Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 24 August 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cesena | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Campobasso | 20 | (6) |
2018–2023 | Crotone | 67 | (6) |
2018–2019 | → Roccella (loan) | 13 | (4) |
2019–2020 | → Reggiana (loan) | 21 | (8) |
2020–2021 | → Reggiana (loan) | 20 | (2) |
2023– | Cesena | 31 | (9) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Sierra Leone | 17 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2024 |
Augustus Kargbo (born 24 August 1999) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays for Italian Serie B side Cesena.
As a boy Augustus Kargbo was scouted by his agent Numukeh Tunkara in Freetown, Sierra Leone aged 13 years. [1] Believing in his quality he then persuaded the family to allow him to take the boy to Guinea where he could have a better training and development opportunity.
He started his professional career in Italian fourth-tier Serie D club Campobasso. [2]
In the summer of 2018, he joined Serie B club Crotone and was loaned back to Serie D, to Rocella. He returned from loan in January 2019. [3]
He made his Serie B debut for Crotone on 19 January 2019 in a game against Cittadella, as a 68th-minute substitute for Marco Firenze. [4]
On 2 September 2019, he joined Reggiana on loan. [5] On 22 July he scored an important goal for the promotion of the club in Serie B in the final against Bari. [6]
He made his Serie A debut for Crotone on 20 September 2020 in a 1–4 away loss against Genoa. [7] On 29 September 2020 he returned to Reggiana on a new loan. [8]
On 26 August 2023, Kargbo signed a three-year contract with Cesena. [9]
On 29 September 2020, he was called up by Sierra Leone for the first team. [10]
He made his debut for the Sierra Leone national football team on 6 October 2021 in a friendly against South Sudan. [11] In December 2021, he was named in the Sierra Leone squad for the upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations as the nation prepared for their first appearance at the competition since 1996. [12]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 13 June 2022 | General Lansana Conté Stadium, Conakry, Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
2. | 18 June 2023 | Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Paynesville, Liberia | Nigeria | 2–2 | 2–3 | |
3. | 5 June 2024 | Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida, Morocco | Djibouti | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3. | 10 June 2024 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali | Burkina Faso | 1–2 | 2–2 |
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