Sallieu Bundu

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Sallieu Bundu
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Personal information
Full name Sallieu Bundu
Date of birth (1984-01-01) January 1, 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008 Cleveland City Stars 19 (8)
2009–2011 Carolina RailHawks 30 (10)
2011 → Charlotte Eagles (loan) 22 (7)
2012 Charleston Battery 16 (1)
2012 → Ravan Baku (loan) 3 (1)
2013 VSI Tampa Bay FC 17 (2)
International career‡
2008 Sierra Leone 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 6, 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 28, 2011

Sallieu Bundu (born January 1, 1984, in Freetown, Sierra Leone) nicknamed Teacher, is a Sierra Leonean footballer.

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Early life

Bundu, who is commonly known by his nickname Teacher, grew up in his hometown of Freetown, Sierra Leone, the second largest city in Sierra Leone. He attended the Independence Memorial High School. At the age of 15, Bundu fled on foot with his mother and siblings to Guinea to escape the civil war in his home country; his father was murdered by rebels. After five years of living in Guinea, Bundu's brother won a US immigrant visa in the Green Card Lottery, allowing the family to settle in the United States. [1]

Career

Professional

Bundu settled in Twinsburg, Ohio, and on April 10, 2008, signed with the Cleveland City Stars after impressing head coach Martin Rennie in a trial. [2] He was a revelation in his first season with the team, netting 8 goals in 19 appearances, and on August 23, 2008, scored the winning goal for Cleveland in the USL Second Division championship game. Sallieu Bundu has walked on the way to sign a contract with Carolina RailHawks FC. [3]

Carolina loaned Bundu to Charlotte Eagles of the USL Pro league for the 2011 season. [4]

Bundu went on loan to Ravan Baku of the Azerbaijan Premier League at the start of the 2012–2013 season. [5] Bundu made three appearances for Ravan, scoring once. [6]

Bundu signed with USL Pro club Charleston Battery on March 20, 2012. [7]

International

Bundu has recently been called up to the Sierra Leone national team.

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References

  1. ↑ Dan Coughlin: City Stars’ Sallieu Bundu has walked the walk … and survived
  2. ↑ "City Stars add surprise trialist". usl2.uslsoccer.com. United Soccer League. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008.
  3. ↑ RailHawks Sign USL-2 Champion and Sierra Leone International Sallieu Bundu
  4. ↑ "Sallieu Bundu". www.uslsoccer.com. United Soccer League. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "VSI Tampa Bay FC Welcomes Sallieu Bundu". www.vsi-fc.com/. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Premier League Stats 2012/13" (PDF). Peşəkar Futbol Liqası. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Charleston Battery | South Carolina's Premier Pro Soccer Club".

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