Yaya Bojang
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 September 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Manduar, The Gambia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | OB | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Greater Tomorrow FA | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | Real de Banjul | 4 | (1) |
| 2023 | → OB (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | OB | 31 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | The Gambia | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:15, 9 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Yaya Bojang (born 10 September 2004) is a Gambian professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Danish Superliga club OB and The Gambia national team.
Club career
A youth academy of Greater Tomorrow FA, Bojang joined the Gambian club Real de Banjul on 6 May 2021.[1] On 4 May 2023, he joined the Danish club Odense BK on loan until 31 December 2023 with an option to buy.[2] On 9 January 2024, Odense BK activated the option to sign Bojang permanently until 2027.[3]
International career
Bojan was called up to The Gambia national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in October 2025. He debuted with The Gambia in a 7–0 win over Seychelles on 14 October 2025.[4]
Honours
Real de Banjul
OB
References
- ↑ Barry, Yusupha. "Trio join Real de Banjul".
- ↑ Barry, Yusupha. "Real de Banjul agree with Odense Boldklub for Yaya Bojang loan".
- ↑ "Afrikansk talent skifter til OB - TV 2". sport.tv2.dk. 9 January 2024.
- ↑ sanogo, Aichatou (14 October 2025). "Élim coupe du monde 2026 : La Gambie écrase les Seychelles".
- ↑ Buck, Laurits (23 May 2025). "OB vinder NordicBet Ligaen" [OB win the NordicBet League]. Bold (in Danish). Retrieved 9 August 2026.
External links
- Yaya Bojang at Soccerway
- Yaya Bojang at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 2004 births
- Living people
- People from West Coast Division (The Gambia)
- Gambian men's footballers
- The Gambia men's international footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- Real de Banjul FC players
- Odense Boldklub players
- GFA League First Division players
- Danish Superliga players
- Danish 1st Division players
- Gambian expatriate men's footballers
- Gambian expatriates in Denmark
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- 21st-century Gambian sportsmen