Saikou Janneh

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Saikou Janneh
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-11) 11 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Gunjur, The Gambia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2016 Bath City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Cadbury Heath 12 (0)
2018 Clevedon Town 12 (8)
2018–2022 Bristol City 7 (2)
2018–2019 → Torquay United (loan) 28 (16)
2019–2020 → Torquay United (loan) 8 (0)
2020–2021 → Newport County (loan) 8 (1)
2022 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 12 (0)
2022–2024 Cambridge United 21 (1)
2023 → AFC Wimbledon (loan) 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:58, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Saikou Janneh (born 11 January 2000) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a forward. He last played for EFL League One club Cambridge United.

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Career

Born in Gunjur, The Gambia, [1] Janneh first moved to England at the age of 14. [2] In 2016, at the age of 16, Janneh joined the Bath City academy in conjunction with studying at Bath College. [3] While studying at Bath College, Janneh played for Western League Premier Division sides Cadbury Heath and Clevedon Town. [2] Janneh also made one appearance for Bath City in the Somerset Premier Cup scoring in a 7–0 win against Wellington. [4]

Having previously had two trials, on 18 May 2018, Janneh joined Championship side Bristol City's academy. [5]

On 28 August 2020, Janneh joined League Two side Newport County on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season. [6] He made his debut for Newport on 8 September 2020, in the starting line up for the 1–0 EFL Trophy defeat to Cheltenham Town. [7] He made his English Football League debut on 12 September 2020, as a second-half substitute for Ryan Taylor in the 1–1 draw for Newport County against Scunthorpe United on the first day of the 2020–21 League Two season. [8] Janneh scored his first goal for Newport in the 1–0 League Two win against Tranmere Rovers on 17 October 2020. [9] On 2 January 2021 his loan spell at Newport was ended. [10]

On 1 January 2022 he joined Shrewsbury Town on loan for the remainder of the season. [11]

On 30 June 2022, Janneh joined League One side Cambridge United on a two-year deal. [12] On 24 January 2023, Janneh joined AFC Wimbledon on loan for the remainder of the season. [13]

On 1 May 2024, Cambridge announced the player would be released at the end of his contract. [14]

Personal life

Janneh is a Muslim and observes Ramadan. [15]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cadbury Heath 2016–17 [16] Western League
Premier Division		12042—1 [lower-alpha 1] 0172
Bath City 2016–17 [17] National League South 0000—1 [lower-alpha 2] 111
Clevedon Town 2017–18 [18] Western League
Premier Division		12600—1 [lower-alpha 2] 1137
Bristol City 2018–19 [19] Championship 000000—00
2019–20 [20] Championship000000—00
2020–21 [21] Championship400000—40
2021–22 [22] Championship100012—22
Total500012—62
Torquay United (loan) 2018–19 [1] National League South 281641—2 [lower-alpha 3] 13418
Torquay United (loan) 2019–20 [1] National League 8010—1 [lower-alpha 3] 2102
Newport County (loan) 2020–21 [21] League Two 8111102 [lower-alpha 4] 0122
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2021–22 [22] League One 12010——130
Cambridge United 2022–23 [23] League One101202030171
2023–24 [24] League One110301021171
Total211503051342
AFC Wimbledon (loan) 2022–23 [23] League Two170———170
Career total123241545213615736
  1. ↑ Appearance in Les Phillips Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearance in Somerset Premier Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  4. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

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  14. ↑ "Cambridge United: Ryan Bennett, Lyle Taylor among seven to leave". BBC Sport. 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  15. ↑ "Realities of Ramadan". AFC Wimbledon. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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