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Hamburg sign 18-year-old Gambian refugee Bakary Jatta

Jun 17, 2016, 10:31 AM 1 min read Updated Aug 21, 2020
Hamburg have signed Gambian refugee Bakary Jatta on a three-year contract.

Jatta turned 18 a week ago, which allowed him to sign a professional deal.

He already had been training with the first team.

Jatta fled his homeland in 2015 and arrived in northern Germany via Italy.

He joined a football academy in Bremen and convinced Hamburg’s staff to put trial him.

He can play in several attacking positions.

Jatta says he had never played in a club before.

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