John Ajina Sesay

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John Ajina Sesay
Personal information
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sierra Leone (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Old Edwardians
International career
Sierra Leone
Managerial career
2014–2015 Sierra Leone
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Ajina Sesay is a Sierra Leonean football coach who became manager of the national team in October 2014. [1] [2]

He played as a midfielder for Old Edwardians F.C. [3] Sesay was manager of East End Lions and won the league title in 2009. [4] He was also manager at Freetown City F.C. [5]

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References

  1. Mohamed Fajah Barrie (4 October 2014). "Sierra Leone announce two sets of rival coaches for Afcon games". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. Mohamed Fajah Barrie (11 October 2014). "2015 Nations Cup: Sesay replaces Mensah as Sierra Leone coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  3. Sierra Leone FA appoint John Ajina Sesay as head coach Archived 2014-10-07 at the Wayback Machine , footballsierraleone.net, 4 October 2014
  4. Ajina Lions Feature in Doubt., highbeam.com, 25 August 2009
  5. 'The three points is very important to the team'Coach John Ajina Sesay, awoko.org, 12 October 2012