Ablie Jallow

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Ablie Jallow
Guinea v Gambie, 19 JanuaryAblie Jallow.jpg
Jallow with Gambia in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-11-14) 14 November 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Bundung, The Gambia
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Servette
Number 30
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Real de Banjul
2015–2016Génération Foot (loan)
2016–2017 Génération Foot
2017–2018 Metz II 9 (0)
2017–2025 Metz 90 (14)
2019–2020Ajaccio (loan) 11 (1)
2020Ajaccio II (loan) 2 (0)
2020–2022Seraing (loan) 44 (10)
2025– Servette 1 (0)
International career
2015– Gambia 31 (8)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 July 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:00, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Ablie Jallow (born 14 November 1998) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Servette and the Gambia national team. [2]

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Club career

Jallow was born in Bundung, [1] and spent his early career with Real de Banjul and Génération Foot. [3]

In July 2017, Jallow signed a five-year contract with Ligue 1 side Metz. [3] [4] In September 2019 he moved on loan to Ajaccio. [5] [6] In August 2020, Jallow again left Metz on loan, joining Belgian club Seraing along with five other Metz loanees. [7] [8]

On 1 July 2025, Jallow signed a three-season contract with Servette in Switzerland. [9]

International career

Jallow made his international debut for Gambia in 2015. [10] On 12 January 2021, Jallow scored Gambia's first ever Africa Cup of Nations goal in a 1–0 win over Mauritania. [11]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Gambia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jallow goal. [10]
List of international goals scored by Ablie Jallow
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
117 November 2018 Independence Stadium, Bakau, GambiaFlag of Benin.svg  Benin 3–13–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
213 October 2019Independence Stadium, Bakau, GambiaFlag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 1–11–1
(3–2 p)
2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
35 June 2021 Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Manavgat, TurkeyFlag of Niger.svg  Niger 1–02–0 Friendly
412 January 2022 Limbe Stadium, Limbe, CameroonFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 1–01–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
520 January 2022Limbe Stadium, Limbe, CameroonFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–01–02021 Africa Cup of Nations
64 June 2022 Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès, SenegalFlag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 1–01–0 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
714 June 2023 Suez Canal Stadium, Ismailia, EgyptFlag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 2–13–22023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
823 January 2024 Stade de la Paix, Bouaké, Ivory CoastFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1–12–3 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile" (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  2. Ablie Jallow at Soccerway . Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Gambian youngster Ablie Jallow signs for Metz". BBC Sport. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  4. "Ablie Jallow signe cinq ans à Metz" (in French). L'Équipe. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  5. "Ablie Jallow prêté à l'AC Ajaccio". Football Club de Metz. 2 September 2019.
  6. "Ablie Jallow (FC Metz) prêté à l'AC Ajaccio". Corse Matin. 2 September 2019. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. "Ablie Jallow : FC Metz's midfielder joins Belgian side RFC Seraing on loan". africatopsports.com. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  8. "Le FC Metz prête Ablie Jallow à Seraing". Républicain Lorraine (in French). 20 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  9. "Ablie Jallow rejoint le Servette FC !" [Ablie Jallow joins Servette FC!] (in French). Servette FC. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Ablie Jallow". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  11. "The Gambia beat Mauritania in dream Afcon debut". BBC Sport.