Alpha Nyan (born 19 June 1978) is a retired
Norwegian football midfielder
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He grew up in the club
Strømsgodset IF
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and was fielded as a substitute in the
1996 cup quarter-final. In 1997 he made his
Eliteserien
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debut. He was seen as surplus, but after a period in neighbouring minnows
SK Drafn he rejoined Strømsgodset in 2000, playing most games in the
2000 1. divisjon. However he only got 2 games in
2001 Tippeligaen and joined
Grindvoll IL in 2002. After a miserable start in the
2002 2. divisjon he went on to
Larvik Fotball in mid-season. He then played two seasons for
IK Birkebeineren
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In 2005, he joined Strømsgodset for a third stint. He only got 4 games in the
2005 1. divisjon, and joined another second-tier club
Manglerud Star.
[
In 2007 he went to fifth-tier ]Drammens BK
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where he also was employed as youth coach. In 2009 he became player-coach, this time on the senior level, in fourth-tier Svelvik IF.[
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References
1978 births
Living people
Footballers from Drammen
Norwegian people of Gambian descent
Norwegian men's footballers
Strømsgodset Toppfotball players
Manglerud Star Toppfotball players
Eliteserien players
Norwegian First Division players
Men's association football midfielders
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