Alhaji Kamara
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alhaji Kamara | ||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | IFK Norrköping | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Belvic United | |||
| FC Kallon | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010-2012 | FC Kallon | 31 | (13) |
| 2012 | → Djurgårdens IF (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2013 | → IK Frej (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2013 | → IFK Värnamo (loan) | 10 | (6) |
| 2014– | IFK Norrköping | 40 | (16) |
| 2015 | → Johor Darul Takzim (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014– | Sierra Leone | 5 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 April 2016. | |||
Alhaji Kamara (born 16 April 1994) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays for IFK Norrköping as a forward.
Club career
He started his professional career at FC Kallon in the Sierra Leone National First Division. At a young age, he had trials with Tippeligaen club Fredrikstad FK and Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer. Eventually he was signed by Swedish club Djurgårdens IF just after turning 18 years old.[1]
Kamara failed to make an impact at Djurgårdens IF, and instead enjoyed loan spells to IK Frej and IFK Värnamo. Before the 2014 season, he was signed by IFK Norrköping, where he positioned himself as a key player during his first season. On 31 March 2015, Kamara was loaned out to Malaysia's Super League champion, Johor Darul Takzim FC (JDT) outfit from IFK Norrköping.[2]
However, the loan was cancelled in July 2015.[3] He returned to Norrköping, and featured fourteen times as the team won the league.
Congenital heart disease
In February 2016, it was reported that Kamara is suffering from a congenital heart disease, a deviation of the coronary arteries which potentially could result in sudden death at maximal cardiac effort. Kamara was effectively put on an indefinite restrain from playing football, effectively ending his professional career. However, he will remain contracted at Norrköping over the 2016 season as doctors are examining his condition's operability.[4]
Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sweden | League | Svenska Cupen | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2012 | Djurgårdens IF | Allsvenskan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 2013 | IK Frej | Division 1 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 17 | 3 | |
| 2013 | IFK Värnamo | Superettan | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | 10 | 8 | |
| Malaysia | League | Malaysia Cup | Asian | Total | ||||||
| 2015 | Johor Darul Takzim | Malaysia Super League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | Sweden | 29 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11 | |
| Total | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
Honours
- IFK Norrköping
References
- ↑ "Kamanor och Kamara nya inslag i DIF". Djurgårdens IF. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ↑ http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/allsvenskan/ifknorrkoping/article20558472.ab
- ↑ http://ifknorrkoping.se/nyheter/arkiv/alhaji-kamara-atervaender-till-norrkoeping
- ↑ http://www.svt.se/sport/fotboll/kamara-stoppas-av-medfott-hjartfel/
External links
- SvFF profile
- Alhaji Kamara at National-Football-Teams.com
- Elite Prospects profile
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