Full name Weah Ephraim Harris 2004–2006 Coastal Warriors FC 2003–2004 Genesis FC Current team IFK Sundsvall | Number 19 Height 1.73 m Place of birth Suakoko, Liberia Name Weah Harris | |
Date of birth (1992-06-22) 22 June 1992 (age 23) | ||
Weah Ephraim Harris (born 22 June 1992) is a Liberian defender that played as Right-back/winger for Swedish club Sidsjö-Böle IF in the north of Sweden. He played for IFK Sundsvall in 2015 and made one goal. He first played for neighboring club Söråkers FF in 2014.
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Career
Harris started playing football in Ghana on Buduburam refugee camp with Genesis FC before he joined Ghanaian youth side Coastal Warriors FC based in Kasoa district. He developed there as a kid, then left Coastal Warriors FC for nearby club Royal Majestic FC.
Background
Harris was born in Suakoko located in Bong County. His parents are Hanson Harris and Annie Matthew. He is the only male child of his parents, he has two sisters. He first left his homeland in 2003 to seek refuge in Ghana from the civil war in Liberia. While in Ghana he started playing football for a team on the refugee camp before he joined the Ghanaian team called Coastal Warriors FC in Kasoa district.
Education
He attended the Buduburam Senior Secondary School from 2003 to 2005 and completed his senior secondary education with Blessed Wisdom Institute in 2006 in Buduburam camp. In 2009, he gained admission into African Methodist Episcopal University on Camp Johnson Road in Monrovia. He was studying sociology and management before he fled Liberia in 2012.
International
In 2012, Swedish club Härnösand FF assisted Harris to flee his homeland through football. He has been living in Sweden since 2013 and continues to play soccer but not with the saved club.