Simon Barjie

Simon Barjie

Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-09-06) 6 September 1978 (age 44)
Place of birth	Milan, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Monza (athletic trainer)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Solbiatese Arno	16	(0)
1997–1999	Como	2	(0)
1999–2004	Pro Sesto	126	(0)
2004–2008	Monza	110	(3)
2008–2009	Pro Patria	31	(0)
2009–2011	Monza	46	(0)
Total		331	(3)
International career
2003–2007	Gambia	4	(0)
Managerial career
2012–2013	Sampdoria (youth; trainer)
2013–2017	Como (trainer)
2017–	Monza (trainer)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Simon Barjie (born 6 September 1978) is a former professional footballer who is the athletic trainer of Serie A club Monza. Born in Italy, he played for the Gambia national team.

Club career

Born in Milan, Lombardy, Barjie started his career at the Serie C2 club Solbiatese Arno, 40 km away from Milan. In 1997, he was signed by Serie C1 club Como and played twice for the first team in 1997–98 Serie C1 season. In 1999, he left for Serie C2 club Pro Sesto along with Gabriele Donghi, in temporary deal (Barjie) and co-ownership deal (for 1 million lire, a peppercorn fee) respectively. Como paid Pro Sesto 30 million lire as an incentive for the loan. ^[1] The deal later converted to co-ownership deal. In 2003, Como was relegated from Serie A and tried to buy back Barjie and Donghi but were out-bid by Pro Sesto, who bought Barjie and Donghi by submitted a closed tender to Lega Nazionale Professionisti.

Monza

In 2004, he left Pro Sesto for fellow Serie C2 team Monza; the team was promoted to Serie C1 in 2005. In 2008, he left for Pro Patria on a reported free transfer. ^[2] But 1 season later he returned to Monza until his retire. ^{[3] [4]}

International career

Barjie capped at least three times for Gambia. He played a friendly match against Luxembourg in 2007 ^[5] and a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier in 2003. ^[6]

Personal life

He graduated as a Doctor in sports science in 2010 from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. ^[7] Barjie has a Gambian father and Italian mother. ^[8] He visited Gambia for the first time in more than 10 years in 2003 and saw his father again. ^[9] At that time he had an international duty for Gambia and the match was scheduled at Bakau, suburb of Banjul, the capital city.

References

1. Calcio Como SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2000 (in Italian)
2. Maggiore, Graziano (21 July 2008). "UFFICIALE: Pro Patria, preso Barjie". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Retrieved 3 November 2010.
3. Zalamena, Andrea (23 July 2009). "UFFICIALE: Monza, torna Barjie". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Retrieved 3 November 2010.
4. "Simon Barjie ritorna in biancorosso". AC Monza Brianza 1912 (in Italian). 23 July 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
5. "International Friendly Matches 2007". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
6. FIFA.com
7. "Simon Barjie: un nuovo Dottore in Biancorosso!" [Simon Barjie: a new Biancorosso Doctor!]. AC Monza Brianza 1912 (in Italian). 25 October 2010. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
8. Vernazza, Sebastiano (3 October 2008). "Pro Patria record e modello sociale". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 3 November 2010.
9. "Simon Barjie, Versatile Gambian Defender". The Point. 14 March 2008. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2010– via WOW.gm.

External links

• Simon Barjie at National-Football-Teams.com
• Football.it Profile (in Italian)^{[ dead link ]}
• Simon Barjie at Soccerway
• "Monza Profile" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2010.