Alusine Kamara Explained

Alusine Kamara
Birth Date:5 September 1989
Birth Place:Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height:1.76 m
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:FC Kallon
Years1:2008–2011
Clubs1:FC Kallon
Years2:2011
Clubs2:Motala AIF (loan)
Caps2:13
Goals2:3
Years3:2011–2013
Caps3:2
Goals3:0
Nationalyears1:2011
Nationalteam1:Sierra Leone
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

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.

Career

Kamara played for Freetown club FC Kallon, whom he represented in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and the African Champions League.[1] 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.[2]

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.[2] [3] He made his first Allsvenskan start a few days later in a 3–0 defeat to Mjällby AIF.[4] [5]

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.[6] [7] He was also called up by Sierra Leone's Swedish manager Lars Olof Mattsson to participate in a May 2011 training camp.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Ahly held by Highlanders. BBC Sport. 4 March 2007. 17 August 2011.
  2. News: Kamara cleared to play . . Swedish . 10 August 2011 . 17 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111003190715/http://www.syrianskafc.com/Default/tabid/61/Id/9252ec59-2cc6-483f-b546-659d91d3ae37/Kamara-nu-helt-klar.aspx . 3 October 2011 .
  3. News: Kamara completes Syrianska move . Sierra Express Media . 12 August 2011 . 17 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111004092427/http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/27732 . 4 October 2011 .
  4. News: Mjällby annihilate Syrianska. Sveriges Radio. Swedish. 14 August 2011. 17 August 2011.
  5. News: 'Baggio' Kamara makes Swedish top flight league debut . Sierra Leone Football . 17 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120316051643/http://sierraleonefootball.com/index.php/features/reports/1-latest-news/553-news . 16 March 2012 .
  6. News: Nigeria beats Sierra Leone 2-1 in friendly match. USA Today. 9 February 2011. 17 August 2011.
  7. News: An under-strength Leone Stars team lose out to Nigeria’s Super Eagles . Sierra Leone Football . 17 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120316051700/http://sierraleonefootball.com/index.php/sponsors/273-news . 16 March 2012 .
  8. News: Two different Sierra Leone squads have been announced. BBC Sport. 19 May 2011. 17 August 2011.