Sainey Njie
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sainey Njie | ||
Date of birth | 30 August 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Lamin, The Gambia | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Radnik Surdulica | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2019 | Gambinos Stars | ||
2019–2020 | DAC Dunajská Streda | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020− | DAC Dunajská Streda | 39 | (0) |
2020−2021 | → Šamorín | 12 | (2) |
2022–2023 | → Zemplín Michalovce (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2023– | Radnik Surdulica | 5 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2020– | Gambia | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2023 |
Sainey Njie (born 30 August 2001) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays for FK Radnik Surdulica in the Serbian SuperLiga as a midfielder, as well as the Gambian national team.
Club career
[edit]Njie made his professional Fortuna Liga debut for DAC Dunajská Streda in an away match against Spartak Trnava on 21 June 2020. He came on as a late stoppage time replacement for Eric Ramírez. DAC won the game 2−0.[2] In the upcoming match he debuted in the starting-line up against champion side of Slovan Bratislava, with DAC suffering a 3−1 defeat at MOL Aréna. Njie was replaced by Andrej Fábry after over 70 minutes, in an effort to score.[3]
During the 2020−21 season, Njie played for Šamorín while also appearing for Dunajská Streda, as the 2. Liga club is a 'farm' team of DAC.[4]
After 3 years in Slovakia, Sainley accepted a move to another country and signed with FK Radnik Surdulica, a club playing in the 2023–24 Serbian SuperLiga.[5]
International career
[edit]Njie debuted with Gambia in a friendly 1−0 win over Congo on 9 October 2020.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Sainey Njie 04.07.2020, dac1904.sk
- ^ SPARTAK TRNAVA VS. DAC 0 - 2 21.06.2020, soccerway.com
- ^ "DAC vs. Slovan Bratislava - 1 July 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ "Sainey Njie: Cez týždeň za DAC, v nedeľu za ŠTK". FC ŠTK 1914 ŠAMORÍN - Oficiálna stránka klubu FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín (in Slovak). 20 April 2021.
- ^ Sainley Njie profile on soccerway
- ^ "Gambia 1-0 Congo In Friendly International". THE GFF | Official Website. October 9, 2020.
External links
[edit]- FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda official club profile (in Slovak)
- Futbalnet profile (in Slovak)
- Sainey Njie at Soccerway
- Sainey Njie at Fortunaliga.sk (in Slovak)
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Gambian men's footballers
- People from West Coast Division (The Gambia)
- The Gambia men's international footballers
- Gambian expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players
- FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín players
- MFK Zemplín Michalovce players
- Slovak First Football League players
- 2. Liga (Slovakia) players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
- FK Radnik Surdulica players
- Serbian SuperLiga players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
- Gambian football biography stubs