Amadou Jawo

Amadou Jawo

Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-09-29) 29 September 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Banjul, Gambia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Brottby SK
Number	10
Youth career
	IK Frej
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2007	Vallentuna BK	56	(9)
2008–2009	Gefle IF	41	(10)
2009–2013	IF Elfsborg	57	(8)
2013	→ Djurgårdens IF (loan)	26	(12)
2014–2018	Djurgårdens IF	56	(6)
2018	→ IK Frej (loan)	11	(0)
2019–	Brottby SK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2018

Amadou Jawo (born 29 September 1984) is a Gambian footballer who plays as a striker for Brottby SK in Sweden.^[1]

Career

Jawo was born in Banjul, Gambia.^[2] He 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 through 2018.^[8]

On 23 April 2019, Jawo joined Brottby SK.^[9]

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 IK Frej.^[3][10][11]

Career statistics

As of 19 July 2016^[12]

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	27	5	—		—		27	5
2009			15	4	2	1	—		17	5
	IF Elfsborg		10	1	—		2	1	12	2
2010			20	2	1	0	5	1	26	3
2011			13	3	1	0	4	0	18	3
2012			14	2	—		3	1	17	3
2013			—		1	0	—		1	0
	Djurgårdens IF (loan)		26	12	5	1	—		31	13
2014	Djurgårdens IF		29	6	3	1	—		32	7
2015			11	0	3	1	—		14	1
2016			8	0	2	0	—		10	0
Career total			173	35	18	4	14	3	205	42

Honors

Club

IF Elfsborg

• Allsvenskan (1): 2012

Individual

• Årets Järnkamin (1): 2013

References

1. "Jawo klar för Dif - till 2018" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
2. "Sweden - A. Jawo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
3. "Johan Orrenius möter Amadou Jawo". expressen.se (in Swedish). Expressen. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
4. "Amo Jawo åter het i allsvenskan" (in Swedish). Vallentuna Fria. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
5. "Välkommen till DIF Amadou Jawo" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
6. Stefan Persson (27 July 2009). "Jawo till Elfsborg". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
7. "Amadou Jawo: "Tänker inte acceptera ett år till på bänken"" (in Swedish). SvenskaFans. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
8. "Jawo klar för Dif - till 2018" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
9. "Jag har alltid varit en hårt arbetade spelare", svenskalag.se, 23 April 2019
10. "Eliteprospects.com - Omar Jawo". eliteprospects.com (in Swedish). Eliteprospects. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
11. "Truppen 2013 - IK Frej Täby Herrfotboll" (in Swedish). IK Frej. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
12. "Eliteprospects.com - Amadou Jawo". Eliteprospects. 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013.

External links

• Amadou Jawo at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
• Amadou Jawo at Elite Football (archive)