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Swedish Allsvenskan champions Malmo sign Buya Turay

by FSL News | 22 Jul, 2022 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News

Back-to-back Swedish Champions Malmo FF have completed the signing of former Allsvenskan’s golden boot winner Mohamed Buya Turay on a three-year and half-year deal.

“Mohamed Buya Turay is ready for Malmö FF. The 27-year-old striker most recently came from a game with Henan Jianye in the Chinese Super League and has signed a 3.5-year contract with MFF,” the club announced on Friday.

Before joining Longmen, he moved to China to join Hebei China Fortune after winning the 2019 golden boot and Swedish league with Djurgårdens in early November.

This is the sixth Swedish club since 2013 when he first played for Juventus IF, based in Västerås.

Turay, who last season played for the Chinese side Henan Songshan Longmen, is the second player from Sierra Leone to sign for the Sky Blue after Samuel Barlay.

Barlay signed for Malmö FF from Sierra Leonean East End Lions shortly after the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

@turay_buya pens @Malmo_FF three and half year deal.

"The 27-year-old striker most recently came from a game with Henan Jianye in the Chinese Super League and has signed a 3.5-year contract with MFF," the club announced. #AfricanFootball #SaloneTwitter @football_sierra pic.twitter.com/LC7OS609Sl
— Alie Bittar (@bittar32) July 22, 2022

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Kwame Quee makes Hapoel Haifa debut

by FSL News | 19 Jul, 2022 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News

Sierra Leone winger Kwame Quee started for new Israeli Premier League side Hapoel Haifa in their first pre-season match against Cyprus top-tier side Omonia on Monday.

Hapoel Haifa won their first pre-season test match 1-0 ahead of the new Israeli Premier League campaign at mythical GSP Stadium in front of about 3,000 local fans.

Kwame, 25, was named in the side for the first time since joining the club. Striker Alon Turgeman scored the only goal for the visitors in the 54-minute.

Quee, who won the 2019 Icelandic Cup with Víkingur, last season, played for Saudi club Najran.

The Sharks will be hoping they can build on their win and better their poor last season campaign.

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Williams extends his USL Battery’s tally to nine

by FSL News | 17 Jul, 2022 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News

Sierra Leonean striker Augustine Williams took his tally to nine goals with a brace in USL Championship as Charleston Battery triumphed 3-1 over Hartford Athletic at Patriots Points on Saturday.

The brace was Williams’ second in the campaign and his ninth overall as he was named Man of the Match.

Williams had opened the scoring in the 13-minute, but the visitors drew parity via Prince Saydee nine-minute later. However, the home side restored their lead via Enock Kwakwa in the 25-minute.

In the 53rd minute, the 6’3 forward floated in the air to redirect a flying header off the right post past Oettl, increasing Charleston’s lead to 3-1.

The Battery remains undefeated at home all-time against Hartford. The win means Bathery ended their six-game winless skid in a commanding fashion in front of the home crowd at Patriots Point.

Despite Charleston being reduced to 10 men when Matt Sheldon received a straight red card for a contentious foul call in the 81st minute, they managed to wrap up the victory.

Battery Head Coach Conor Casey applauded his side’s efforts. “It was a great performance after we started well. We were good with the ball,” said Coach Casey. We scored goals early, and I was pleased with the quality of the play, the way they closed out the game being down a man late.”

☑️ Brace ⚽️⚽️
☑️ #CHSvHFD Victory
☑️ @Heineken Man of the Match

⭐️ @augiwilliams ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/cZgMnzik2k
— Charleston Battery (@Chas_Battery) July 17, 2022

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Kaikai’s Wycombe share pre-season spoils at Oxford

by FSL News | 13 Jul, 2022 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News

Sullay Kaikai was in action as Wycombe played to a goalless draw against Oxford City in the Blues’ second pre-season friendly at Marlow Road.

Gareth Ainsworth’s men stepped up their preparations for the new campaign following Saturday’s opening friendly against Fulham, this time giving his starting XI an hour of action before making almost wholesale changes.

Ali Al-Hamadi looked the most likely to break the deadlock in the opening period, while Sam Vokes went close with a header in the closing stages

Next up, the Blues face Watford in a behind-closed-doors friendly on Saturday, kicking off at 1 pm.

Starting XI: Dickinson, Grimmer, Jacobson, Trialist-CB, Mehmeti, Young, Kaikai, Horgan, Al-Hamadi, Parsons, Pattenden

60+ XI: Trialist-GK, Trialist-CB, Gape, Wheeler, Vokes, McCleary, Hanlan, Mellor, Freeman, Obita, Scowen.

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Osman Kakay in QPR squad for week-long German trip

by FSL News | 11 Jul, 2022 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News

Sierra Leone right-back Osman Kakay’s English Championship side Queens Park Rangers have commenced a week-long training in Germany ahead of the new campaign.

Head coach Mick Beale named a 28-man squad to Germany for a week of training. The group arrived at their base in Blankenhain late on Sunday evening.

As part of their new season preparation, the London-based outfit will face FSV Zwickau at GGZ Arena on Wednesday evening (5 pm BST KO) before playing Hallescher FC at Leuna Chemie Stadion on Saturday afternoon (1 pm BST).

Kakay, 24, was subbed on in the 53rd minute in their3-3 draw at Crawley Town on Saturday.

QPR to start the 2022/2023 season against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. The opening day encounter will take place on Saturday 30th July.

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Abu Bakarr Kargbo pens Greifswalder FC deal

by FSL News | 11 Jul, 2022 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News

Regionalliga Nordost side Greifswalder have completed the signing of former German youth international Abu Bakarr Kargbo.

The club says they are pleased to have signed Bakarr Kargbo, who will help strengthen their offensive play. In the Photo are Agent Sebastien Mariano and Manager David Wagner).

Kargbo, 29, featured for Berliner AK 07 in 42 games and scored thirteen goals for the Greman Regionalliga in all competitions.

One of his highlights of the season was when he scored a hat-trick as Berliner AK 07 registered a comfortable 5-1 victory over Lichtenberg on April 18 2022.

The striker returned to his old club Berliner AK in July 2021 after parting ways with Kickers Offenbach.

Kargbo was born in Sierra Leone but raised in Germany, where he played for the youth U15, U17, and U19 sides.

On 17 March 2018, Kargbo debuted for the Sierra Leone national football team in a friendly 4–0 loss to Iran in March 2018 at the Azadi Stadium, Tehran, but has never been called upon since then.

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