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Salifu Jatta
Personal information
Full name Salifu Jatta
Date of birth (1995-12-11) December 11, 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Serekunda, The Gambia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Manila Digger
Number 10
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Evergreen Valley Hawks (16)
2016–2017 Fort Lewis Skyhawks 34 (4)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Nevada Coyotes
2019 Corpus Christi 14 (7)
2019–2020 Oakland Roots 2 (0)
2020–2021 Stumptown AC 0 (0)
2021–2022 Contra Costa
2023–2024 FC Meshakhte Tkibuli 2 (2)
2024– Manila Digger 9 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5:37, June 19, 2024 (UTC)

Salifu Jatta (born 11 December 1995) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Philippines Football League club Manila Digger.[1][2]

Personal life[edit]

Jatta was born in Serekunda in The Gambia. He left his country for the United States at age 14 and graduated from South San Francisco High School.[3]

Career[edit]

College career[edit]

After high school, Jatta attended San Jose State University,[4] first playing college football for the Hawks of Evergreen Valley College.[5][6] In 2015, he was part of the 2015 All Northern California team.[7]

In 2016, he transferred colleges where he played football for the Skyhawks of Fort Lewis College, playing 34 games across two seasons before graduating.[8][9]

Club career in the US[edit]

Jatta signed his first club contract with the Nevada Coyotes of the United Premier Soccer League,[10][11] where he stayed for two years. He played for a number of clubs in the lower divisions of the US soccer system, first siging with Corpus Christi for a short stint in 2019[12] before signing for Oakland Roots a year after.[13][14] He subsequently plied his trade at Stumptown for the 2020–2021 season[15] and Contra Costa for the 2021–2022 season.

Meshakhte Tkibuli[edit]

In 2023, he played for the first time outside the US as he signed with FC Meshakhte Tkibuli in the Liga 3 of Georgia.[16][17] He would stay with the club until departing in early 2024.

Manila Digger[edit]

In early 2024, it was reported that Jatta had signed with Philippines club Manila Digger of the PFL, making his first appearance for the club in their opening game, a 2–1 win over Philippine Army. He scored his first goal in a 3–1 win over Loyola,[18] also scoring a brace against United City and a header against Kaya–Iloilo.[19][20][21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Salifu Jatta at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Manila Digger FC - Team Roster". pfl.org.ph. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "Player Profile: Salifu Jatta". Protagonist Soccer. March 23, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "Men's Soccer - Salifu Jatta". Fort Lewis Skyhawks. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  5. ^ Morotti, Lorenzo (September 2, 2015). "Fierce contest ends in stalemate". The Advocate. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  6. ^ Curley, Joe (December 5, 2015). "Oxnard reaches rarefied air with state final appearance". Ventura County Star. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  7. ^ "2015 CCCSCA All-Region Teams" (PDF). CCCAA Sports. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  8. ^ "2016 Men's Soccer Roster". Fort Lewis Skyhawks. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  9. ^ Kortz, Brian (September 12, 2018). "Men's Soccer Starts RMAC Play at Home Against #19 Colorado Mesa, Then Play at Adams State". Fort Lewis Skyhawks. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  10. ^ "Harmon Sports Group - Forwards". Harmon Sports Group. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  11. ^ "Western Nevada FC signs Salifu Jatta". Western Nevada FC. January 24, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  12. ^ "Corpus Christi FC Roster". USL League Two. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  13. ^ "Roster - Salifu Jatta". National Independent Soccer Association. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  14. ^ "Oakland Roots SC Roster". Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  15. ^ "Stumptown Roster - Salifu Jatta". Stumptown AC. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  16. ^ "ოფიციალურად ს.კ "მეშახტეს" ღირსებას ამ სეზონში, ახალწვეული სალიფუ ჯატა დაიცავს, რომელიც, წინა სეზონში "Stump Town AC" მაისურს ირგებდა!". FC Meshakhte on Facebook. July 19, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  17. ^ "ორბი 1-1 მეშახტე". Georgian Cup. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  18. ^ Suing, Ivan (May 5, 2024). "Manila Digger licks Loyola FC". Daily Tribune. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  19. ^ "Kaya FC-Iloilo 3-1 Manila Digger FC: Kaya earns hard earned win over Manila Digger". pfl.org.ph. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  20. ^ "Kaya FC stay top in PFL 2024". ASEAN Football Federation. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  21. ^ "Kaya FC-Iloilo 3-1 Manila Digger FC". Kaya FC. June 1, 2024. Retrieved June 19, 2024.

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