Alusine Kamara

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Alusine Kamara
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-09-05) 5 September 1989 (age 33)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
FC Kallon
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 FC Kallon
2011Motala AIF (loan) 13 (3)
2011–2013 Syrianska FC 2 (0)
International career
2011 Sierra Leone 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alusine Kamara (born 5 September 1989) is a Sierra Leonean retired footballer who played two matches as a midfielder for Syrianska FC in the Swedish Allsvenskan, as well as once for the Sierra Leonea national team. [1]

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Career

Kamara played for Freetown club FC Kallon, whom he represented in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and the African Champions League. [2] In 2011, he agreed a loan move to Swedish Division 1 Södra (third tier) side Motala AIF, where he scored six goals in 13 appearances. [3]

Following a summer 2011 trial with recently promoted Allsvenskan side Syrianska FC, Kamara agreed a transfer to — and a three and a half year contract with — the top-tier club on 10 August 2011. [3] [4] He made his first Allsvenskan start a few days later in a 3–0 defeat to Mjällby AIF. [5] [6]

Kamara was also capped once football for Sierra Leone. His debut came in a February 2011 friendly match 2–1 defeat against Nigeria in Lagos. [7] [8] He was also called up by Sierra Leone's Swedish manager Lars Olof Mattsson to participate in a May 2011 training camp. [9]

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References

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  2. "Ahly held by Highlanders". BBC Sport . 4 March 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
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  6. "'Baggio' Kamara makes Swedish top flight league debut". Sierra Leone Football. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
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