort Lauderdale Strikers were an American soccer team establishe ...

selected Njie in the

college draft. He spent the 1979 NASL outdoor and 1979–1980 NASL indoor seasons with the Strikers. In 1980, the Strikers released Njie and he signed with the

Miami Americans The Miami Americans was an United States Soccer Federation, American soccer club based in Miami, Florida that was a member of the American Soccer League (1933-1983), American Soccer League. The team existed for only the 1980 season and played the ...

of the American Soccer League. He returned to the indoor game in the fall of 1980, this time with the Phoenix Inferno of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Njie, Al Living people 1955 births Soccer players from Atlanta American men's soccer players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players FIU Panthers men's soccer players Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–1983) players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players Miami Americans players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Phoenix Inferno players Men's association football forwards 20th-century American sportsmen