Musa Noah Kamara
.jpg) Kamara in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 August 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Tombo, Sierra Leone | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) |
Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Al-Ittihad | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | AIK Freetong | ||
| 2019 | East End Lions | (15) | |
| 2019 | Trelleborgs FF | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | East End Lions | ||
| 2021–2022 | Bo Rangers | ||
| 2022– |
Al-Ittihad | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Sierra Leone U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018– | Sierra Leone | 6 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:34, 20 January 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:34, 20 January 2022 (UTC) | |||
Musa Noah Kamara (born 6 August 2000) is a Sierra Leonean
Club career
Kamara was born in Tombo.[1] 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][2] 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.[2] 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.[3] [1] He transferred to Bo Rangers in April 2021.[4]
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.[5] He represented Sierra Leone at the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations.[6] 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.[6]
Kamara was called up to Sierra Leone's squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, which began in January 2022.[7] 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.[1][8] He appeared in their third group match as they were eliminated from the competition after a 1–0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea.[9]
International goals
- Scores and results list Sierra Leone's goal tally first.[1]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 June 2022 | Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon |  Ivory Coast |
1–1 | 2–2 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 2. | 13 June 2022 | General Lansana Conté Stadium, Conakry, Guinea |  Guinea-Bissau |
2–2 | 2–2 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 3. | 27 August 2022 | SKD Stadium, Monrovia , Liberia |
 Mali |
1–2 | 1–2 | 2022 African Nations Championship qualification |
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Musa Noah Kamara". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ a b Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (19 August 2019). "'Too cold' in Sweden for Sierra Leone's Musa Noah Kamara". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (20 August 2019). "Sierra Leone's Musa Noah Kamara retracts 'too cold' comments". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Striker Musa Noah Kamara joins big spenders Bo Rangers". Football Sierra Leone. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Who is Musa Noah Kamara? All you need to know about EE Lions Striker". Football Sierra Leone. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ a b Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (7 November 2019). "More controversy for Sierra Leone's Musa Noah Kamara". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (31 December 2021). "Afcon 2021: Ex-England defender Steven Caulker named in Sierra Leone squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "Afcon 2021: Sierra Leone snatch late draw against Ivory Coast". BBC Sport. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ Stevens, Rob (20 January 2022). "Afcon 2021: Equatorial Guinea through at expense of Sierra Leone". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
External links
- Musa Noah Kamara at Soccerway
- Musa Noah Kamara at WorldFootball.net
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