Tijan Jaiteh (born 31 December 1988) is a Gambian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. He was captain of Gambia's international youth team for a number of years. And is currently the captain of the senior national team Appointed as good will ambassador of The Gambia Tijan Jaiteh is accorded full diplomatic status “

Club career

In 2005, Jaiteh, along with three of his countrymen, came to

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on a trial for the

Norwegian Premier League Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

club

SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann is a Norwegian professional football club based in Bergen. Founded on 26 September 1908, Brann has played in the first tier of Norwegian football for 67 out of 80 seasons, the second most of any club. They play their hom ...

. The club secured exclusive rights to buy all four of the young

Gambia The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the List of African countries by area, smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for ...

ns. In October 2006 it became clear that only Jaiteh passed the bar, and he joined

in January 2007. He won the

with Brann the same year. 31 January 2011 he was loaned out to

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. On 5 February 2019 it was confirmed, that Jaiteh had signed a one-year contract with

FK Partizani Tirana Futboll Klub Partizani is an Albanian professional football club (association football), football club based in Tirana, that competes in the Kategoria Superiore. Founded in 1946, the club was historically affiliated to the Albanian army. Partizan ...

International

Jaiteh competed in the

2007 African Youth Championship The African Youth Championship 2007 was held in the Republic of the Congo. It also served as qualification for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Qualification Preliminary round Cape Verde, Swaziland and Uganda withdrew. As a result, Senegal, Mozamb ...

where Gambia finished third and got qualified for 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 ...

. Jaiteh was part of Gambian U-20 team at both tournaments, and Gambia ended knocked out by

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in the

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at U-20 World cup.

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