Rashin Wurie

Rashin Wurie
Personal information
Full name Rashin Wurie
Date of birth (1972-12-27) 27 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Freetown United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 Boom 51 (5)
1993–1997 Beerschot 75 (9)
1997–1999 Mons 22 (0)
1999 Pâturages 12 (2)
2000 Lok Altmark Stendal 12 (0)
2000–2001 Eintracht Braunschweig 2 (0)
International career
1994–2002 Sierra Leone
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rashin Wurie (born 27 December 1972 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a former Sierra Leonean international footballer.

Career

Wurie spent most of his professional career in Belgium, where he played for K. Boom F.C. in the Belgian First Division and Belgian Second Division from 1990 until 1993, as well as K. Beerschot V.A.C. in the Second Division for the 1993–94 through 1996–97 seasons.[1] He also had brief spells with Lok Altmark Stendal and Eintracht Braunschweig in the German Regionalliga.[2]

International career

He was included in the Sierra Leone national team for the 1996 African Nations Cup in South Africa[3] and also took part in Sierra Leone's 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.[4] During his playing days for the Leone Stars (as Sierra Leone national football team is known), he was one of the most entertaining footballers in the national as well as one of the most popular players among the Sierra Leonean fans.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Beerschot History: Rashin Wurie" (in Dutch). Wimmel. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Rashin Wurie" (in German). Weltfussball. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  3. ^ Courtney, Barrie. "African Nations Cup 1996 - Final Tournament Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Rashin Wurie". FIFA. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.