Mustapha Sama
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mustapha Pa Safa Sama | ||
| Date of birth | October 31, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre Back, Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | HATYAI FC. Thailand | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Warry Brothers F.C. | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996 | Wellington People | 40 | (10) |
| 1997 | Wusum Stars | 20 | |
| 1997 | Ports Authority F.C. | 25 | (5) |
| 1998–1999 | East End Lions | 15 | |
| 1999 | JS Kabylie | 15 | |
| 1999–2000 | Boavista (CPV) | 60 | (12) |
| 2000 | Vasalund/Essinge IF | 55 | (8) |
| 2001–2002 | FK Haugesund | 48 | (9) |
| 2002–2004 | Charleroi | 31 | (2) |
| 2005 | Syrianska FC | 36 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | LG-ACB Ha Noi | 25 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Persija Jakarta | 14 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Al-Wahda | 15 | |
| 2009 | Carolina RailHawks | ||
| 2010/2011 | Rbac FC | 40 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1996– | Sierra Leone | 34 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2009. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 May 2009 | |||
Mustapha Pa Safa Sama (born October 31, 1979 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean soccer player who is playing with HATYAI FC in Thailand.
Career
Early career in Africa
Pa Safa was born and raised in Wellington, a poor neighbourhood in the east end of Freetown. He started his football career with his hometown club Wellington People in 1996 as a 17-year-old, and would later go on to play for several clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League, including Wusum Stars, Ports Authority and East End Lions, with whom he won the Sierra Leone National Premier League in 1999.
Sama also played for Algerian side JS Kabylie and Cape Verdean team Boavista prior to his move to Europe.[1]
Global nomad
Sama was signed by Swedish club Vasalund/Essinge IF in 2000, initiating a trip across the second divisions of Europe, playing for FK Haugesund in the Norwegian Adeccoligaen, Charleroi in the Belgian First Division,[1] and Syrianska FC in Sweden. Sama was controversially terminated by Charleroi in 2005 after a dispute over the payment of match bonuses.[2]
Sama moved to his third continent – Asia – in 2006 to play for LG-ACB Ha Noi in the Vietnamese V-League, moved to Indonesia to play for Persija Jakarta in 2007, and then moved west to play for Al-Wahda in Syria in 2008.
Sama then took on his fourth continent – North America – in March 2009 when he signed for the Carolina RailHawks in the USL First Division.[3] After failing to get clearance to transfer to Carolina, Sama briefly went on trial with the San Jose Earthquakes.[4]
References
External links
- Mustapha Sama at National-Football-Teams.com