Modou Jadama

Modou Jadama
Personal information
Full nameModou Lamin Jadama
Date of birth(1994-03-17)17 March 1994
Place of birthSerrekunda, The Gambia
Date of death2 October 2024(2024-10-02) (aged 30)
Place of deathUnited States
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PositionCentre-back
Youth career
2012–2013Universidad de Chile[1]
2013–2014Colo-Colo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014Colo-Colo B5(0)
2014–2016Colo-Colo0(0)
2016→ Coquimbo Unido (loan)3(0)
2017Tulsa Roughnecks31(1)
2018–2019Portland Timbers2(0)
2018–2019Portland Timbers 242(5)
2020Atlanta United 216(0)
2021FC Tulsa24(0)
2022Hartford Athletic28(0)
2024Georgia FC4(0)
Total155(6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Modou Lamin Jadama (17 March 1994 – 2 October 2024), also known as Mou Jadama, was a Gambian footballer who played as a centre-back.

Career

Early career

Born in Serrekunda of The Gambia, Jadama moved to Atlanta, Georgia when he was 9 years old.[2] At the age of 10, he got selected for a team called Stars, introduced to him by his cousin.[2] He played varsity football for 3 years for Milton High School and also the Norcross Soccer Academy.[3] He was also an Olympic Development Program (ODP) player from 2007-2010.[3] Jadama also trained with Elon University, but soon left to join Universidad de Chile.[1]

Chile

Jadama signed with Universidad de Chile in 2012, soon returning to the U.S. to finish high school but returned to play for their reserve team.[2] After that, he went to train in Italy and Leipzig but left to play for Colo-Colo in August 2013, signing a 2 year contract with their reserve team in the 2013–14 Segunda División Profesional.[4][1] He won the U19 league in the 2014 season, and was promoted to the first team in January 2015.[5][6]

In February 2015, he played for the Colo-Colo first team against Santiago Wanderers in the Santo Tomás Cup, which his team won by penalties.[6] He also played a total of 92 minutes in two matches of the 2015 Copa Chile, against Huachipato and Ñublense.[7] However, he tore his medial collateral ligament and was loaned to second division team Coquimbo Unido in 2016, due to a new limit on the amount foreigners allowed in a team.[8][2] He made his debut in a 1-0 win against Deportes Puerto Montt, but only made three more appearances throughout the year before his loan ended.[9] Jadama and Colo-Colo mutually agreed that he would leave at the end of the 2016 season.[2]

Tulsa Roughnecks

On 8 March 2017, Jadama signed with USL Championship team Tulsa Roughnecks (now known as FC Tulsa).[10] He made his debut on 1 April 2017, in a 1-0 win against the Rio Grande Valley FC Toros.[11] Over the course of the 2017 season, he would become an important member for Tulsa Roughnecks, making 31 appearances at defense and scoring one goal.[12]

Portland Timbers

Jadama's good performances for Tulsa Roughnecks rewarded him with a move to Major League Soccer team Portland Timbers, signing on 24 January 2018.[13] He made his first-team debut in a 2-0 win over San Jose Earthquakes in the U.S. Open Cup and made his MLS debut on 9 June 2018, in a 0-0 draw against Sporting Kansas City, coming on for Marco Farfan.[14] He would make the majority of his appearances for the reserve team, making 42 appearances over two seasons from 2018-2019 and being named captain.[14]

Atlanta United

On 22 January 2020, Jadama signed with fellow MLS team Atlanta United FC.[15] He would make 16 appearances over the 2020 season for their second team and was also named captain. His contract expired at the end of the 2020 season.[16]

Return to Tulsa

On 21 January 2021, Jadama returned with the now named FC Tulsa (previously Tulsa Roughnecks).[17] He made 24 appearances over the 2021 USL season, 22 of them being starts.[18]

Later career

Jadama signed with Hartford Athletic of the USL Championship on 24 January 2022.[19] He made his debut in a 2-1 loss against Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC on 19 March 2022.[20] Over the course of the season, he would make 28 appearances with the team.[21] He would also play with Georgia Lions of the National Independent Soccer Association.[22]

Death

Jadama died in the United States in a car accident[23] on 2 October 2024, at the age of 30.[24][25]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mou Jadama, el gringo ex U que quiere salvar al Cacique". El Gráfico Chile (in Spanish). 12 September 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e "My Story: Modou Jadama". Hartford Athletic. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Elon Men's Soccer Adds Five for 2011". Elon University. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Triste noticia: muere ex jugador de Colo Colo a sus 30 años". Deportes13 (in Spanish). Canal 13. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  5. ^ "COLO COLO ES EL NUEVO SUPERCAMPEÓN DE LA CATEGORÍA SUB 19" (in Spanish). 6 December 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Tapia recurre a Jadama para reforzar la defensa". elonphoenix.com (in Spanish). 14 January 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Modou Lamin Jadama". colocolo.cl (in Spanish). Colo-Colo. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Mou Jadama y Daniel Malhue irán a préstamo a Coquimbo Unido" (in Spanish). 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  9. ^ "COQUIMBO UNIDO SUPERÓ CON LO JUSTO A DEPORTES PUERTO MONTT Y TREPA POSICIONES EN LA TABLA" (in Spanish). 29 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Roughnecks Sign Former Colo-Colo Defender Modou Jadama". 8 March 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Roughnecks Tame the Toros". 1 April 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Rivas, Bird, Bourgeois, Jadama All Make 100th Career Regular-Season USL Championship Appearance in 2021". 16 August 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Timbers sign midfielder Andrés Flores, defender Modou Jadama; club re-signs defender/midfielder Bill Tuiloma". 24 January 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Modou Jadama". Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  15. ^ "Atlanta United 2 signs Modou Jadama". 22 January 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Atlanta United 2 announce year-end roster moves". 4 December 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  17. ^ "FC Tulsa Signs Defender Mo Jadama for Second Stint with Club". 21 January 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  18. ^ Ben Creider (2 October 2024). "FC Tulsa Mourns the Loss of Modou Jadama". Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Hartford Inks Veteran Defender Modou Jadama". USLChampionship.com. 24 January 2022. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  20. ^ "RECAP: Hartford drops season opener 2-1 to Pittsburgh". 20 March 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  21. ^ "Modou Jadama". soccerway. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  22. ^ Seth Vertelney (3 October 2024). "Former Portland Timbers defender Jadama dies at 30". Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  23. ^ "Former Atlanta United 2 player killed in crash at age of 30". FOX 5 Atlanta. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  24. ^ "Mou Jadama, Colo Colo Defender, Passes Away at 30 Following Accident in the U.S." 2 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  25. ^ doctorWeb.cl. "Murió a los 30 años, Modou Jadama, exdefensa de Colo Colo. Había nacido en Gambia". cambio21.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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