Seville Football Club Honors Alhaji Momodou ( Biri Biri ) Njie, A Gambian Footballer.

“Alhaji Momodou Njie (born 30 March 1948), also known as Biri Biri, is a Gambian former footballer who played as a right winger. He most notably played for Sevilla FC in Spain and Herfølge Boldklub in Denmark. He was also a Gambian international footballer, and is regarded by several as the best Gambian footballer of all time.
Before his time in Europe, Biri Biri played for Black Diamonds, Phomtoms and Augustines in Gambia as well as Mighty Blackpool of Sierra Leone. Biri Biri was spotted by Danish club during a training camp in The Gambia in 1972. He left them in 1973 for Spanish team Sevilla FC. He was the first black player to play for Sevilla, and was considered one of their best players. Biri Biri returned to Denmark to play for Herfølge Boldklub in 1980, and in 1981 he signed for Wallidan F.C. back in The Gambia, for whom he played until retirement in 1987.
Biri Biri played on multiple occasions for The Gambia's national men's football team, starting as a youth in 1963. Biri Biri was appointed as Deputy Mayor of Banjul after Yahya Jammeh came to power in 1994, a post he had relinquished by 2005. He also worked as the manager of Royal Albert market in the city. In 2000, he was awarded the Order of Merit, and he was described as The Gambia's "greatest footballer of the last millennium and of all time.”
Alhaji Momodou Njie, Passed away on the 19th July, 2020. May his soul rest in perfect peace. (Video from Seville football club youtube channel.)