External links
- Sidique Mansaray at National-Football-Teams.com
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 July 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Koidu Town, Sierra Leone | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | Diamond Stars | ||
| 1999–2004 | East End Lions | ||
| 2004–2006 | Cenegal FC | ||
| 2006–2007 | Old Edwardians | ||
| 2007–2015 | East End Lions | ||
| International career | |||
| 2000–2012 | Sierra Leone | 14 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sidique Mansaray (born 23 July 1980) is a Sierra Leonean former footballer who played as a striker. He was a regular member of the Sierra Leone national team. in 2001, he scored the only goal as the Leone Stars defeated Nigeria 1-0 in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying match in Freetown.
Sidique Mansaray was born and raised in Sierra Leone's fourth largest city of Koidu Town, Kono District, to prominent Mandingo parents. He attended the Koidu Secondary School in Koidu Town. He started his professional football career with his hometown club, the Diamond Stars, in the Sierra Leone National Premier League in 1996 at a very young age and made his senior international debut for Sierra Leone in 1997.
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