Alusine Kamara

Alusine Kamara
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-09-05) 5 September 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
FC Kallon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 FC Kallon
2011 → Motala AIF (loan) 13 (3)
2011–2013 Syrianska FC 2 (0)
International career
2011 Sierra Leone 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alusine Kamara (born 5 September 1989) is a Sierra Leonean retired footballer who played two matches as a midfielder for Syrianska FC in the Swedish Allsvenskan, as well as once for the Sierra Leonea national team.[1]

Career

Kamara played for Freetown club FC Kallon, whom he represented in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and the African Champions League.[2] In 2011, he agreed a loan move to Swedish Division 1 Södra (third tier) side Motala AIF, where he scored six goals in 13 appearances.[3]

Following a summer 2011 trial with recently promoted Allsvenskan side Syrianska FC, Kamara agreed a transfer to – and a three-and-a-half-year contract with – the top-tier club on 10 August 2011.[3][4] He made his first Allsvenskan start a few days later in a 3–0 defeat to Mjällby AIF.[5][6]

Kamara was also capped once football for Sierra Leone. His debut came in a February 2011 friendly match 2–1 defeat against Nigeria in Lagos.[7][8] He was also called up by Sierra Leone's Swedish manager Lars Olof Mattsson to participate in a May 2011 training camp.[9]

References

  1. ^ Alusine Kamara at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ "Ahly held by Highlanders". BBC Sport. 4 March 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Kamara cleared to play" (in Swedish). Syrianska FC. 10 August 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Kamara completes Syrianska move". Sierra Express Media. 12 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Mjällby annihilate Syrianska" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  6. ^ "'Baggio' Kamara makes Swedish top flight league debut". Sierra Leone Football. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Nigeria beats Sierra Leone 2-1 in friendly match". USA Today. 9 February 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  8. ^ "An under-strength Leone Stars team lose out to Nigeria's Super Eagles". Sierra Leone Football. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Two different Sierra Leone squads have been announced". BBC Sport. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.