Allen Njie

Allen Njie
Personal information
Date of birth	26 July 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Barnesville, Liberia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Pepper Football Club
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2019	LISCR
2019–2021	Grasshopper
2020	→ Bnei Sakhnin (loan)
2021	→ Slaven Belupo (loan)
2021–2023	Aarau
2024	Vaduz
International career‡
2018	Liberia U20
2018–	Liberia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:54, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Allen Njie (born 26 July 1999) is a Liberian footballer who plays as a midfielder.^[2]

Club career

Born in Barnesville, Njie has played for Liberian clubs Pepper FC and LISCR as well as Swiss club Grasshopper.^[1]^[3]

In October 2020 he moved on loan to Israeli club Bnei Sakhnin.^[4]

In February 2021 he moved on loan to Croatian club Slaven Belupo.^[5]

In July 2021, he moved to Swiss club FC Aarau.^[6] In autumn 2023, he missed a number of games for personal reasons and subsequently his contract with Aarau was dissolved by mutual consent on 29 November 2023.^[7]

He signed with Liechtenstein side FC Vaduz on 20 December 2023 to begin in the second half of the season.^[8] On 30 April, Vaduz announced that they would not extend his contract after the end of the season.^[9]

International career

After playing for the Liberian under-20 team,^[3] he made his senior international debut for Liberia in 2018.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Allen Njie". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
^ Allen Njie at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Allen Njie Completes Grasshopper Move". LISCR FC. 16 February 2019. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
^ Quaye, Peterking (6 October 2020). "Allen Njie signs for Isreali [sic] top side Bnei Sakhnin".
^ "NK Slaven Belupo Sign Liberian Midfielder Allen Njie On Loan From Grasshoppers Zurich -". 21 February 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^ "Allen Njie". 9 August 2021.
^ "Vertrag mit Allen Njie per sofort aufgelöst". 29 November 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "FC Vaduz verpflichtet Allen Njie" (in Swiss High German). FC Vaduz. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Lüchinger bleibt, Ibrisimovic geht" (in Swiss High German). FC Vaduz. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.

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[NFT-1] "Allen Njie". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 September 2018.

[2] Allen Njie at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

[LISCR-3] "Allen Njie Completes Grasshopper Move". LISCR FC. 16 February 2019. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

[4] Quaye, Peterking (6 October 2020). "Allen Njie signs for Isreali [sic] top side Bnei Sakhnin".

[5] "NK Slaven Belupo Sign Liberian Midfielder Allen Njie On Loan From Grasshoppers Zurich -". 21 February 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

[6] "Allen Njie". 9 August 2021.

[7] "Vertrag mit Allen Njie per sofort aufgelöst". 29 November 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

[8] "FC Vaduz verpflichtet Allen Njie" (in Swiss High German). FC Vaduz. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

[9] "Lüchinger bleibt, Ibrisimovic geht" (in Swiss High German). FC Vaduz. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.

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