Musa Noah Kamara Explained

Musa Noah Kamara
Birth Date:6 August 2000
Birth Place:Tombo, Sierra Leone
Height:1.83 m
Position:Striker
Currentclub:Bo Rangers
Years1:2018
Clubs1:AIK Freetong
Years2:2019
Clubs2:East End Lions
Goals2:15
Years3:2019
Clubs3:Trelleborgs FF
Caps3:0
Goals3:0
Years5:2020–2021
Clubs5:East End Lions
Years6:2021–2022
Clubs6:Bo Rangers
Goals6:19
Years7:2022
Clubs7:Al-Ittihad
Years8:2022-
Clubs8:Bo Rangers
Goals8:14
Nationalyears1:2018
Nationalteam1:Sierra Leone U20
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2018–
Nationalteam2:Sierra Leone
Nationalcaps2:6
Nationalgoals2:3
Club-Update:30 June 2024 (UTC)
Nationalteam-Update:19:34, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Musa Noah Kamara (born 6 August 2000) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays as a striker for Bo Rangers and the Sierra Leone national team.

Club career

Kamara was born in Tombo. After playing for AIK Freetong in 2018, he was the top scorer of the 2019 Sierra Leone National Premier League with 15 goals for champions East End Lions.[1] He joined Swedish club Trelleborgs FF on a three-and-a-half-year deal in August 2019, but cancelled his contract after a week, citing the cold weather in Sweden. He retracted that statement the following day however, and insisted that he returned to Sierra Leone to play for the national team in the upcoming World Cup qualification fixtures.[2] He transferred to Bo Rangers in April 2021.[3]

International career

Having previously represented Sierra Leone at under-20 level, Kamara made his senior debut for Sierra Leone against Liberia on 26 July 2018.[4] He represented Sierra Leone at the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations.[5] He did not travel to Kono to play a friendly match in November 2019 after suffering a bereavement, but received a two match international ban from the Sierra Leone Football Association after it was discovered he played a community match in Freetown during this period.

Kamara was called up to Sierra Leone's squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, which began in January 2022.[6] He scored his first international goal with a "magnificent left-footed strike" in a 2–2 draw with Ivory Coast in Sierra Leone's second group match on 16 January 2022.[7] He appeared in their third group match as they were eliminated from the competition after a 1–0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea.[8]

International goals

Scores and results list Sierra Leone's goal tally first.

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 13 June 2022 Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon 1–1 2–2 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
2. 13 June 2022 General Lansana Conté Stadium, Conakry, Guinea 2–2 2–2 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3. 27 August 2022 SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia 1–2 1–2 2022 African Nations Championship qualification

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barrie . Mohamed Fajah . 19 August 2019 . 'Too cold' in Sweden for Sierra Leone's Musa Noah Kamara . 30 December 2021 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
  2. Web site: Barrie . Mohamed Fajah . 20 August 2019 . Sierra Leone's Musa Noah Kamara retracts 'too cold' comments . 30 December 2021 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
  3. Web site: 9 April 2021 . Striker Musa Noah Kamara joins big spenders Bo Rangers . 20 January 2022 . Football Sierra Leone . en-GB.
  4. Web site: 7 July 2019 . Who is Musa Noah Kamara? All you need to know about EE Lions Striker . 30 December 2021 . Football Sierra Leone . en.
  5. Web site: Barrie . Mohamed Fajah . 7 November 2019 . More controversy for Sierra Leone's Musa Noah Kamara . 30 December 2021 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
  6. Web site: Barrie . Mohamed Fajah . 31 December 2021 . Afcon 2021: Ex-England defender Steven Caulker named in Sierra Leone squad . 20 January 2022 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
  7. Web site: 16 January 2022 . Afcon 2021: Sierra Leone snatch late draw against Ivory Coast . 20 January 2022 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
  8. Web site: Stevens . Rob . 20 January 2022 . Afcon 2021: Equatorial Guinea through at expense of Sierra Leone . 20 January 2022 . BBC Sport . en-GB.