Alimamy Sesay
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Alimamy Sesay nickname Okomi, is a Sierra Leonean international footballer currently playing as a winger for Kallon F.C.
in the Sierra Leone National Premier League
, the top football league in Sierra Leone
.
, the second largest city in Sierra Leone to Temne parents. Between the year 2001 to 2003 Okomi was rated as one of the best teenage footballers in Sierra Leone. He joined top Sierra Leonean football club F.C. Kallon
in 2003 at the age of 16. During his first season in the Sierra Leone National Premier League
, he was named the best young player in the Premier League under the age of 23 and was among the best players overal in the Premier League. Alimamy Sesay help Kallon
won their first Premier League championship in 2006 season and will also feature for them in the 2006-2007 CAF Champions League
. Alimamy Sesay is more commonly known as Okomi in Sierra Leone.
at the 2003 African-17 Championship tournament held in Swaziland
. He also played in all three games for Sierra Leone
at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship
in Finland
. He made his senior internationa debut for Sierra Leone on October 7, 2006 as the Leone Stars were defeated 2-0 away in Benin
in a 2008 African Nations Cup qualifier.
Playing Career
Kallon F.C.
Kallon Football Club commonly known as F.C. Kallon, formerly Sierra Fisheries, is a Sierra Leonean football club based in Freetown. The club is one of the top clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and play their home games at the National Stadium in Freetown.-History:The club is named...
in the Sierra Leone National Premier League
Sierra Leone National Premier League
Sierra Leone National Premier League is the top football league in Sierra Leone. It was founded in 1967. The league is sponsored by the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, one of the major Sierra Leonean banks. East End Lions and Mighty Blackpool are the two biggest and most successful clubs. The...
, the top football league in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
.
Profile
Alimamy Sesay, commonly known by his nickname Okomi was born and raised in BoBo, Sierra Leone
Bo is the second largest city in Sierra Leone and the largest city in the Southern Province. It lies about 164 miles south-east of Freetown and had a population 149,957 in the 2004 census, with a current estimate is 231,494 . The city serve as the capital and administrative center of Bo District...
, the second largest city in Sierra Leone to Temne parents. Between the year 2001 to 2003 Okomi was rated as one of the best teenage footballers in Sierra Leone. He joined top Sierra Leonean football club F.C. Kallon
Kallon F.C.
Kallon Football Club commonly known as F.C. Kallon, formerly Sierra Fisheries, is a Sierra Leonean football club based in Freetown. The club is one of the top clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and play their home games at the National Stadium in Freetown.-History:The club is named...
in 2003 at the age of 16. During his first season in the Sierra Leone National Premier League
Sierra Leone National Premier League
Sierra Leone National Premier League is the top football league in Sierra Leone. It was founded in 1967. The league is sponsored by the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, one of the major Sierra Leonean banks. East End Lions and Mighty Blackpool are the two biggest and most successful clubs. The...
, he was named the best young player in the Premier League under the age of 23 and was among the best players overal in the Premier League. Alimamy Sesay help Kallon
Kallon F.C.
Kallon Football Club commonly known as F.C. Kallon, formerly Sierra Fisheries, is a Sierra Leonean football club based in Freetown. The club is one of the top clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and play their home games at the National Stadium in Freetown.-History:The club is named...
won their first Premier League championship in 2006 season and will also feature for them in the 2006-2007 CAF Champions League
CAF Champions League
The CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football . The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the...
. Alimamy Sesay is more commonly known as Okomi in Sierra Leone.
International career
Sesay was a key player fot the Sierra Leone under-17 team that took second place behind CameroonCameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
at the 2003 African-17 Championship tournament held in Swaziland
Swaziland
Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...
. He also played in all three games for Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone national football team
The Sierra Leone national football team, nicknamed the Leone Stars, is the national team of Sierra Leone and is controlled by the Sierra Leone Football Association...
at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship
2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2003 was held in the cities of Helsinki, Tampere, Lahti, and Turku in Finland between 13 August and 30 August 2003...
in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. He made his senior internationa debut for Sierra Leone on October 7, 2006 as the Leone Stars were defeated 2-0 away in Benin
Benin
Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...
in a 2008 African Nations Cup qualifier.
Playing Career
- 03-present Kallon F.C.Kallon F.C.Kallon Football Club commonly known as F.C. Kallon, formerly Sierra Fisheries, is a Sierra Leonean football club based in Freetown. The club is one of the top clubs in the Sierra Leone National Premier League and play their home games at the National Stadium in Freetown.-History:The club is named...
(Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneSierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
)
External links
- http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=6290