{"id":452956,"date":"2011-07-04T09:42:44","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T09:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/04\/gambia-finnish-based-goalkeeper-rejects-finland\/"},"modified":"2011-07-04T09:42:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T09:42:44","slug":"gambia-finnish-based-goalkeeper-rejects-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/gambia-finnish-based-goalkeeper-rejects-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambia: Finnish-Based Goalkeeper Rejects Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"23.88329281\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foroyaa.gm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FOROYAA Newspaper<\/a> (Serrekunda)<\/p>\n<p>Sulayman Bah<\/p>\n<p>1 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Finnish-born Gambian goalkeeper Sam Jammeh has rejected a bid to appear for Finland and instead opts to play for his country of origin.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Jammeh is the first scouted Gambian goalkeeper in abroad. Though born to a Finnish Mother but to Gambian father with a dual citizenship, the lad intends to make a mark with the Gambia national team.<\/p>\n<p>He could be just too young, but the 20-year-old is already setting his sight on the platform of glory with Paul Put&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>In a move to draw the GFA&#8217;s attention on his intention for a homeland call-up, the youngster has turned his back on the Finnish authorities who wants him to play for the Scandinavian country&#8217;s under twenty-one and under twenty.<\/p>\n<p>Opening up over the proposal he told this news outlet in a short statement from his base: &#8220;yeah, I rejected it. I said no to Finland U-20 and U-21 teams weeks ago when they asked me whether I want to play for them. I said no. But it depends what will happen with Gambia&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jammeh came to Gambia last year on a short visit and had trained with struggling Bakau side Steve Biko.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Continue Reading:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107040747.html\" title=\"Gambia: Finnish-Based Goalkeeper Rejects Finland\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gambia: Finnish-Based Goalkeeper Rejects Finland<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda) Sulayman Bah 1 July 2011 Finnish-born Gambian goalkeeper Sam Jammeh has rejected a bid to appear for Finland and instead opts to play for his country of origin. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-452956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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