Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adama Bojang[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 28 May 2004||
Place of birth | Bakau, Gambia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Reims | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
-2023 | Steve Biko FC | ? | (?) |
2023– | Reims | 5 | (0) |
2023– | Reims II | 8 | (8) |
International career | |||
2023– | Gambia U20 | 7 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:15, 14 December 2023 (UTC) |
Adama Bojang (born 28 May 2004) is a youth international footballer who plays for Stade de Reims and for the Gambia national under-20 football team. He was part of the Gambia squad that finished runner-up at the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.[2]
Born in Bakau,[3] Bojang played in the Gambian top division for Steve Biko FC.[4] He helped the side earn promotion from the Gambian second division in 2021.[5] In January 2023, during the second game week of the new season scored the first hat-trick of the season by any player in the Gambian First Division league, when he netted three goals in a 4-1 win over Brikama United at the Bakau Mini Stadium.[6] Due to his form for club and country Gambia Football Federation vice-president Bakary Jammeh confirmed in the media that Bojang was generating interest from football clubs abroad, including some in Egypt and England.[7][8] In July 2023 Bojang signed a five-year contract with Reims.[9]
He played for Gambia, who were coached by Abdoulie Bojang, Adama's grandfather, at the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.[10] Bojang scored four goals including scored a hat-trick against South Sudan in the quarter-final.[11] He also scored the winner against Nigeria in the semi-final.[12] The results in the tournament qualified the Gambian team for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[13] Bojang was also named in the CAF Best XI Team of the Tournament.[14]
A reported 6ft 3ins, he has been nicknamed ‘the Gambian Hurricane'.[15]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Steve Biko FC | 2022–23 | GFA League | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |