Musa Noah Kamara
Sierra Leonean footballer (born 2000)
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Musa Noah Kamara (born 6 August 2000) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bo Rangers and the Sierra Leone national team.
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Kamara in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Musa Noah Kamara | ||
| Date of birth | 6 August 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Tombo, Sierra Leone | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | East End Lions | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | AIK Freetong | ||
| 2019 | East End Lions | (15) | |
| 2019 | Trelleborgs FF | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | East End Lions | ||
| 2021–2022 | Bo Rangers | (19) | |
| 2022 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| 2022– | Bo Rangers | (14) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Sierra Leone U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018– | Sierra Leone | 15 | (4) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 March 2025 | |||
Club career
Kamara was born in Tombo.[1] After playing for AIK Freetong in 2018, he was the top scorer of the 2019 Sierra Leone National Premier League with 15 goals for champions East End Lions.[1][2] He joined Swedish club Trelleborgs FF on a three-and-a-half-year deal in August 2019, but cancelled his contract after a week, citing the cold weather in Sweden.[2] He retracted that statement the following day however, and insisted that he returned to Sierra Leone to play for the national team in the upcoming World Cup qualification fixtures.[3][1] He transferred to Bo Rangers in April 2021.[4]
Kamara won the highest goal scorer at the Sierra Leone Premier League (SLPL) since it was founded in 1994 with 12 goals by Sierra Leonean football legend Mohamed Kallon.[5]
International career
Having previously represented Sierra Leone at under-20 level, Kamara made his senior debut for Sierra Leone against Liberia on 26 July 2018.[6] He represented Sierra Leone at the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations.[7] He did not travel to Kono to play a friendly match in November 2019 after suffering a bereavement, but received a two match international ban from the Sierra Leone Football Association after it was discovered he played a community match in Freetown during this period.[7]
Kamara was called up to Sierra Leone's squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, which began in January 2022.[8] He scored his first international goal with a "magnificent left-footed strike" in a 2–2 draw with Ivory Coast in Sierra Leone's second group match on 16 January 2022.[1][9] He appeared in their third group match as they were eliminated from the competition after a 1–0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea.[10]
International goals
- Scores and results list Sierra Leone's goal tally first.[1]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 June 2022 | Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | |
| 2. | 13 June 2022 | General Lansana Conté Stadium, Conakry, Guinea | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 3. | 27 August 2022 | SKD Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2022 African Nations Championship qualification | |
| 4. | 20 March 2025 | Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Paynesville, Liberia | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |