Yankuba Jarju

Gambian footballer

Yankuba Jarju
Personal information
Full name	Yankuba Jarju
Date of birth	(1996-08-20) August 20, 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth	Gambia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	SO Cholet
Number	12
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2017	Real Banjul
2017–2018	Génération Foot
2018–2019	→ Pau FC (loan)	30	(8)
2019–2021	Pau	28	(5)
2021–	Cholet	89	(30)
International career^‡
2017–	Gambia	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2019

Yankuba Jarju (born 20 August 1996) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championnat National club Cholet.

Club career

Jarju started his career in his native Gambia, with Real Banjul, before spending a season with Génération Foot in Senegal.^[1] He arrived in France in the summer of 2018, initially on loan with Pau FC, but on a permanent contract from the summer of 2019. He was part of the side that gained promotion to Ligue 2 in 2020, but did not establish himself at that level, and moved to SO Cholet in January 2021.^[2]

International career

Jarju made his professional debut with the Gambia national football team in a 0–0 2018 African Nations Championship qualifying tie on 15 July 2017.^[3]

References

^ Yankuba Jarju at FootballDatabase.eu
^ "National. Yankuba Jarju (Pau FC) va renforcer l'attaque du SO Cholet" (in French). footamateur.fr. 12 January 2021.
^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Gambia vs. Mali (0:0)". www.national-football-teams.com.