Simon Barjie (born 6 September 1978) is a former professional

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who is the athletic trainer of club Monza. Born in Italy, he played for the Gambia national team.

Club career

Born in Milan, Lombardy, Barjie started his career at the Serie C2 club Solbiatese Arno, 40 km away from Milan. In 1997, he was signed by Serie C1 club

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and played twice for the first team in 1997–98 Serie C1 season. In 1999, he left for Serie C2 club

Pro Sesto Pro Sesto 1913 S.r.l. (formerly ''Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Nuova Pro Sesto'' and initially ''Associazione Calcio Pro Sesto'') is an association football club, based in Sesto San Giovanni, Lombardy, Italy. Pro Sesto currently plays ...

along with Gabriele Donghi, in temporary deal (Barjie) and co-ownership deal (for 1 million lire, a peppercorn fee) respectively. Como paid Pro Sesto 30 million lire as an incentive for the loan. The deal later converted to co-ownership deal. In 2003, Como was relegated from Serie A and tried to buy back Barjie and Donghi but were out-bid by Pro Sesto, who bought Barjie and Donghi by submitted a closed tender to Lega Nazionale Professionisti.

Monza

In 2004, he left Pro Sesto for fellow Serie C2 team Monza; the team was promoted to Serie C1 in 2005. In 2008, he left for Pro Patria on a reported free transfer. But 1 season later he returned to Monza until his retire.

International career

Barjie

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at least three times for Gambia. He played a

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against

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in 2007 and a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier in 2003.

Personal life

He graduated as a

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in 2010 from

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (English: ''Catholic University of the Sacred Heart'', colloquially the ''Catholic University of Milan''), known as UCSC or UNICATT or simply Cattolica, is an Italian private research university founded in 1 ...

. Barjie has a Gambian father and Italian mother. He visited Gambia for the first time in more than 10 years in 2003 and saw his father again. At that time he had an international duty for Gambia and the match was scheduled at Bakau, suburb of Banjul, the capital city.

References

External links

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Football.it Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barjie, Simon 1978 births Living people Footballers from Milan Gambian men's footballers The Gambia men's international footballers Italian men's footballers Gambian people of Italian descent Italian people of Gambian descent People with acquired Gambian citizenship Como 1907 players Pro Sesto 1913 players AC Monza players Aurora Pro Patria 1919 players Men's association football fullbacks Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore alumni AC Monza non-playing staff