Momodou Njie

Momodou Njie
Personnel
Surname	Momodou Ngoos Njie
birthday	March 30, 1948
place of birth	Banjul ,  Gambia
size	177 cm
Juniors
Years	station
	Black Star Football Club
	Black Diamonds
	White Phantoms
	Arrance Bathurst
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1965-1970	Augustian's Bathurst	? 0(?)
1970	Derby County	0 0(0)
1970-1972	Wallidan Banjul	? 0(?)
1972-1973	B 1901	? 0(2)
1973-1978	Sevilla FC	99 (31)
1978	B 1901	2 0(2)
1980-1981	Herfølge BK	? 0(7)
1981-1986	Wallidan Banjul	? 0(?)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1963-1987	Gambia	? (?)
1 Only league games are given.

Alhaji Momodou Ngoos "Biri Biri" Njie (born March 30, 1948 in Bathurst, today Banjul ; † July 19, 2020 in Dakar ; sometimes also written Momodu Njie or Momodu Nije ) was a Gambian soccer player who was one of the most successful in the country and the Spanish club Sevilla FC is counted. The fans of this club gave him the nickname Biri-Biri and since 1975 the Ultrà group on the north stand of the stadium has been named after him (" Biris Norte "). In 2000 he received an Order of Merit from President Yahya Jammeh for his achievements as the “greatest footballer in the country of the 20th century” . This was the second order; he received his first in 1985.

Life

The Danish club B 1901 Nykøbing discovered Njie during a friendly match in Gambia, who had already played an international match at the age of 15. Originally he wanted to sign Betis Sevilla , but local rivals Sevilla FC won him over. As the first black Muslim in Spanish football, he became a fan hero in 1975 with his 14 goals that helped his team rise again. After a gala performance of the unpredictable, elastic striker, Biri-Biri was carried by Seville fans on shoulders from the Sánchez Pizjuán stadium to Gran Plaza, just under a kilometer away.

In 1978 he went back to Denmark, in the 80s he let his career end in Gambia. After retiring from active football, Njie served on the city council in his hometown of Banjul and was deputy mayor until 1994. He also trained the children in the Wallidan Banjul association and was the manager of the Royal Albert Market.

For the Gambian national soccer team he was in action from 1963 to 1987.

Awards and honors

• 1975: Name of the north stand of the Sevilla FC stadium ("Biris Norte")
• 2020: Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic of The Gambia (posthumous) (GCRG)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to another source 1945
2. ↑ Official Announcement: Biri-Biri passes away
3. ↑ Biri Biri: Gambia's 'greatest' BBC Sport from May 23, 2005
4. ↑ Gambians celebrate shock win BBC Sport on September 18, 2005
5. ↑ Biri Biri Njie: The Soccer Legend from May 1, 2007
6. ^ A tale of Biri Biri from September 18, 2007
7. ↑ Citation for Alhaji Biri Njie - 2008 Outstanding Sports Personality ( Memento from July 29, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) from May 12, 2008
8. ↑ Biri Njie and others honored ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated May 12, 2008 
9. ↑ GNOC Awards Biri 14 Others, and Trust Bank, May 12, 2008
10. ↑ Citation for Alhagi Momodou Ngoos Njie (Biri) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated May 15, 2008 
11. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Seville's sensationalist. Retrieved July 22, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Lamin Njie: President Barrow Awards Nation's Highest Honor To Fallen Legend Biri Biri. In: fatunetwork.net. July 22, 2020, accessed July 23, 2020 (American English).  

Web links

• Momodou Njie in the database of weltfussball.de