Bilal Njie

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Bilal Njie
Personal information
Full name Bilal Elmi Njie[1]
Date of birth (1998-06-13) 13 June 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger[2]
Team information
Current team
 Odd
Number 24
Youth career
–2014[citation needed] Holmlia
2014–2017 Vålerenga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Vålerenga 2 20 (5)
2017 Vålerenga 1 (0)
2018–2020 Odd 38 (3)
2020–2022 KFUM 29 (9)
2022–2024 Haugesund 49 (11)
2024– Odd 1 (0)
International career‡
2023– Somalia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:05, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Bilal Elmi Njie (born 13 June 1998) is a footballer who plays as a winger for Eliteserien club Odd. Born in Norway, he plays for the Somalia national team.

Career[edit]

Vålerenga[edit]

Njie began his career at Vålerenga, and made his first team debut on 30 September 2017 in a 4-2 loss vs. Stabæk Fotball, coming on as a late substitute.[3] He also made 20 appearances for the reserve team in the 2017 season.

Odd[edit]

Before the 2018 season, Njie signed a three-year contract with the Skien-based club Odd, instead of signing with his youth club Vålerenga.[4] According to Njie, he chose to sign with Odd because of their well-known ability to develop young players.

KFUM[edit]

Njie signed for KFUM-Kameratene Oslo on 5 October 2020.[5][6]

On 5 December 2021, in the promotion playoffs for a spot in the Eliteserien, Njie scored two goals in their quarterfinal win over Fredrikstad, including a stoppage time equalizer to send the match to penalty kicks.[7]

International career[edit]

Bilal was born in Norway to a Gambian father and Somali mother, and was eligible for all three national teams.[8] He played for the Somalia national team in a set of friendlies in October 2023.[9]

Personal life[edit]

Bilal is the younger brother of the footballer Moussa Njie.[10]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 31 March 2024[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vålerenga 2017 Eliteserien 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Odd 2018 22 3 4 1 — 26 4
2019 6 0 0 0 — 6 0
2020 10 0 — — 10 0
Total 38 3 4 1 — 42 4
KFUM 2020 1. divisjon 11 3 — — 11 3
2021 18 6 3 1 3 4 24 11
2022 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1
Total 29 9 5 2 3 4 37 15
Haugesund 2022 Eliteserien 23 6 4 0 — 27 6
2023 26 5 2 3 — 28 8
Total 49 11 6 3 — 55 14
Odd 2024 Eliteserien 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Career total 118 23 15 6 3 4 136 33

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bilal Njie at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ a b Bilal Njie at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Stabæk v Vålerenga Starting XIs, 9/30/17, Eliteserien | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ^ Bratland, Tore Ulrik (22 January 2018). "Bilal Njie signerte for Odd". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Fra Odd til Kåffa". KFUM. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  6. ^ "#DeadlineDay in Norway today is shaping up..." Twitter. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Fredrikstad vs KFUM in Eliteserien Qualification". FotMob. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  8. ^ Flateby, Terje (3 October 2023). "Tatt ut på landslaget: – Spennende mulighet". Haugesunds Avis.
  9. ^ "- En veldig spennende mulighet". Haugesund.
  10. ^ Sulayman Bah (1 October 2019). "Gambia Risk Losing Scorpion-eligible Bilal Njie to Norway". Foroyaa Newspaper. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Bilal Njie". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

External links[edit]

Bilal Njie at National-Football-Teams.com

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