Allen Njie

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Allen Njie
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-07-26) 26 July 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Barnesville, Liberia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Vaduz
Number 66
Youth career
Pepper Football Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 LISCR
2019–2021 Grasshopper 18 (2)
2020Bnei Sakhnin (loan) 0 (0)
2021Slaven Belupo (loan) 1 (0)
2021–2023 Aarau 60 (2)
2024– Vaduz 0 (0)
International career
2018 Liberia U20 5 (0)
2018– Liberia 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:08, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:54, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Allen Njie (born 26 July 1999) is a Liberian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liechtenstein club FC Vaduz in the Swiss Challenge League.[2]

Club career[edit]

Born in Barnesville, Njie has played for Liberian clubs Pepper FC and LISCR as well as Swiss club Grasshopper.[1][3]

In October 2020 he moved on loan to Israeli club Bnei Sakhnin.[4]

In February 2021 he moved on loan to Croatian club Slaven Belupo.[5]

In July 2021, he moved to Swiss club FC Aarau.[6] In autumn 2023, he missed a number of games due to personal reasons and subsequently his contract with Aarau was dissolved by mutual consent on 29 November 2023.[7]

He signed with Liechtenstein side FC Vaduz on 20 December 2023 to begin in the second half of the season.[8]

International career[edit]

After playing for the Liberian under-20 team,[3] he made his senior international debut for Liberia in 2018.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Allen Njie". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  2. ^ Allen Njie at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Allen Njie Completes Grasshopper Move". LISCR FC. 16 February 2019. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  4. ^ Quaye, Peterking (6 October 2020). "Allen Njie signs for Isreali [sic] top side Bnei Sakhnin".
  5. ^ "NK Slaven Belupo Sign Liberian Midfielder Allen Njie On Loan From Grasshoppers Zurich -". 21 February 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Allen Njie". 9 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Vertrag mit Allen Njie per sofort aufgelöst". 29 November 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  8. ^ "FC Vaduz verpflichtet Allen Njie". 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.