Mahmadu Alphajor Bah Explained

Mahmadu Bah
Fullname:Mahmadu Alphajor Bah
Birth Date:1 January 1977
Birth Place:Freetown, Sierra Leone
Death Place:Freetown, Sierra Leone
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1994–1996
Years2:1997–1998
Years3:1999–2003
Years4:2004
Years5:2005
Years6:2005–2007
Years7:2007–2008
Years8:2008–2009
Years9:2012
Clubs8:Al-Sailiya
Clubs9:Perlis FA
Caps1:15
Caps2:30
Caps3:70
Caps4:21
Caps5:9
Caps8:4
Goals1:1
Goals2:7
Goals3:6
Goals4:3
Goals5:0
Goals8:0
Nationalyears1:2000–2008
Nationalteam1:Sierra Leone
Nationalcaps1:18
Nationalgoals1:2
Pcupdate:7 October 2007
Ntupdate:7 October 2007

Mahmadu Alphajor Bah (1 January 1977 – 21 September 2016) was a Sierra Leonean footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

His clubs included Halmstads BK in Sweden, KSC Lokeren in Belgium, Chunnam Dragons in South Korea, Xiamen Lanshi and Zhejiang Lücheng in China, Al-Qadisiya in Saudi Arabia, and Perlis FA in Malaysia.

Alphajor Bah died in a traffic collision in Freetown on 21 September 2016 when the vehicle he was driving was hit by a truck coming in an opposite road direction.[1]

International career

Alphajor Bah was a regular member of Sierra Leone national team, known as the Leone Stars, between the years 2000 and 2008. He regularly played as an attacking midfielder or sometimes as a second striker for the Sierra Leone national team alongside striker Mohamed Kallon.

Personal life

Alphajor Bah was a very religious Muslim and he often publicly preached about Islam and the life of the Prophet Mohammad.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sierra Leone Footballers Abroad, Sierra Leone Sports News Sierra Leone Legends Pay tribute to fallen hero Alphajoh Bah - Sierra Leone Footballers Abroad, Sierra Leone Sports News. footballsierraleone.net. en-GB. 2018-05-16.