Brima Bangura
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| Brima Bangura | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Brima Attouga Bangura | |
| Date of birth | January 27, 1981 (age 26) | |
| Place of birth | Kenema, Sierra Leone | |
| Nickname | Small Attouga | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Ports Authority | |
| National team | ||
| 1999- | Sierra Leone | |
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Brima Attouga Bangura (born January 27, 1981 in Kenema, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean international goalkeeper. He is one of the best goalkeepers in Sierra Leone. he plays for Ports Authority one of the top soccer clubs in Sierra Leone League
Small Attouga as he is commonly called, was recruited into active soccer by his late boss Brima Attouga Kamara, a former goalkeeper for Sierra Leone national football team. Having been initiated into active football, small attouga made a name for himself while playing in a series of junior league competitions played all over Freetown. He won severeal best goalkeeper awards with youth clubs like Blackhall Strikers, Junior Cenegal, and Best Contractors. In 1992, Brima Attouga Kamara brought him to Ports Authority youth team.
In 1996, he was promoted from the youth team, to the senior squad. However, his tiny physical appearance did no good during that time to convince his coach to become the club first choice goalkeeper. In 1997, small attouga was outstanding in goal in an international friendly against a top Liberian side Invincible Eleven. His performance in that match was enough to prove to his critics that he indeed deserved to be the club first choice goalkeeper. And from that time, he has excelled as Ports Authority first choice goalkeeper, and as well as one of the best goalkeepers in Sierra Leone. He made his senior debut for Sierra Leone in 1999.
