Antouman Jallow
Personal information
Full name Antouman Jallow
Date of birth (1981-06-11) 11 June 1981
Place of birth Uppsala, Sweden
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1994–1999 IK Sirius
2002–2005 UW–Milwaukee Panthers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 IK Sirius 30 (12)
2005–2006 Gefle IF 6 (1)
2007–2008 IK Sirius 31 (17)
2009 Portland Timbers 2 (1)
2009 → Sandvikens IF (loan) ? (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2009

Antouman Jallow (born 11 June 1981, in Uppsala) is a Swedish soccer player of Gambian heritage.

Career

Early Career in Sweden

Jallow was part of the youth system at his hometown club, IK Sirius, and was captain of the team which came second in Sweden's U-19 national championship. He played for Sirius in the Swedish second division from 2000 to 2001, scoring 12 goals in 30 games.

College

Jallow left Uppsala to attend university at and play college soccer at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 2002. He was both the team MVP and Horizon League player of the year in 2004.

Professional

Jallow was drafted in the fourth round (41st overall) of the 2005 MLS SuperDraft by San Jose Earthquakes,[1] but chose not to sign with the team.

Instead, Jallow moved back to Sweden, and spent the next two years playing for Gefle IF and IK Sirius. He scored 15 goals in 22 games for Sirius in the Superettan in 2007.[2]

In January 2009, Jallow signed with the Portland Timbers of the USL First Division.,[3] but made just 2 starts fior the team before being loaned to Swedish Division 2 Club Sandvikens IF.[4] He was released from his Portland contract on December 7, 2009.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Major League Soccer's SuperDraft 2005 Archived May 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Official Superettan stats
  3. ↑ "TIMBERS: Soccer team signs seven players". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  4. ↑ "Portlandtimbers.com: Statistics". Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  5. ↑ Timbers sign Quavas Kirk; Nine players not returning for 2010 Archived 2009-12-11 at the Wayback Machine


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