Isha Johansen

Isha Johansen
President of the Sierra Leone Football Association
Assumed office
August 3, 2013
Preceded by Nahim Khadi
Personal details
Born Isha Tejan-Cole
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Nationality Sierra Leonean
Spouse(s) Arne Birger Johansen
Residence Freetown, Sierra Leone
Chelsea, London

Isha Tejan-Cole Johansen is a Sierra Leonean entrepreneur and the current president of the Sierra Leone Football Association. Johansen is one of only two women in the world to head a national football association, along with Lydia Nsekera, the president of the Burundi football association.[1]

Isha Johansen is the owner and CEO of Sierra Leone National Premier League club FC Johansen. Isha Johansen is a member of the Tejan-Cole family in Sierra Leone.

Early life and Family background

Isha Johansen was born as Isha Tejan-Cole in Freetown, Sierra Leone into the famous Tejan-Cole family, who are of Creole descent. She was raised in a religious muslim family. She is married to a Norwegian husband Arne Birger Johansen.

President of Sierra Leone Football

Johansen was elected president of the Sierra Leone Football Association unnoposed on 3 August 2013,[2] after her main opponent, former Sierra Leone international footballer Mohamed Kallon was disqualified by the Sierra Leone Football Executive committee for not meeting the SLFA residency requirement in the country.[3][4][5] Kallon disagreed with his disqualification and appeal to Fifa. But the Fifa delegation to Freetown confirmed Kallon and the other candidates disqualifications, and so Johansen was elected unnoposed.[1]

Football club

For more details on this topic, see FC Johansen.

Isha Johansen founded her own football club FC Johansen in 2004. The club started with the objective of giving hope to a group of young footballers, using sport as a means of channeling their energy into a positive healthy direction.

References

  1. 1 2 Mohamed Fajah Barrie. "BBC Sport - Johansen confirmed as SLFA president". BBC Sport.
  2. ↑ "ISHA JOHANSEN becomes first woman SLFA President". africayoungvoices.com.
  3. ↑ "Fresh turmoil in Sierra Leone football elections as former player Kallon disqualified". insidethegames.biz.
  4. ↑ "allAfrica.com: Sierra Leone: Kallon, Rodney React to SLFA Disqualification". allAfrica.com.
  5. ↑ Mohamed Fajah Barrie. "BBC Sport - Fifa endorses decision to ban Kallon from SLFA election". BBC Sport.

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