Ousman Jallow

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Ousman Jallow
Jallow with HJK Helsinki in 2015
Personal information
Full name Ousman Jallow[1]
Date of birth (1988-10-21) 21 October 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth Banjul, Gambia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
Wallidan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Wallidan
2005–2008 Al Ain 47 (19)
2006–2007Raja Casablanca (loan) 19 (11)
2008–2011 Brøndby 70 (14)
2011–2013 Çaykur Rizespor 47 (19)
2015 HJK Helsinki 20 (6)
2016 Irtysh Pavlodar 21 (3)
2016–2017 HJK Helsinki 23 (6)
2018–2019 Bashundhara Kings
2019 Yenicami Ağdelen 1 (0)
International career
2007 Gambia U20 7 (5)
2008– Gambia 14 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:01, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 October 2019

Ousman Jallow (born 21 October 1988 in Banjul) is a Gambian footballer who plays as a striker, most recently for Cypriot club Yenicami Ağdelen.[2] He is featured on the Gambian national team in the official 2010 FIFA World Cup video game.

Club career

Early career

Arsenal and Chelsea both chased Jallow and they almost bought him, but because of troubles with the residence/work permit, Jallow did not become an Arsenal or Chelsea player.

Brøndby

On 31 August 2008, the young striker signed a contract for three years with the Danish team Brøndby IF.[3] The transfer amount was kept secret by both Brøndby IF and his former club; Al-Ain FC.[4][5]

On 5 October 2008, Jallow scored his first goal in the Brøndby-jersey, against Odense BK.

His contract ended in Summer 2011. He joined on free transfer second division club Çaykur Rizespor.

HJK

On 27 February 2015, Finnish Veikkausliiga club HJK signed Jallow on a one-year contract after a short trial period.[6]

Kazakhstan

On 27 February 2016, Jallow signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Irtysh Pavlodar.[7]

Return to HJK

On 8 August 2016, Jallow returned to HJK Helsinki, signing until the end of the 2017 season.[8]

In the beginning of September 2019, Jallow joined Cypriot-Turkish club Yenicami. However, he left the club again after two weeks, having only played one game.[9][10]

International career

Jallow was a member of the Youth Gambia national football team and participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup which was won by the Youth Argentina national football team[11] and presented his homeland on African U-20 Championship in 2007.[12] He made his international debut on 9 September 2007 against Algeria.[13] Jallow was also a member of the Gambian side that won the U-17 African Nations Cup on home soil in 2005 and he scored the winning goal in the final.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[14]
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wallidan 2003–04 GFA League First Division
2005 GFA League First Division
Al Ain 2005–06 UAE Football League 1511001511
2006–07 UAE Football League 000000
2007–08 UAE Football League 2011002011
Total 35220000003522
Raja Casablanca (loan) 2006–07 Botola Pro 1911001911
Brøndby 2008–09 Danish Superliga 269522[c]03311
2009–10 Danish Superliga 235104[d]1286
2010–11 Danish Superliga 210006[d]4274
Total 701462001258821
Çaykur Rizespor 2011–12 TFF 1. Lig 3415113516
2012–13 TFF 1. Lig 13400134
Total 47191100004820
HJK 2015 Veikkausliiga 20630416[e]33310
Irtysh Pavlodar 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League 21310223
HJK 2016 Veikkausliiga 3232
2017 Veikkausliiga 204404[d]1285
Total 235400041316
Bashundhara Kings 2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League
2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League
Yenicami Ağdelen 2019–20 KTFF Süper Lig 100010
Career total 236801434122927693
  1. Includes Danish Cup, Turkish Cup, Suomen Cup and Kazakhstan Cup
  2. Includes Finnish League Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

International

Gambia
YearAppsGoals
200710
200841
200900
201051
201130
201210
Total142

Statistics accurate as of match played 29 February 2012[14]

International goals

Scores and results list Gambia's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 September 2008Independence Stadium Bakau, Banjul Liberia2–03–02010 World Cup qualifier
2.4 September 2010Independence Stadium Bakau, Banjul Namibia3–03–12012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier

References

  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
  2. "OUSMAN JALLOW PALAA KLUBIIN". hjk.fi (in Finnish). 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. Brøndby IF Profile Archived 2010-11-20 at the Wayback Machine on www.brondby.com
  4. Star profile: Ousman Jallow Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine from 5. Juni 2008
  5. Gambia News: Ous Jallow Apologises to his Father, Gambians Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine from 10. September 2007
  6. "HJK.fi | HJK sopimukseen Ousman Jallow'n kanssa". Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  7. "Джаллоу подписал контракт с Иртышом". fcirtysh.kz (in Russian). FC Irtysh Pavlodar. 27 February 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  8. "Ousman Jallow palaa Klubiin". www.hjk.fi/ (in Finnish). HJK. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  9. Yenicami’den Mfede takviyesi, sopryeni.com, 12 September 2019
  10. Profile at KTFF, ktff.net
  11. July 5 Gambia v New Zealand on www.gambiasports.com
  12. African U-20 Championship 2007 on rsssf.org
  13. Gambia News Ousman Jallow Apologises to his Father Gambians Archived 2009-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
  14. 1 2 "Ousman Jallow". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 June 2016.