Amadou Jawo

Amadou Jawo
Personal information
Date of birth29 September 1984
Place of birthStockholm, Sweden[1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Djurgårdens IF
Number11
Youth career
IK Frej
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2007Vallentuna BK56(9)
2008–2009Gefle IF41(10)
2009–2013IF Elfsborg57(8)
2013Djurgårdens IF (loan)26(12)
2014–Djurgårdens IF31(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Amadou Jawo (born 29 September 1984) is a Swedish-Gambian footballer who plays for Djurgårdens IF as a striker.[2]

Career

Jawo arrived in Sweden at the age of five and after settling down in Täby kyrkby he joined the local club IK Frej. When he was sixteen he made his first team debut for Vallentuna BK in Division 1.[3] During his time at the club he scored 9 goals in 56 games.[4]

At the end of 2007 Jawo trialed with Djurgårdens IF. He played two games for the Stockholm club but did not end up getting signed. In the second game where Djurgården played against Gefle IF he however impressed Gefle manager Per Olsson enough to be signed by the Gävle club instead.[5] After two successful seasons at Gefle IF he was sold to IF Elfsborg in what was one of the most lucrative deals in the history of the club.[6]

Jawo struggled to break into the starting eleven at Elfsborg and declared at the end of 2011 that he would not accept being a bench player for another year.[7] The new Djurgården manager Magnus Pehrsson tried to bring Jawo to his club during several transfer windows and finally in March 2013 he joined them on a season long loan.[5] In January 2014, Djurgården announced that Jawo had signed a 5-year contract, keeping him at the club until 2018. [8]

Personal life

Jawo is of Gambian descent. He was a Djurgårdens IF supporter when he was growing up.[5] He has a total of nine siblings. His brother Omar Jawo has played 89 games in the Swedish top tier Allsvenskan while another brother, Momodou Jawo, was a goalkeeper for third tier club IK Frej.[3][9][10]

Career statistics

As of 28 November 2014[11]
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sweden League Svenska Cupen Europe Total
2008 Gefle IF Allsvenskan 275275
2009 15421175
IF Elfsborg 10121122
2010 2021051263
2011 1331040183
2012 14231173
2013 1010
Djurgårdens IF (loan) 2612513113
2014 Djurgårdens IF 29631327
2015 203151
Career total 1563516414318642

Honors

Club

IF Elfsborg

Individual

References

  1. "IF Elfsborg värvar från allsvensk konkurrent". elfsborg.se (in Swedish). IF Elfsborg. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
  2. "Jawo klar för Dif - till 2018" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Johan Orrenius möter Amadou Jawo". expressen.se (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  4. "Amo Jawo åter het i allsvenskan" (in Swedish). Vallentuna Fria. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Välkommen till DIF Amadou Jawo" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
  6. Stefan Persson (2009-07-27). "Jawo till Elfsborg". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
  7. "Amadou Jawo: "Tänker inte acceptera ett år till på bänken"" (in Swedish). SvenskaFans. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
  8. "Jawo klar för Dif - till 2018" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  9. "Eliteprospects.com - Omar Jawo". eliteprospects.com (in Swedish). Eliteprospects. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  10. "Truppen 2013 - IK Frej Täby Herrfotboll" (in Swedish). IK Frej. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  11. "Eliteprospects.com - Amadou Jawo". Eliteprospects. 28 November 2014.

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