Bilal Elmi Njie (born 13 June 1998) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a winger for

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club

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. Bilal is the younger brother of Moussa Njie.

Career

Vålerenga

Njie began his career at

Vålerenga Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for its ...

, and made his first team debut on 30 September 2017 in a 4-2 loss vs.

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, coming on as a late substitute. He also made 20 appearances for the reserve team in the 2017 season.

Odd

Before the 2018 season, Njie signed a three-year contract with the

Skien Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the ...

-based club Odd, instead of signing with his youth club

. According to Njie, he chose to sign with Odd because of their well-known ability to develop young players.

KFUM

Njie signed for

KFUM-Kameratene Oslo KFUM-Kameratene Oslo is the sports branch of the local YMCA in Oslo, Norway. It has sections for association football, futsal, volleyball and track and field. The football team currently plays in 1. divisjon, the second tier of the Norwegian foot ...

on 5 October 2020. On 5 December 2021, in the promotion playoffs for a spot in the Eliteserien, Njie scored two goals in their quarterfinal win over

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 1 ...

, including a stoppage time equalizer to send the match to penalty kicks.

Career statistics

References

1998 births Living people Footballers from Oslo Norwegian people of Gambian descent Norwegian footballers Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Norwegian Second Division players Vålerenga Fotball players Odds BK players KFUM-Kameratene Oslo players FK Haugesund players Association football midfielders Holmlia SK players {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub