Sainey Njie

Sainey Njie

Personal information
Full name	Sainey Njie
Date of birth	(2001-08-30) 30 August 2001
Place of birth	Lamin, The Gambia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Radnik Surdulica
Number	20
Youth career
0000–2019	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

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. 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.

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.

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.

International career

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

External links

• 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)