Tijan Jaiteh

Tijan Jaiteh

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Personal information
Full name	Tijan Jaiteh
Date of birth	(1988-12-31) 31 December 1988
Place of birth	Bwiam, Gambia
Height
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Koper
Number	19
Youth career
	Gambia Ports Authority
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2012	Brann	68	(2)
2011	→ Randers (loan)	13	(0)
2012–2013	Sandefjord	52	(3)
2014	Sandnes Ulf	24	(0)
2015–	Koper	2	(0)
International career‡
	Gambia U17
	Gambia U20
2007–	Gambia	18	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 October 2015

Tijan Jaiteh (born 31 December 1988) is a Gambian footballer who currently plays for Slovenian club FC Koper. He was captain of Gambia's international youth team for a number of years.

Club career

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. He won the Norwegian Premier League with Brann the same year.

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.

On 18 March 2012 he signed a one year contract with Sandefjord.

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.

Honours

Norway

• Norwegian Premier League: 2007

International

• African Under-17 Championship: 2005

External links

• Tijan Jaiteh at National-Football-Teams.com