Seedy Jatta
 Jatta in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Seedyahmed Tijan Jatta | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 2003 | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sturm Graz | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Bjørndal | ||
| 2017–2019 | Skeid | ||
| 2020 | Vålerenga | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Vålerenga | 61 | (8) |
| 2023– | Sturm Graz | 71 | (11) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Norway U16 | 8 | (0) |
| 2020 | Norway U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | Norway U18 | 7 | (2) |
| 2022 | Norway U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2023 | Norway U20 | 2 | (2) |
| 2022– | Norway U21 | 10 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2024 | |||
Seedyahmed "Seedy" Tijan Jatta (born 18 March 2003) is a Norwegian professional forward who plays for Sturm Graz.
Career
[edit source]Born in Norway to Gambian parents, starting his career in Bjørndal IF, he moved on to play youth football in Skeid—where he became a Norwegian youth international—and Vålerenga. Drafted into the first team in 2021, he made his Eliteserien debut in May 2021 against Sandefjord, and scored his first goal in June 2021 against Stabæk.[2]
On 17 August 2023, Jatta joined Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz in a permanent deal.[3]
Career statistics
[edit source]- As of match played 5 August 2026[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vålerenga | 2021 | Eliteserien | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | 25 | 3 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 23 | 3 | |||
| 2023 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 19 | 6 | |||
| Total | 61 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 12 | ||
| Sturm Graz | 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 2024–25 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8[d] | 0 | 32 | 7 | ||
| 2025–26 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10[e] | 1 | 45 | 6 | ||
| 2026–27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[f] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 71 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 105 | 15 | ||
| Career total | 132 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 174 | 27 | ||
- ↑ Includes Norwegian Football Cup, Austrian Cup
- ↑ appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ↑ appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
[edit source]Sturm Graz
References
[edit source]- ↑ Vålerenga bio
- ↑ Seedy Jatta at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ↑ "Neuer Stürmer für Schwarz-Weiß" [New striker for black and white]. www.sksturm.at (in German). Sturm Graz. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ↑ "Seedy Jatta". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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