Biri Biri

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Biri Biri
Full name	Alhaji Momodo Nije
Date of birth	March 30, 1948 (1948-03-30) (age 60)
Place of birth	Banjul, Gambia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Right Winger
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
	Black Star Football Club Black Diamonds White Phantoms Arrance FC
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1965-1970 1970 1970-1972 1972-1973 1973-1978 1978-1981 1981-1986	Augustians Football Club Derby County Wallidan Banjul B 1901 Sevilla CF Herfølge Boldklub Wallidan Banjul
National team
1963-1987	Gambia
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Alhaji Momodo Nije (born 30 March 1948, Banjul, Gambia), more commonly known as Biri Biri is a Gambian footballer who used to play for Sevilla FC. He also played under Brian Clough for Derby County FC.

1 Biography
2 Honours
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Biography

He is regarded by Sevilla fans as a cult figure and, at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, the most loyal fans named their cheering section (and thus, themselves) after him Biris Norte.

He currently lives back home in Gambia working as a civil servant for Banjul council, where he also coaches young children at Wallidan Banjul.

[edit] Honours

In 2000, he was given the order of merit by the Gambian President Yahya Jammeh as the country's 'greatest footballer of the last millennium and of all time'.^[1]