Simba bolsters attack with Gambian attacker
What you need to know:
- Jobe is the third player to join Simba since the January transfer window which slams shut today January 15, 2024. Previously, Simba signed Zanzibar’s JKU attacking midfielder Saleh Karabaka and former US Monastir defensive midfielder Babacar Sarr from Senegal
Dar es Salaam: Simba Sports Club has acquired Gambian striker Pa Omar Jobe from Gambia ahead of the NBC Premier League, the Azam Federation Cup, and the CAF Champions League in an effort to bolster their attack.
Jobe is the third player to join Simba since the January transfer window which slams shut today January 15, 2024.
Previously, Simba signed Zanzibar’s JKU attacking midfielder Saleh Karabaka and former US Monastir defensive midfielder Babacar Sarr from Senegal.
Jobe, 25, formerly played for Kazakhstan’s side known as FC Zhenis and has experience in various parts of the world.
Karabaka and Sarr featured with the Msimbazi Street giants in the recently concluded Mapinduzi Cup in Zanzibar, where the team finished second.
However, the addition of Jobe puts the futures of Simba’s strikers Auben Kramo and Moses Phiri in jeopardy, as technical requirements limit the club to having only two foreign strikers.
Meanwhile, the Msimbazi Street giants must now adhere to the rules and regulations governing the Mainland Tanzania Premier League, requiring them to reduce their foreign contingent by two.
Currently, Simba has 14 foreign players, including Ayoub Lakred, who is from Morocco; Henoc Inonga (DR Congo); Fabrice Ngoma (DR Congo); Saido Ntibazonkiza (Burundi) and Clatous Chama who is from Zambia.
Others are Phiri (Zambia); and Auben Kramo of Ivory Coast, Jean Baleke (DR Congo) and Wille Esomba Onana, from Cameroon; Luis Miquisone of Mozambique; Jobe (Gambia), Sarr (Senegal) and Che Malone Fondo from Cameroon.
