Mahmadu Alphajor Bah
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mahmadu Alphajor Bah | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
Date of death | 21 September 2016 | (aged 39)||
Place of death | Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Alphajor Bah was a very religious Muslim and he often publicly preached about Islam and the life of the Prophet Mohammad.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- Bah, Mahmadu Alphajor at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mahmadu Alphajor Bah – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
- Profile and stats - Lokeren
- 1977 births
- 2016 deaths
- Sierra Leonean men's footballers
- Sierra Leone men's international footballers
- Sierra Leonean expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Allsvenskan players
- Challenger Pro League players
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- Jeonnam Dragons players
- K League 1 players
- Xiamen Blue Lions F.C. players
- Zhejiang Professional F.C. players
- Halmstads BK players
- Al-Sailiya SC players
- Perlis F.A. players
- Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in China
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia
- Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Qatar Stars League players
- Road incident deaths
- Sierra Leonean football biography stubs