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Mahmadu Bah
Personal information
Full name Mahmadu Alphajor Bah
Date of birth (1977-01-01)1 January 1977
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Date of death 21 September 2016(2016-09-21) (aged 39)
Place of death Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 KSC Lokeren 15 (1)
1997–1998 Chunnam Dragons 30 (7)
1999–2003 Xiamen Lanshi 70 (6)
2004 Zhejiang Lücheng 21 (3)
2005 Halmstads BK 9 (0)
2005–2007 Al-Qadisiya
2007–2008 Mighty Blackpool
2008–2009 Al-Sailiya 4 (0)
2012 Perlis FA
International career
2000–2008 Sierra Leone 18 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2007
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2007

Mahmadu Alphajor Bah (1 January 1977 – 21 September 2016) was a Sierra Leonean footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

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His clubs included Halmstads BK in Sweden, KSC Lokeren in Belgium, Chunnam Dragons in South Korea, Xiamen Lanshi and Zhejiang Lücheng in China, Al-Qadisiya in Saudi Arabia, and Perlis FA in Malaysia.

Alphajor Bah died in a traffic collision in Freetown on 21 September 2016 when the vehicle he was driving was hit by a truck coming in an opposite road direction.[1]

International career

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Alphajor Bah was a regular member of Sierra Leone national team, known as the Leone Stars, between the years 2000 and 2008. He regularly played as an attacking midfielder or sometimes as a second striker for the Sierra Leone national team alongside striker Mohamed Kallon.

Personal life

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Alphajor Bah was a very religious Muslim and he often publicly preached about Islam and the life of the Prophet Mohammad.

References

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  1. ^ "Sierra Leone Footballers Abroad, Sierra Leone Sports News | Sierra Leone Legends Pay tribute to fallen hero Alphajoh Bah - Sierra Leone Footballers Abroad, Sierra Leone Sports News". footballsierraleone.net. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
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