Rashin Wurie | |
Fullname: | Rashin Wurie |
Birth Date: | 27 December 1972 |
Birth Place: | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | Freetown United |
Years1: | 1990–1993 |
Years2: | 1993–1997 |
Years3: | 1997–1999 |
Years4: | 1999 |
Years5: | 2000 |
Years6: | 2000–2001 |
Clubs1: | Boom |
Clubs2: | Beerschot |
Clubs3: | Mons |
Clubs4: | Pâturages |
Clubs5: | Lok Altmark Stendal |
Clubs6: | Eintracht Braunschweig |
Caps1: | 51 |
Goals1: | 5 |
Caps2: | 75 |
Goals2: | 9 |
Caps3: | 22 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Caps4: | 12 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Caps5: | 12 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Caps6: | 2 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1994–2002 |
Nationalteam1: | Sierra Leone |
Rashin Wurie (born 27 December 1972 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a former Sierra Leonean international footballer.
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]
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.