John Sherington

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John Sherington
Personal information
Full name John Jebbor Sherington
Date of birth 1952 (age 7071)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1972 Sierra Leone ? (?)
Managerial career
1996–97 Sierra Leone
2003–06 Sierra Leone
2015 Sierra Leone

John Jebbor Sherington (sometimes spelt as John Sherrington or Jeboh Sherrington) is a former head coach of the Sierra Leone national football team.

As a player, he represented Sierra Leone in the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, playing against Ivory Coast in October 1972. [1]

In 1996-1997 and from 2003 to 2007, Sherington was the head coach of the Sierra Leone. [2] He was an assistant to Brazilian José Antonio Nogueira from 1997 to 2003. He was sacked in October 2007. [3]

He was appointed as national team coach in June 2015. [4]

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References

  1. John Sherington FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (16 September 2003). "Sierra Leone name coach". BBC News . Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  3. Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (14 October 2007). "Leone Stars coach sacked". BBC News . Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  4. Barrie, Mohamed Fajah (4 June 2015). "John Jebbor Sherington takes charge of Sierra Leone".