Tijan Jaiteh

Tijan Jaiteh

Personal information
Full name	Tijan Jaiteh
Date of birth	31 December 1988 (1988-12-31) (age 22)
Place of birth	Bwiam, Gambia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Brann
Youth career
	Gambia Ports Authority
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–	Brann	68	(2)
2011	→ Randers (loan)	14	(0)
National team‡
–	Gambia U-17	14	(?)
–	Gambia U-20	10	(?)
2007–	Gambia	10	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 January 2010

Tijan Jaiteh (born 31 December 1988) is a Gambian footballer who currently plays for Norwegian club SK Brann.^[1] He was captain of Gambia's international youth team for a number of years.^[2]

In 2005, Jaiteh, along with three of his countrymen, came to Bergen on a trial for the Norwegian Premier League club SK Brann. The club secured exclusive rights to buy all four of the young Gambians. In October 2006 it became clear that only Jaiteh passed the bar, and he joined SK Brann in January 2007.^[3] 31 January 2011 he was loaned out to Randers until the end of 2011, but he had his loan cut short after disappearing from the club in August.^[4]

International

Jaiteh competed in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, for the Gambian team that was knocked out by Austria in the Round of 16.^[5]

Honours

Norway

• Norwegian Premier League: 2007

International

• African Under-17 Championship: 2005

References

1. ^ "Sportsklubben Brann - Ekte lidenskap har et navn". Brann.no. http://www.brann.no/historie/spillerdatabase/tijan-jaiteh/. Retrieved 7 October 2010. 
2. ^ "Pride of The Gambia - Tijan Jaiteh - Daily Observer". Observer.gm. http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/2008/1/7/pride-of-the-gambia-tijan-jaiteh. Retrieved 2008-12-19. 
3. ^ "Brann henter gambier". Vg.no. http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=135576. Retrieved 2008-12-19. 
4. ^ "-Tijan Jaiteh har forsvunnet til Italia" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. 2011-08-25. http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article208121.ece. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
5. ^ Roar Lyngøy. "Døgnvill Jaiteh | Aftenbladet.no". Fotball.aftenbladet.no. http://fotball.aftenbladet.no/uefa/article85734.ece. Retrieved 2008-12-19. 

External links

• National Football Teams

Persondata
Name	Jaiteh, Tijan
Alternative names	Jaiteh, Tijan
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	1988-12-31
Place of birth	, Gambia
Date of death
Place of death