Jibril Bojang (born 13 September 1994) is a

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who currently plays for 2. divisjon side

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. Born in Norway, he represents the Gambia national team.

Club career

Bojang is of Gambian descent. He played youth football in Skeid, and made his first-team debut in the last match of the 2010 season. From 2011 he played junior football for

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 i ...

for two and a half seasons, before joining Drøbak-Frogn in the summer of 2013. In 2014, he returned to Skeid, spending one and a half season there. In late 2015 he played for

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, and in early 2016 for

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. In July 2016 he was signed by top-tier club

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, and made his debut in a 2–4 home loss against Vålerenga. Bojang had featured for Vålerenga's first team in a 2013 friendly match. Prior to joining Start, Bojang also negotiated a transfer with

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and

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. Ahead of the 2017 season, on the last day of the winter transfer window, he did join Mjøndalen IF. On 21 March 2023, after a few weeks of trial training,

announced that they had signed a contract with Bojang. He made a contract for the

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-season.

International

He made his

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debut on 12 June 2019 in a friendly against Morocco, as a 62nd-minute substitute for Sulayman Bojang.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bojang, Jibril 1994 births Living people Footballers from Oslo Naturalized citizens of The Gambia 21st-century Gambian people Gambian men's footballers 21st-century Gambian sportsmen The Gambia men's international footballers Norwegian people of Gambian descent Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Skeid Fotball players Drøbak-Frogn IL players IK Start players Bærum SK players Eliteserien players Mjøndalen IF Fotball players Norwegian First Division players 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen