| 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) | ||
| 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) |
| 2020−2021 | → Šamorín | 12 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | → Zemplín Michalovce (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Radnik Surdulica | 5 | (0) |
| 2024– | Doxa | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2020– | Gambia | 5 | (0) |
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*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
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.
References
- Sainey Njie 04.07.2020, dac1904.sk
- SPARTAK TRNAVA VS. DAC 0 - 2 21.06.2020, soccerway.com
- "DAC vs. Slovan Bratislava - 1 July 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- "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.
- Sainley Njie profile on soccerway
- "Gambia 1-0 Congo In Friendly International". THE GFF | Official Website. 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)
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Gambian men's footballers
- People from West Coast Division (The Gambia)
- The Gambia men's international footballers
- Gambian expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players
- FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín players
- MFK Zemplín Michalovce players
- Slovak First Football League players
- 2. Liga (Slovakia) players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
- FK Radnik Surdulica players
- Serbian SuperLiga players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia
- Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
- Gambian football biography stubs