by FSL News | 12 Aug, 2019 | Players Abroad News
- AIK Freetong striker Musa Noah kamara has signed in Sweden
- He scored 15 goals during the just-concluded Sierra Leone, Premier League
- The 19-year-old has been pivotal for East End Lions helping them to lift this year’s title
Sierra Leone Premier League top scorer, Musa Noah Kamara alias Musa Tombo, has penned a three-and-a-half-year deal with Swedish Superettan club Trelleborgs FF.
Kamara, 19, has been an instrumental figure with Sierra Leone Champions East End Lions during the just-concluded Premier season after accounting for 15 goals.
As a result, the East End giant side was crowned Champions after almost five years without domestic football.
“Musa is a strong forward and a goal scorer. Despite his young age, he has experience from a wider context. Musa has great potential and is intended as a long-term reinforcement on the attack side,” Manager Peter Swärdh told the club’s website.
Trelleborgs FF presently standing 11th in the league, and Tombo might be in line for his debut in their next game.
Musa’s new outfit has participated 17 times in the Swedish top league Allsvenskan.
They are most famous for their triumph in UEFA Cup when they eliminated English side Blackburn Rovers in the 1994–1995 season.
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by FSL News | 10 Aug, 2019 | Players Abroad News
- Sierra Leone-born defensive midfielder Trevoh Chalobah has signed for Championship side Huddersfield Town from Chelsea on a season-long loan.
- The youngster last season played for Ipswich Town on loan
Chalobah, 20, last season played for Ipswich Town making 44 appearances at Portman Road and scored twice.
Trevoh tweeted: “Can’t wait for the new season. Happy to be joining @htafc on loan for the season, I will give my last breath too see this fantastic club get back to the premier league! #htafc.”
The young Chalobah, who is in line to make his debut against QPR, won the UEFA Youth League in 2016, as well as back-to-back FA Youth Cups, while on the international stage he lifted the European Championship trophy with England Under-19s in 2017.
He will wear the number eight shirt for The Terriers, and his new Chelsea contract is until at least 2022.
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by FSL News | 8 Aug, 2019 | Players Abroad News
- Former Leicester City academy player Alie Sesay signed for Bulgarian side
- Sesay was in the academy at Arsenal, before joining Leicester City in 2010
- Last season Sesay played for Greek side AO Chania Kissamikos
Bulgarian Efbet Liga side FC Arda Kardzhali has signed Sierra Leone defender Alie Sesay on a one-year deal with an option to renew.
Sesay, 25, last played for Greek side second-tier side where he made over 27 matches and was one of the clubs’ best defenders.
The Sierra Leone international, who came through Leicester’s academy also played over 35 matches for the Swedish side Täby kyrkby in the Superettan league during the 2017/18 seasons.
Sesay, who can play across the back four and in central midfield, has previously, had loan spells at Colchester and Cambridge United.
International level
Sesay has won five caps and made his debut for Sierra Leone during the 2015 African Nations Cup qualifying match against Cameroon in Yaoundé October 2014.
He played in a goalless friendly against Liberia at the Samuel K. Doe Sports Complex during Lib’s Independence Day encounter Sunday, July 22, 2018.
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by FSL News | 6 Aug, 2019 | Players Abroad News
- Sierra Leone native Kevin Wright rescued late Örebro SK point.
- The defender hailing from Sierra Leonean parents scored his second goal in Sweden.
Wright, 23, scored an equaliser four minutes into stoppage time as Örebro SK claimed a 2-2 Allsvenskan draw with IFK Göteborg on Monday at the Behrn Arena.
Robin Soder scored a brace for the visitors in the 41′ and 63rd minutes before Orebro rallied to secure a point.
The host increase pressure to reduce the deficit after debutant Kasim placed a quick ball into the penalty for Jake Larsson in the 81st minute, who was completely free. He made no mistake with a cool finish to make it 2-1.
In four additional, ÖSK made a last and final effort with a long ball from the right that was headed home by Kevin Wright to level the scoreline 2-2.
There were no more goals, and both teams had to settle for a point after a very entertaining match.
The result means that the Örebro-based club sits in 8th position with 21 points.
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by FSL News | 5 Aug, 2019 | Players Abroad News
- Abu Bakar Kargbo scored his fourth goal in three consecutive appearances as Berliner AK 07 overcome VfB Germania Halberstadt 2-1 on Saturday.
The Sierra Leonean native has started where he left off last season with an impressive goal-scoring form.
His German Regionaliga side opened their 2019 campaign with an impressive 4-2 victory with Kargbo netting a brace against Bischofswerdaer FV 08.
The striker, who was part of Sierra Leone’s friendly against Iran on March 2018, followed it up with another goal in their victory over FSV Union Furstenwalde in matchday two in their second victory of the season on the 31st of July.
In Matchday three again Kargbo was on target in the win over VfB Germania.
The Berliner have now won their opening three matches in the 2019/20 campaign.
As a result, they are top of the German Regionalliga Nordost and Kargbo is the team top scorer.
[Photo: imago images / Picture Point]
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by FSL News | 4 Aug, 2019 | Players Abroad News
- Second career hat-trick for Rapid’s Kei Kamara
- Kamara is only the second player in MLS history to score a hat trick and an own goal in the same game.
Sierra Leone International, Kei Kamara, scored his second career hat trick as the Colorado Rapids thrashed Montreal Impact 6-3 on Saturday night. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
He became just the second player in MLS history to score a hat trick and an own goal in the same game, joining NYCFC’s Heber, who did it in June.
As a result, Kamara continued to climb up the MLS all-time goalscoring charts after hitting 123 against Montreal.
Kamara opened the scoring with an own goal in the 18th minute that gave Montreal the lead.
The tie was level from another own goal from Montreal goalkeeper Evan in the 21st minute.
He gave Colorado a 2-1 lead in the 36th minute with a penalty kick and made it 3-1 in the first minute of first-half stoppage time.
Colorado’s triumph continue when Diego Rubio scored to make it 4-1 three minutes before halftime.
After the re-start, Maximiliano Urruti and Saphir Taïder scored in the 55th and 76th minutes respectively for Montreal before Andre Shinyashiki scored two minutes later to help the Rapids open a two-goal lead.
The former Whitecaps striker acquired his hat trick with a header to cap the scoring in the 90th
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