External links
- Career stats - Voetbal International
- Issa Kallon at WorldFootball.net
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 3 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Zeist, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nantong Zhiyun | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2005 | VV Jonathan | ||
| 2005–2014 | Vitesse | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Utrecht | 6 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Emmen (loan) | 37 | (4) |
| 2017–2022 | Cambuur | 143 | (24) |
| 2022–2023 | Shanghai Port | 41 | (6) |
| 2024– | Nantong Zhiyun | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Netherlands U15 | 5 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Netherlands U16 | 4 | (1) |
| 2012 | Netherlands U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2013 | Netherlands U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Netherlands U19 | 15 | (2) |
| 2015 | Netherlands U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2022– | Sierra Leone | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:23, 9 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:47, 5 July 2022 (UTC) | |||
Issa Kallon (born 3 January 1996) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Nantong Zhiyun as a winger. [1] Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Sierra Leone national team.
Kallon is a youth exponent from FC Utrecht. He made his Eredivisie debut at 24 August 2014 in a 1–2 away win against Feyenoord. [2]
On 27 July 2016 he went on a 1-year loan to FC Emmen. [3]
On 14 August 2017, Kallon joined SC Cambuur. [4] He left the club after five years, on 30 June 2022, as his contract expired. [5]
On 28 July 2022, Kallon joined Chinese Super League club Shanghai Port. [6]
On 9 February 2024, Kallon joined fellow Chinese Super League club Nantong Zhiyun. [7]
Born in the Netherlands, Kallon is of Sierra Leonean descent. He is a former youth international for the Netherlands. [8] Kallon was included in the Sierra Leone squad for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations. [9] He debuted with Sierra Leone in a 2–2 tie with the Ivory Coast on 16 January 2022. [10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Utrecht | 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Emmen (loan) | 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 37 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 41 | 5 | |
| Cambuur | 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 35 | 4 | |
| 2018–19 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 6 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 11 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 5 | |||
| Total | 143 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 27 | ||
| Shanghai Port | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||
| 2023 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 5 | |||
| Total | 41 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 7 | ||
| Career Total | 227 | 34 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 253 | 39 | ||
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