Adama Bojang

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Adama Bojang
Personal information
Full name Adama Bojang [1]
Date of birth (2004-05-28) 28 May 2004 (age 19) [1]
Place of birth Bakau, Gambia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Reims
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000-2023 Steve Biko FC ? (?)
2023– Reims 1 (0)
2023– Reims II 6 (8)
International career
2023– Gambia U20 7 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:15, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Adama Bojang (born 28 May 2004) is a youth international footballer who plays for Stade de Reims and for the Gambia national under-20 football team. He was part of the Gambia squad that finished runner-up at the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. [2]

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Career

Born in Bakau, [3] Bojang played in the Gambian top division for Steve Biko FC. [4] He helped the side earn promotion from the Gambian second division in 2021. [5] In January 2023, during the second game week of the new season scored the first hat-trick of the season by any player in the Gambian First Division league, when he netted three goals in a 4-1 win over Brikama United at the Bakau Mini Stadium. [6] Due to his form for club and country Gambia Football Federation vice-president Bakary Jammeh confirmed in the media that Bojang was generating interest from football clubs abroad, including some in Egypt and England. [7] [8] In July 2023 Bojang signed a five-year contract with Reims. [9]

International career

He played for Gambia, who were coached by Abdoulie Bojang, Adama's grandfather, at the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. [10] Bojang scored four goals including scored a hat-trick against South Sudan in the quarter-final. [11] He also scored the winner against Nigeria in the semi-final. [12] The results in the tournament qualified the Gambian team for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [13] Bojang was also named in the CAF Best XI Team of the Tournament. [14]

Personal life

A reported 6ft 3ins, he has been nicknamed ‘the Gambian Hurricane'. [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 May 2023
Appearances by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Steve Biko FC 2022–23 GFA League —————00
Career total000000000000

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