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Full name
  
Musa Kallon

1990–1998
  
Nephews
  
Years
  
Team

Position
  
Playing position
  
Midfielder

Role
  
Footballer

Name
  
Musa Kallon


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Date of birth
  
(1970-04-08) 8 April 1970 (age 45)

Parents
  
Mariama Kallon, S. M. Kallon

Siblings
  
Mohamed Kallon, Kemokai Kallon

Place of birth
  

Mahdi Musa Kallon (For Mayor of Kenema) -2017 New Year message


Musa Kallon (born 8 April 1970, in Kenema, Sierra Leone) is a retired footballer and current coach in Sierra Leone. He is the older brother of Sierra Leonean international footballers Mohamed Kallon, and Kemokai Kallon.

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Club

As a footballer, Kallon played as a midfielder for Vanspor (1994–1995) in Turkey, Sportul Studenţesc (1995–1996) in Romania, and PSM Makassar/Ujung Pandang and Persebaya Surabaya (1996–1999) in Indonesia.

International

Kallon was capped several times for Sierra Leone between 1990 and 1998, and scored two goals in a 5–1 win against Niger in order to qualify Sierra Leone qualify for the 1996 African Cup of Nations in South Africa.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Kallon also coached the Sierra Leone U-17 side in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland after managing a second place finish in the 2003 African U-17 Championship.

Kallon coached Kallon F.C. to a runners up position in the 2004–05 League Championship. He fell out with his players, management and his younger brother, however, 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.

References

Musa Kallon Wikipedia