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Sainey Njie

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Sainey Njie
Personal information
Full name Sainey Njie
Date of birth (2001-08-30) 30 August 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Lamin, The Gambia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Doxa
Number 25
Youth career
0000–2019 Gambinos Stars
2019–2020 DAC Dunajská Streda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020−2023 DAC Dunajská Streda 39 (0)
2020−2021Šamorín 12 (2)
2022–2023Zemplín Michalovce (loan) 2 (0)
2023–2024 Radnik Surdulica 5 (0)
2024– Doxa 0 (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 Doxa in the Cypriot First Division as a midfielder, as well as the Gambian national team.

Club career

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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

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Njie debuted with Gambia in a friendly 1−0 win over Congo on 9 October 2020.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Sainey Njie 04.07.2020, dac1904.sk
  2. ^ SPARTAK TRNAVA VS. DAC 0 - 2 21.06.2020, soccerway.com
  3. ^ "DAC vs. Slovan Bratislava - 1 July 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Sainley Njie profile on soccerway
  6. ^ "Gambia 1-0 Congo In Friendly International". THE GFF | Official Website. 9 October 2020.
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