Mustapha Jarju
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mustapha Alasan Jarju | ||
Date of birth | 18 July 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Banjul, Gambia | ||
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Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Sporting Hasselt | ||
Youth career | |||
Reggae Boys | |||
Steve Biko Bakau | |||
Racing Star | |||
Wallidan | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2008 | Lierse | 62 | (23) |
2008–2011 | R.A.E.C. Mons | 99 | (34) |
2011 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 10 | (0) |
2012–2014 | R.A.E.C. Mons | 68 | (16) |
2014–2015 | Hatta Club | 20 | (15) |
2015 | Irtysh | 0 | (0) |
2016– | Sporting Hasselt | 16 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2002 | Gambia U-17 | ||
2003–2005 | Gambia U-20 | ||
2006–2011 | Gambia | 27 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 January 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2013 |
Mustapha Alasan Jarju (born 18 July 1986), also known as Toubabo, is an international Gambian footballer who currently plays for Sporting Hasselt.
Club career
Mustapha Jarju began his career playing with Reggae Boys, Racing Star, Steve Biko FC and Wallidan in his native Gambia.[2][3] Jarju would launch his international club career with Belgian club Lierse. In his two years at the club Jarju was a prominent member of the side scoring 24 goals in 62 matches.
As a result of his stellar play with Lierse, Jarju signed with R.A.E.C. Mons in 2008. While with Mons he appeared in 99 league matches and scored 34 goals. His best season with Mons was during the 2010/11 campaign in which he scored 18 goals in 31 league matches, helping the club gain promotion to the Belgian top flight. In total with the club Jarju appeared in 106 official matches and scored 37 goals.[4]
He would become the first African to sign as a Designated Player in Major League Soccer after signing with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC on 12 July 2011.[5] However, it was not a good fit and Jarju and Vancouver mutually agreed to terminate his contract on 20 January 2012.[6]
Jarju re-signed with R.A.E.C. Mons on 25 January 2012.[7]
In July 2015, Jarju signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side Irtysh Pavlodar.[8] Jarju terminated his contract with Irtysh in September of the same year, without playing for the club, before filing a lawsuit against the club over unpaid wages and compensation.[9][10][11]
International career
The midfielder was previously the captain of the U-17 and U-20 national teams, as well as serving as alternate captain for Gambia[12] and scoring a goal for the national squad versus Liberia in the 2010 World Cup qualification first round.
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External links
- MLS player profile
- Mustapha Jarju at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- worldfootball.net
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Gambian footballers
- Gambian expatriate footballers
- The Gambia international footballers
- K. Lierse S.K. players
- R.A.E.C. Mons players
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Belgian Second Division/Belgian First Division B players
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate soccer players in Canada
- Major League Soccer players
- Designated Players (MLS)