Mohamed Kallon

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Mohamed Kallon
Full name	Mohamed Kallon
Date of birth	October 6, 1979 (1979-10-06) (age 28)
Place of birth	Kenema, Sierra Leone
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	-
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994 1994–1995 1995 1995–1997 1997 1998 1998–2004 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2004–2007 2005–2006 2007 2008	Old Edwardians Tadamon Sour Spånga Lugano Bologna Genoa Inter Milan → Cagliari (loan) → Reggina (loan) → Vicenza (loan) Monaco → Al-Ittihad (loan) → Al-Hilal (loan) AEK Athens Total	000 0(0) 024 (15) 000 0(0) 018 0(1) 002 0(0) 026 (10) 042 (14) 026 0(6) 030 (11) 024 0(8) 048 (13) 000 0(0) 000 0(0) 011 0(3) 250 (80)
National team²
1995–	Sierra Leone	028 0(13)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:20, 4 May 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 19:40, 23 March 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Mohamed Kallon (born October 6, 1979 in Kenema, Sierra Leone) is a professional footballer, currently a free agent and is the captain for the Leone Stars, Sierra Leone national football team, and the most famous Sierra Leonean footballer. He is the younger brother of fellow Sierra Leonean international Kemokai Kallon, and former Sierra Leonean international Musa Kallon

1 Biography
2 Football career
3 Titles
4 Personal life
5 Club Owner
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Biography

Mohamed Kallon was born on October 6, 1979 in Kenema, Sierra Leone to Temne parents. He completed his secondary education at St. Edwards Secondary School in Freetown. After graduating from St. Edwards Secondary School, Kallon signed with local club, Old Edwardians of the Sierra Leone National Premier League in 1994 as a 14 year old. During the 1994-1995 season, he struck fifteen goals in 24 league games for Old Edwardians. He is the youngest player to ever play and score in Sierra Leone National Premier League.

Kallon made his senior international debut for Sierra Leone at the age of fifteen in April 1995 against Congo in the 1996 African Cup of Nations qualifier. At the age of 16, Kallon was the youngest player at the 1996 African Nations cup in South Africa. He scored the first of two goals as Sierra Leone defeated Burkina Faso 2 - 1 in their opening group match at the 1996 African Nations Cup.

[edit] Football career

After the 1994-1995 season, Kallon left Old Edwardians and signed for Lebanese club Tadamon Sour. He spent one season with Tadamon Sour before moving to Swiss club AC Lugano. After a successful career in Lebanon, Italian Serie A club Bologna signed him in 1997.

Kallon moved to Italian giant Inter Milan before the start of the 2000-2001 season, but he struggled to get into the starting eleven. In other to get more playing time, Inter Milan loan him to Cagliari, and Reggina for the past two seasons. He was given more playing time during the 2001-2002 season when star striker Ronaldo suffered an injury. Kallon tested positive for the banned substance nandrolone after the Serie A match against Udinese Calcio on 27 September 2003 and was banned from football for eight months. Kallon again struggle to get in the starting eleven when he return during 2003-2004 season, primarily due to the rise of young Nigerian striker Obafemi Martins.

He signed for French club AS Monaco from Inter Milan before the start of the 2004-2005 season. He was impressive during his first season at Monaco, but quickly fell out with manager Didier Deschamps, and was relegated to the bench. He went on loan to Saudi club Al Ittihad during the start of the 2005-2006 season, and helped the team win the AFC Champions League 2005 where he was top scorer in the competition before returning back to AS Monaco. On November 19, 2007, Kallon rejected a one-and-a-half-year deal worth 10 million U.S dollar from Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal and raised a lawsuit against them due to the hostage situation that he was exposed to when he was leaving via Jeddah Airport.

Kallon joined Greek team AEK Athens on January 28, 2008^[1], but he didn't manage to convince the club to further keep him. He was released on May 19 of the same year.

[edit] Titles

Al Ittihad

AFC Champions League: 2005
Arab Champions League: 2005

Individual

AFC Champions League Top Scorer: 2005

Preceded by Kim Do-Hoon	AFC Champions League Top Scorer 2005	Succeeded by Magno Alves

[edit] Personal life

Kallon married his childhood girlfriend M'mah Mansaray in June 2002. The wedding was held at the Freetown central mosque. The wedding attracted some high profile people, including Vice President, Solomon Berewa, and Foreign minister, Momodu Koroma.

[edit] Club Owner

Kallon is the founder and owner of the Sierra Leonean football club Kallon F.C., currently playing in the Sierra Leone National Premier League. Kallon is one of the top clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and play their home games at the National Stadium in Freetown. Sierra Fisheries was acquired by Mohamed Kallon in 2002 for USD 30,000.[1]

The club is named after and owned by the successful Sierra Leonean footballer Mohamed Kallon, who has played for Inter Milan, AS Monaco FC and most recently Al-Ittihad. Mohamed Kallon is Current Chairman Of Kallon F.C. while Former Great Legendary Sierra Leone Striker King Kama Dumbuya who play in the Early Sixties to Seventies served as the Vice Chairman. The former name of the team is Sierra Fisheries and under that designation won 3 national championships. The Team Manager is Tunde Scott and assisted by Talents Scout Chernor Musa Jalloh.

Kallon FC won the Sierra Leonean FA Cup, and the Sierra Leone League title in 2006, and qualifying for the African Champions League.