Ousman Jallow (born 21 October 1988 in

Banjul Banjul (, (US) and ), officially the City of Banjul, is the capital city of The Gambia. It is the centre of the eponymous administrative division which is home to an estimated 400,000 residents, making it The Gambia's largest and most densely ...

) is a Gambian footballer who plays as a striker, most recently for Cypriot club Yenicami Ağdelen. He is featured on the Gambian national team in the official 2010 FIFA World Cup video game.

Club career

Early career

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and Chelsea both chased Jallow and they almost bought him, but because of troubles with the residence/work permit, Jallow did not become an Arsenal or Chelsea player.

Brøndby

On 31 August 2008, the young striker signed a contract for three years with the Danish team

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. The transfer amount was kept secret by both

and his former club;

Al-Ain FC Al Ain Football Club (; transliterated: Nady al-'Ayn) is a professional football club based in the city of Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is one of many sport sections of the multi-sports club Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club (). ...

. On 5 October 2008, Jallow scored his first goal in the Brøndby-jersey, against

Odense BK Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city of Odense, in southern Denmark. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play ...

. His contract ended in Summer 2011. He joined on free transfer second division club

Çaykur Rizespor Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in Rize, a city on the eastern Black Sea region, Black Sea coast. The team competes in the Süper Lig, the top tier of Football in Turkey, Turkish footba ...

HJK

On 27 February 2015, Finnish

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club HJK signed Jallow on a one-year contract after a short trial period.

Kazakhstan

On 27 February 2016, Jallow signed for

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side

FC Irtysh Pavlodar FC Irtysh () is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as ''Ansat''), 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. The club was also founding members of the top league and ...

Return to HJK

On 8 August 2016, Jallow returned to

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the ...

, signing until the end of the 2017 season. In the beginning of September 2019, Jallow joined Cypriot-Turkish club Yenicami. However, he left the club again after two weeks, having only played one game.

International career

Jallow was a member of the Youth

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and participated in the

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the scor ...

which was won by the Youth

Argentina national football team The Argentina national football team (), nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' (), represents Argentina in men's international Association football, football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino ( ...

and presented his homeland on African U-20 Championship in 2007. He made his international debut on 9 September 2007 against

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.Gambia News Ousman Jallow Apologises to his Father Gambians
Jallow was also a member of the Gambian side that won the U-17

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on home soil in 2005 and he scored the winning goal in the final.

Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 29 February 2012''

International goals

:''Scores and results list Gambia's goal tally first.''

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