Allen Njie

{{short description|Liberian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Use Liberian English|date=August 2022}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|7|26|df=y}}

|birth_place = Barnesville, Liberia

|height = 1.85m

|position = Midfielder

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|youthclubs1 = Pepper Football Club

|years1 = 2016–2019

|clubs1 = LISCR

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|years2 = 2019–2021

|clubs2 = Grasshopper

|caps2 = 18

|goals2 = 2

|years3 = 2020

|clubs3 = → Bnei Sakhnin (loan)

|caps3 = 0

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 2021

|clubs4 = → Slaven Belupo (loan)

|caps4 = 1

|goals4 = 0

|years5 = 2021–2023

|clubs5 = Aarau

|caps5 = 60

|goals5 = 2

|years6 = 2024

|clubs6 = Vaduz

|caps6 = 15

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|nationalyears1 = 2018

|nationalteam1 = Liberia U20

|nationalcaps1 = 5

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|nationalyears2 = 2018–

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Allen Njie (born 26 July 1999) is a Liberian footballer who plays as a midfielder.{{soccerway|allen-njie/575489|accessdate=21 January 2024}}

Club career

Born in Barnesville, Njie has played for Liberian clubs Pepper FC and LISCR as well as Swiss club Grasshopper.{{NFT player|pid=71926|accessdate=19 September 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.liscrfc.com/2019/02/16/allen-njie-completes-grasshooper-move/|title=Allen Njie Completes Grasshopper Move|date=16 February 2019|accessdate=5 March 2019|publisher=LISCR FC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306045901/https://www.liscrfc.com/2019/02/16/allen-njie-completes-grasshooper-move/|archive-date=6 March 2019|url-status=dead}}

In October 2020 he moved on loan to Israeli club Bnei Sakhnin.{{Cite web|url=https://liberiasportsonline.com/allen-njie-signs-for-isreali-top-side-bnei-sakhnin/|title=Allen Njie signs for Isreali [sic] top side Bnei Sakhnin|first=Peterking|last=Quaye|date=6 October 2020}}

In February 2021 he moved on loan to Croatian club Slaven Belupo.{{Cite web|url=https://flashnewsliberia.com/nk-slaven-belupo-sign-liberian-midfielder-allen-njie-on-loan-from-grasshoppers-zurich/|title=NK Slaven Belupo Sign Liberian Midfielder Allen Njie On Loan From Grasshoppers Zurich -|date=21 February 2021|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=4 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204090527/https://www.flashnewsliberia.com/nk-slaven-belupo-sign-liberian-midfielder-allen-njie-on-loan-from-grasshoppers-zurich/|url-status=dead}}

In July 2021, he moved to Swiss club FC Aarau.{{Cite web|url=https://fcaarau.ch/teams/erste-mannschaft/allen-njie/|title=Allen Njie |date=9 August 2021}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://fcaarau.ch/news/vertrag-mit-allen-njie-per-sofort-aufgeloest/|title=Vertrag mit Allen Njie per sofort aufgelöst |date=29 November 2023|access-date=20 December 2023}}

He signed with Liechtenstein side FC Vaduz on 20 December 2023 to begin in the second half of the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fcvaduz.li/news/fc-vaduz-verpflichtet-allen-njie|title=FC Vaduz verpflichtet Allen Njie|date=20 December 2023|access-date=20 December 2023 | publisher=FC Vaduz | language=de-ch}} On 30 April, Vaduz announced that they would not extend his contract after the end of the season.{{cite web | title=Lüchinger bleibt, Ibrisimovic geht | publisher=FC Vaduz | url=https://www.fcvaduz.li/news/luechinger-bleibt-ibrisimovic-geht | language=de-ch| access-date=2 May 2024|date=30 April 2024}}

International career

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

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