Musa Kallon

Musa Kallon
Personal information
Full name Musa Kallon
Date of birth (1970-04-08) 8 April 1970
Place of birth Kenema, Sierra Leone
Playing position Midfielder
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1998 Sierra Leone 3 (0)
† Appearances (goals)

Musa Kallon (born 8 April 1970, in Kenema, Sierra Leone) is a retired footballer and coach in Sierra Leone. He is the older brother of Sierra Leonean international footballers Mohammed Kallon, and Kemokai Kallon. As a footballer, he played for Vanspor (1994–1995) in Turkey, Sportul Studenţesc (1995–1996) in Romania, PSM Makassar/Ujung Pandang and Persebaya Surabaya (1996–1999) in Indonesia.

International coaching and playing career

Kallon has capped several times for Sierra Leone and scored two goals in a match against Niger 5-1 in order to qualify Sierra Leone qualify for the 1996 African Cup of Nations in South Africa. He also coached Sierra Leone in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland after winning 2nd place in the African U-17 Championship 2003.

Kallon coached Kallon F.C. to a runners up position in the 2004/2005 League. He fell out with his players, management and his younger brother who later sacked him. In 2005, Kallon was banned for a year after forcefully stopping a league match between Kallon FC and Diamond Stars by letting his daughter sit down in the centre of the field, after the players refused to play under him.

On 9 February 2016, Kallon was sacked by Old Edwardians. [1]

External links

  1. http://www.sierraleonefootball.com/breaking-news/
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